Transparent Terminals
Tim Becker
tbecker at sixdegreesconsulting.com
Fri Mar 19 14:22:19 UTC 2004
You can enable transparency for gnome-terminal as well by turning it on
under the effects tab of the profile editor. The big issue I have w/
Metacity is that you can't configure borderless windows.
On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 20:54, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wanted to saw that I finally can achieve transparent (or
> near) using Metacity
> and Eterm.
>
> The syntax is
>
> Eterm -O -x -f white --scroolbar 0 --buttonbar 0 g 235x15+0+820
>
> Note that you might have to change the parameters passed to "g" since
> I have a 1400x1050
> res screen.
>
> I don't really need UTF8 support. I just want to use that for piping
> logs through grc.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Becker [mailto:tbecker at sixdegreesconsulting.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 11:41 PM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Transparent Terminals
>
>
>
> I set up what I call a background shell. It's just a transparent
> borderless terminal that covers most of my desktop background. I've
> done this with both Eterm and gnome-terminal and I think any term
> program that supports transparent backgrounds will work.
>
> Here's how I set my "background" shell up:
>
> First you can not use Metacity as your WM b/c it does not support
> borderless windows (I find Metaciy VERY lacking). I use sawfish as my
> WM.
>
> I currently use gnome-terminal b/c it supports UTF-8 better that Eterm
> so I'll describe that setup.
>
> 1) Fire up a gnome-terminal and create a new profile for the transparent
> background. Edit --> profiles --> new profile. Here's my settings:
>
> General: Give the profile a name (I used "bkgrnd") and set the font if
> you want. I used Courier 10 Pitch.
> Title and Command: Set the Initial title (I used bkgrnd) and set
> Dynamically-set Title to Isn't displayed.
> Colors: Nothing to see here. Move along.
> Effects: Set transparent background. Shading at 0%
> Scrolling: No change
> Compatibility: No Change
>
> 2) Save the profile and set "Profile used when launching a new terminal"
> to Default. Don't use your background profile or you'll have a bunch of
> transparent borderless terminals running around.
>
> 3) Launch a gnome-terminal using the bkgrnd profile and set the size.
>
> /usr/bin/gnome-terminal --geometry=128x41+105+0 --hide-menubar \
> --window-with-profile=bkgrnd
>
> The geometry setting is Width x Hight x X-offset x Y-offset. This
> setting works for my resolution and font size. YMMV. Try different
> settings until you get your window just right. The
> "window-with-profile=bkgrnd" should be the name of the profile you just
> created.
>
> 4) I set my session to launch the terminal on startup.
>
> Gnome Menu --> Preferences --> More Preferences --> Sessions --> Startup
> Programs tab.
>
> Add a startup program and enter your gnome-terminal command.
>
> 5) Shut off the borders and other window configuration. Here's some of
> that advanced window manager functionality that Metacity lacks.
>
> Start your Gnome-terminal.
> Bring up the configuration manager for sawfish:
>
> Gnome Menu --> Preferences --> Windows
>
> Go to the Matched Windows tab and add a Matcher. Select matcher by
> Name (in the left drop down) and hit the grab button.
> Click on your gnome-terminal. You should now have a matcher by Name
> called ^bkgrnd$ or whatever your window title is.
>
> Here's how I configured the "actions" tabs:
>
> Placement tab: Depth = -1 This keeps the background shell in the
> background not allowing it to come forward above other windows.
>
> Focus tab: Raise on focus = no, nothing else checked
> Appearance tab: Frame type = none. This gets rid of the border.
> State tab: Ignored=yes, Sticky=yes (puts the terminal in all
> workspaces), Window list skip=yes
> Other tab: Nothing checked
>
> That's it!
>
> I set this up back in my RH 7.2 days b/c I thought it looked cool but
> now I can't live w/o it!
>
>
>
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Tim Becker
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