Re: Wayland window transparency

2014-03-12 Thread Pekka Paalanen
On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:21:46 +0100 Daniel Stone wrote: > Hi, > > On 11 March 2014 14:30, Pekka Paalanen wrote: > > On X11 you are probably used to getting an opaque window, no matter > > what values you write to the alpha channel. On Wayland, the alpha > > channel is actually used by the server

Re: Wayland window transparency

2014-03-12 Thread Daniel Stone
Hi, On 11 March 2014 14:30, Pekka Paalanen wrote: > On X11 you are probably used to getting an opaque window, no matter > what values you write to the alpha channel. On Wayland, the alpha > channel is actually used by the server to blend your window to the rest > of the desktop, always. ... alwa

RE: Wayland window transparency

2014-03-11 Thread Neal.Kunkle
list Subject: Re: Wayland window transparency On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:50:51 +0200 Giulio Camuffo wrote: > Hi Neal, > > You don't need to use any Wayland or Weston specific thing. Wayland > compositor just use buffers you provide to them as you provide them, > so if you want the

Re: Wayland window transparency

2014-03-11 Thread Pekka Paalanen
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:50:51 +0200 Giulio Camuffo wrote: > Hi Neal, > > You don't need to use any Wayland or Weston specific thing. Wayland > compositor just use buffers you provide to them as you provide them, > so if you want the buffer to be opaque give Wayland an opaque buffer. > Either use

Re: Wayland window transparency

2014-03-11 Thread Giulio Camuffo
Hi Neal, You don't need to use any Wayland or Weston specific thing. Wayland compositor just use buffers you provide to them as you provide them, so if you want the buffer to be opaque give Wayland an opaque buffer. Either use one without an alpha channel or clear the whole buffer with an opaque c

Wayland window transparency

2014-03-11 Thread Neal.Kunkle
Hi, I am currently struggling with transparency on a system with Wayland 1.2 and using the Weston compositor. I have looked through the documentation and read through previous mails, but I did not find an answer to what I seek. Can you please let me know if this is possible/ how to interact w