RE: [gtkmm] transparent background in drawing area

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> From: Detlef Reichl [mailto:detlef reichl arcor de] 
> that is the only way to make gtk / gdk windows real transparent (the
> other way is to act like the panel or gnome-terminal which 
> grab the root
> window and render them as background to it's own windows).

I think it's generally understood that this is a nasty hack and that there
will be some better way in GTK+ in future. I don't know what that is, but
I'm not personally all that interested by transparent windows.

Murray Cumming
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