Kim Woelders wrote: > Jeff Rush wrote: >> I'm using enlightenment 0.16.8.4 under Gentoo. I'd like to display >> certain system status info in the root window underneath all other >> windows, and I'd like for it to be transparent, such that the info >> graphic is mixed with the background photo I use, using the composite >> engine. >> > This is tricky stuff :)
> There are two windowed modes that can do the type of transparency > effects you want and that definitely work with e16 with composite > enabled, none of which AFAIK are supported by conky: > 1) Normal pseudo-transparency not using CopyFromParent (but copy > bg pixmap, etc.). Eterm and many other applications do this. > 2) ARGB window, i.e. the application window has an alpha channel. > E.g. gnome-terminal and urxvt can do this. Thanks for the explanation. I've forwarded the info to the Conky developers. My problem is definitely tied to the enabling of composite in e16 - it works fine w/o composite, so I'm working thru the issue with the Conky people, in hopes they will add support for either of the two methods above. -Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
