--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2007/08/03 22:40:10	1.110
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2007/08/17 22:01:33	1.111
@@ -1274,14 +1274,15 @@
   int w = term->fwidth * len;
   int h = term->fheight;
 
-  bool buffered = bg >= 0                         // we don't use a transparent bg
-#ifndef FORCE_UNBUFFERED_XFT
-# ifdef ENABLE_TRANSPARENCY
-                  || !term->am_transparent        // we aren't transparent
-# endif
+  /* TODO: this logic needs some more thinking, since we no longer do pseudo-transparency.
+   * Maybe make buffering into a resource flag? Compile time option doesn't seems like a 
+   * good idea from the perspective of packaging for wide variety of user configs.
+   */
+  bool buffered = true
+#ifdef FORCE_UNBUFFERED_XFT
+                  && bg >= 0
 #endif
                   ;
-
   // cut trailing spaces
   while (len && text [len - 1] == ' ')
     len--;
@@ -1320,11 +1321,10 @@
       if (ep != enc)
         {
           rxvt_drawable &d2 = d.screen->scratch_drawable (w, h);
+          bool back_rendered = false;
 
-          if (0)
-            ;
 #ifdef HAVE_BG_PIXMAP
-          else if (bg < 0 && term->bgPixmap.pixmap)
+          if (term->bgPixmap.pixmap && (bg < 0 || term->pix_colors[bg].c.color.alpha < 0x0ff00))
             {
               if (term->bgPixmap.pmap_width >= x + term->window_vt_x+w
                   && term->bgPixmap.pmap_height >= y + term->window_vt_y+h)
@@ -1356,11 +1356,22 @@
                   gcv.fill_style = FillSolid;
                   XChangeGC (disp, gc, GCFillStyle, &gcv);
                   /* XFreeGC (disp, gc2); */
-          
+
                 }
+              if (bg > 0)
+                {
+                  Picture dst = XftDrawPicture(d2);
+                  if (dst != 0)
+                    {
+                      Picture solid_color_pict = XftDrawSrcPicture (d2, &term->pix_colors[bg].c);
+                      XRenderComposite (disp, PictOpOver, solid_color_pict, None, dst, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, w, h);
+                    }
+                }
+              back_rendered = true;
             }
 #endif
-          else
+
+          if(bg > 0 && !back_rendered)
             XftDrawRect (d2, &term->pix_colors[bg].c, 0, 0, w, h);
 
           XftDrawGlyphSpec (d2, &term->pix_colors[fg].c, f, enc, ep - enc);