[Sheflug] Semi Transparent windows

[Barrie Bremner <baz-sheflug [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Johnson <chris [at] seseaz.org.uk> writes:

    Chris> I saw a Linux box yesterday which had on the screen a
    Chris> console screen which was semitransparent so that you could
    Chris> still (partially) see the other windows underneath it.
    Chris> This seemed like a great idea for those with limited desk
    Chris> real estate (e.g. most laptops over a couple of years old)
    Chris> as you don't have the problem of windows obscuring each
    Chris> other.

    Chris> Has anyone else seen this?  IIRC it was on an apple box but
    Chris> the menu bar looked very KDE, although as I've only used
    Chris> KDE it could have been any of the others that look similar.

gnome-term has a transparency option - you can vary just how see
through windows are, however it's just a trick to show the wallpaper,
not the windows under the current one.

(Tiny fonts + huge screen)++ :-)

Baz.

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Barrie J. Bremner
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