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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: RootIcons
From:       Frugal <frugal () fysh ! org>
Date:       1999-02-11 10:21:44
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weis@stud.uni-frankfurt.de wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Frugal wrote:
> 
> > Can't you have transparent windows (kwm borders seem to have them)? If
> > so then why not have a screen sized transparent window that was always
> > at the bottom of the window stack. Then we could draw the root icons on
> > that, draw the rubber band on that and we wouldn't care about what gets
> > draw on the root... As I said, try not to laugh too much...
> 
> On my PC that would be a transparent window of 1600x1200
> pixels => That means almost 2.000.000 bits for the bitmap.
> That is too much ...

I knew that there was a good reason why that was a daft idea, I just
could think of it ;O)

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