Re: Transparency in KDE

[WWarlock <WWarlock@WWarlock.com>]

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On Friday 06 July 2001 03:15 pm, you wrote:
> Hau!
>
> I contacted Peter, telling him that X-Chat can't get the KDE's WM wallpaper
> for transparency effects... He never worked in KDE, so I got some
> information about this.
>
> Recently versions of KDE (2+) use a different method for putting wallpapers
> on the user's desktop. A program named kdesktop fills up the root window
> (where X-Chat tries to get the wallpaper), and setting the wallpapers,
> icons and stuff inside the kdesktop, leaving the root window empty.
>
> I contacted some developers of KDE, and they told me this:
>
> "Try activating the option in "Configure Desktop" that is called "Support
> Programs in Desktop Window" (and read the what's this for it), it might
> fixy our problem. (Note: you need 2.2-beta1 for this)"
>
> I didn't try it because I still use KDE 2.1.1, and the option is only
> avaible in the 2.2-beta1 version. But I think that it sets the background
> in the root window too.
>
> So there's a sollution, but in a Beta that not everybody uses. Anyone here
> knows a program that makes transparency effects (aterm?) on the KDE
> desktop? The code might be useful for looking how it works.
>
> -- Minakata Moriya

I use KDE, and altho I admit I haven't tried the programs in desktop I do 
have trans support for xchat with the following command:

Esetroot -scale /opt/kde2/share/wallpaper/wallpaper.jpg 

Of course the file is not updated if yu change your desktop so it is a very 
crude method, but for me it works as I only use 1 wallpaper.

Hope this helps.

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WWarlock
[www.WWarlock.com]


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