Re: gnome-terminal awfully slow. :-(

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 14:03, Alan wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 07:23:19PM +0100, Vlad Berditchevskiy wrote:
> > Sriram Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com> writes:
> > 
> > > I agree that vte widget probably needs some loving.  Furthermore, I
> > > would get rid of the transparent feature.  Mostly because I believe
> > > that it's  superfluous feature that creates no real experience.  If
> > > they want it they can use Eterm which has gotten transparency down
> > > to an science.  
> > 
> > BTW, I don't understand, why it's called "transparency". It just sets a
> > background picture behind the text.
> 
> My guess is
>  a) setting the bg picture behind the text makes it look transparent
>     (except of course for windows behind the window)
>  b) 'transparency' is quicker to say than 'wallpaper image set as the
>      background of the terminal and adjusted for terminal position and
> 	 with color/opaquity options' <g>

Of course, you all mean "translucent," not transparent, since you
wouldn't see anything if it was transparent.  ;-)

> 
> Alan
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Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>