Re: true transparency

[Federico Mena Quintero <federico nuclecu unam mx>]

>  Would it be possible to make the gnome-terminal or Eterm or any
>  program, really, transparent in the true sense of the word--to be
>  able to see exactly what is behind it, not just the background
>  image.  For example, you'd see your gmc icons on your desktop
>  behind it, or an xscreensaver running on the root display, or
>  something, and you'd see windows that are behind it.  Is that
>  possible?

Not without an alpha extension for X.

  Federico