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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: transparent windows
From:       Mathieu Chouinard <chouimat () videotron ! ca>
Date:       2001-06-27 15:00:42
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On Wednesday 27 June 2001 10:20, Michael Brade wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 June 2001 01:29, Mathieu Chouinard wrote:
> > On Tuesday 26 June 2001 18:29, Michael Brade wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 26 June 2001 23:27, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> > > > Mathieu, you could use the megagradient's menu drawing routine
> > > > (kdelibs/kstyles) for other widgets as well.
> > >
> > > Nope, won't work. If you move such a window you'll get the "old" window
> > > shine through the new one. And as this is recursive you'll get a
> > > finally a black window after moving it just about 10 pixel far. I know
> > > that because I tried it already for KNotes ;) The only way to get real
> > > transparent windows is to use XFree 4's XRender extension. I'm working
> > > on this for KNotes for KDE 2.3...
> >
> > Ok and where is the documentation for XRender?
>
> Hehe, that's the problem - there is none at the moment. Keith wrote some
> protocol specifications and small examples but that's it mostly, the man
> pages are missing completely. Reading the XRender code is best ATM. Ahh,
> and there's a XRender mailing list.
>
> > > > Would be fun to have
> > > > *everything* transparent.
> > >
> > > Yes, definitely :-)
> > > Perhaps I'll get that one done for KDE 2.4? Just dreaming ;)
> >
> > No maybe for 2.3
>
> Yeah!! Very good one ;-))
>
> Ciao,
>   Michael
I'm currently looking at a way to patch qt to use the xrender extention
Mathieu
 
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