OK, another case where it is useful: Video software that uses video overlays (ie, X Video), like VLC and Totem, depend on some parts of the screen having an exact key color. When the window is turned transparent, the color is changed, and the video image disappears. (Depending on which key color the application chooses, it might be replaced by a semi-transparent black, magenta or green rectangle. With VLC I sometimes get even more weird results.) This is not merely annoying as just the terminal changing transparency levels; it actually looks broken.
This way of displaying video is actually very unfriendly for Compiz—pretty much none of the effects work—it is unfortunately still very often used and as far as I can tell almost unavoidable. So I still think it'd be very useful to allow disabling this effect for some windows.* Many of the plugins offer this option, I don't see why it wouldn't be allowed for this one; it's actually one of the simplest plugins and only has a few options currently. (* This might apply to the 'stretchy windows' plugin and some transitions, too, I'm just not affected by those cases.) -- Compiz should allow exceptions for window transparency https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162665 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
