That's an interesting demo. In the source, I can't actually see where the translucency is set.
Anyway, I know that although some prototypes were knocked up a few years ago, it actually needs a translucent window extension which hasn't been written yet (more hacking on the x internals needed) On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 19:37, Robert North wrote: > Mike Hearn m.hearn-at-signal.qinetiq.com |Wine Mailing Lists| wrote: > > I would have added this to the bug, but I don't have access to my > > bugzilla password right now (why oh why didn't i change it!). > > > > Anyway, we can't implement this currently, X11 doesn't support > > transparent windows :( > > Not quite true > See the following: > > http://www.eax.com/render/#d4 > > Transparency galore!! > > Note: > One method only works of a CVS version of Xft/Xrender. > extension(s?) > The other works using the shape extension. > > It's prossible, but not necessarily trivial > -Rob. > > P.S. Apologies to Mike, sent first version of this message Bcc Wine devel. > >