Re: Transparent Window using Cairomm

[Siavash Safi <siavash safi gmail com>]

On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 16:49 +0200, Milosz Derezynski wrote:
> For "real" transparency (translucent windows etc) you need a
> compositing X server and a compositing window manager; you can also
> have shaped windows at the outline (the edges/borders) without
> compositing.
> 
> Can you please specify what exactly you need? I can provide examples
> for both but I'd rather first like to know what you need.
> 
> Milosz
> 
hi Milosz, thanks for replying

I need something like gdeklets or gnome-terminal(with the transparent
background) and I only need the desktop background to be visible (or
maybe real transparency when compositing is enabled ;).

Regards,
Siavash Safi