Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread jkw
On Feb 3, 2004, at 9:55 PM, TriKster Abacus wrote: That is pretty damn funny.. MacOS X! Talk about insert foot into mouth! mac os x supports alpha blending. i use translucent terminals quite often. You can set transparency using Eterm, aterm.. and probably a lot more too.. (I only use Eterm)

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Stroller
On Feb 4, 2004, at 4:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw some of gentoo screenshots! I haven't used Linux on the desktop in a while, but I thought it was possible, too. and what do you mean of MacOS X? MacOS X theme of X windows or real MacOS X? even we can use transparency feature in MS

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:50:10 + Stroller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I think Norro is kidding you on... Mac OS X's windows manager is years | ahead of other o/s in terms of eye-candy, and supports transparency in | a way others do not. I think that on Linux Windows any transparent | window has

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Nickolay Savchenko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I want to use a transparent terminal. I tried gnome terminal and eterm (Eterm -O). They support transparency feature but not actually transparent! I couldn't see the background and can just see the background picture of terminal or background of transparent

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Arne Vogel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to use a transparent terminal. I tried gnome terminal and eterm (Eterm -O). They support transparency feature but not actually transparent! I couldn't see the background and can just see the background picture of terminal or background of transparent tone

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Richard Sammet
Arne Vogel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to use a transparent terminal. I tried gnome terminal and eterm (Eterm -O). They support transparency feature but not actually transparent! I couldn't see the background and can just see the background picture of terminal or background of

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Stroller
On Feb 4, 2004, at 11:03 am, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:50:10 + Stroller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I think Norro is kidding you on... Mac OS X's windows manager is years | ahead of other o/s in terms of eye-candy, and supports transparency in | a way others do not. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:52:51 + Stroller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Uh, you mean like how fdo Xserver gives true translucency on linux | with the XCOMPOSITE stuff? | | Uh, I have no idea. I don't use X-windows. | | Please note I said I think and I believe. If my understanding is | flawed

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Diego Zamboni
i m using Eterm and aterm, both can be transparent... (tested with: blackbox, fluxbox and KDE 3.x) There seems to be a confusion: Most modern terminal programs (aterm, Eterm, gnome-terminal, konsole, etc.) plus some others (Kopete, gdesklets, etc.) implement pseudo-transparency. This is

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Ric Messier
Uh, I have no idea. I don't use X-windows. Please note I said I think and I believe. If my understanding is flawed I'd be delighted if you could post some references to simple explanations. Only issue I had with what you said (since I don't use Macs) was your comment that the transparency

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Arne Vogel
Diego Zamboni wrote: i m using Eterm and aterm, both can be transparent... (tested with: blackbox, fluxbox and KDE 3.x) There seems to be a confusion: Most modern terminal programs (aterm, Eterm, gnome-terminal, konsole, etc.) plus some others (Kopete, gdesklets, etc.) implement

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Lonnie Olson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Arne Vogel wrote: | Diego Zamboni wrote: | | i m using Eterm and aterm, both can be transparent... (tested with: | blackbox, fluxbox and KDE 3.x) | | | | There seems to be a confusion: | | Most modern terminal programs (aterm, Eterm, gnome-terminal,

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread gabriel
On February 4, 2004 11:13 am, Lonnie Olson wrote: Mac OS X and Windows XP do support true transparency. If this makes you jealous, mad, sad, etc. YOU can do something about it. XFree86 is OPEN SOURCE. If you don't like it, you can HELP fix it. That is why Linux is better than the rest in

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
XFree is written in C. It's a large beast. I think Keith Packard's X Serve has true transparency: http://freedesktop.org/~keithp/screenshots/ Look at it at: http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xserver I seem to recall that ebuilds exists for this project. However, doesn't work

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Spider
begin quote On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 13:55:50 -0500 gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On February 4, 2004 11:13 am, Lonnie Olson wrote: Mac OS X and Windows XP do support true transparency. If this makes you jealous, mad, sad, etc. YOU can do something about it. XFree86 is OPEN SOURCE. If

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Stroller
On Feb 4, 2004, at 5:40 pm, Ric Messier wrote: Uh, I have no idea. I don't use X-windows. Please note I said I think and I believe. If my understanding is flawed I'd be delighted if you could post some references to simple explanations. Only issue I had with what you said (since I don't use Macs)

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Stroller
On Feb 4, 2004, at 5:06 pm, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:52:51 + Stroller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Uh, you mean like how fdo Xserver gives true translucency on linux | with the XCOMPOSITE stuff? | | Uh, I have no idea. I don't use X-windows. | | Please note I said I think

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread Ric Messier
Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: I seem to recall that ebuilds exists for this project. However, doesn't work with the NVidia binary drivers :( Yes, but does he have a useable NVidia driver like XFree? Ric -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-04 Thread s970501
Thank you for good answers :) really helpful... I am waiting for the real transparent stuff of (the next) X... now psedo-transparent terminal is workin' just FINE!!! thanks, guys i m using Eterm and aterm, both can be transparent... (tested with: blackbox, fluxbox and KDE 3.x) There seems

[gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-03 Thread s970501
Hi, I want to use a transparent terminal. I tried gnome terminal and eterm (Eterm -O). They support transparency feature but not actually transparent! I couldn't see the background and can just see the background picture of terminal or background of transparent tone colors. Is there any actually

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-03 Thread Norberto Bensa
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any actually transparent terminal??? nope I saw many guys using that... really!!??? Perhaps they're using MacOS X. Regards, Norberto -- Linux 2.6.2-rc3-mm1 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux 02:06:05 up 13:31, 2 users, load average: 4.34,

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-03 Thread s970501
Huh... I saw some of gentoo screenshots! and what do you mean of MacOS X? MacOS X theme of X windows or real MacOS X? even we can use transparency feature in MS windows... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any actually transparent terminal??? nope I saw many guys using that...

Re: [gentoo-user] Using transparent terminal...

2004-02-03 Thread TriKster Abacus
That is pretty damn funny.. MacOS X! Talk about insert foot into mouth! You can set transparency using Eterm, aterm.. and probably a lot more too.. (I only use Eterm) anyhow a simple transparency + [add your term here] will give you plenty of results. Enjoy Sincerely, -- TriKster Abacus