Window Transparency without Compositing Manager

[Corbin Simpson]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Colin Guthrie wrote:
> coldfire wrote:
>> Yes, that would be great. You sure can post it anywhere (or as an attachment
>> if its an option).
> 
> I think the thing that's confused everyone here is the whole "I do not 
> want to use a compositing manager" stance.... but what this has now 
> boiled down to is "I want to write my own cut down compositing manager". 
> Which ever way you look at it, you'll be "using a compositing manager" 
> even if you have it internally.
> 
> Please keep in mind that you should ensure your app plays nice if 
> another compositing manager is already running.
> 

This. You may want to look very carefully at Konsole, which is
transparent but relies on the currently running compositing manager to
make the transparency happen.

In my (admittedly naive) opinion, it shouldn't be up to apps to decide
how compositing is performed, but up to the window manager/desktop
environment. Don't be surprised if the compiz guys put an entry in the
Workarounds plugin for your app.

~ C.

- --
~ Corbin Simpson
<MostAwesomeDude at gmail.com>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iEYEARECAAYFAkibIlIACgkQeCCY8PC5utDzAgCeNm8rV4kRkrPldkQ1eDtZLEMi
hH8An2AZh4noC54oR3dqv2kNApoiE7At
=oEpo
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----