Re: drawing on X11, above all applications, emulating an alpha channel

[Ana <christiana hipointcoffee com>]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 10:21:52AM +0200, David Ne?as (Yeti) wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 12:28:30AM -0700, Ana wrote:
> > 
> > and...  if possible, update the image, from time to time, with whatever
> > X11 would be displaying if my application weren't there, in order to
> > emulate numbers/graphics painted over an X-level-alpha-channel.
> 
> Ah, I missed you want alpha channel.  IMO emulating it now
> when people are starting to use compositing managers and
> RGBA visuals would be a waste of time.  Look at
> http://macslow.thepimp.net/?page_id=23

That looks promising.  Thank you very much for the tip.

- Ana