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Re: rxvt with trarnsparent background
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jose M. Sanchez)
Fri Oct 23 16:08:25 1998
Reply-To: "Jose M. Sanchez" <opjose@ex-pressnet.com>
From: "Jose M. Sanchez" <opjose@ex-pressnet.com>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Cc: <kch@usc.edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:19:14 -0400
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Here is a message I sent to someone else...
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No, this is not a function of WindowMaker itself...
There are two programs which allow you to do this and a third "cheat"...
1) Root Tail: Root tail will dump /var/log/xxxx messages to the root window.
While it works well I find that it is a bit of a resource hog, since it is
constantly monitoring and updating the state of the root window. Also it
frequently gets "overwritten" by newly opened applications...
2) Eterm: Eterm using the Imlib libraries allows you to set the root window
using Esetroot.
Your existing themes will not work unless you convert the pixmaps to XPM
format then use Esetroot to place the .XPM's onto the root window. After
doing this you may use the transparancy option in ETerm. (you also need the
XPM libs installed)
You can see "thru" your Eterm windows... By modifying the resource file
Eterm's boarders, menus and scrollbars can all be made to disappear. You
need to also move the window position with the geometry command since it
becomes static...
Eterm works rather well, and is much quicker than root tail. I frequently
use it to display "ntop" results "on" my root window.
The disadvantage to Eterm is that on occassion Windows may be placed "under"
the Eterm window.. You need to define a keysequence to "move" the affected
windows to the forfront...
3) Rxvt: This program in the latest interations may be recompiled to enable
pixmap backgrounds. Sometimes people "cheat" by placing a background
similiar to the root window into the rxvt background....
-JMS
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Tikos <tikos@erols.com>
To: manhattan-list@redhat.com <manhattan-list@redhat.com>
Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: wm configuration..?Xterm...?
>Following your discussion about WM I downloaded it myself.
>All is true. But I have a question :
>I've noticed (looking under some themes) some sort of transparency
>ability on xconsole and xterm(?) .Is that true ? Have I missed anything
>in the DOCS ? It seems I can't find any refs on that anywhere.
>Any hints?
>
>Thanx.
>Bob.-
>
>
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hsu <kch@usc.edu>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 6:46 AM
Subject: rxvt with trarnsparent background
>hi,
>
>I remember seeing some email related to using rxvt with transparent
>background a while back on the list, can someone tell me how to do it
>again? Thanks :)
>
>
>Ken
>
>-----------------------------------
>Ken C. Hsu <kch@usc.edu>
>University of Southern California
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>
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