[ale] Transparent xterm

keith frost pfrostie at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 26 12:51:56 EST 2002


have you looked at aterm?
it can run transparent and shaded.

--- Joseph A Knapka <jknapka at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Does anyone know of an X terminal emulator a la
> xterm
> or Eterm that provides a completely transparent
> background?
> I've tried Eterm and Konsole, and they let the root
> window
> show through the terminal window background. But I
> want to
> see -everything- that's behind the terminal window.
> Basically,
> I want a floating window frame with a floating
> command
> prompt in it, that lets me see what's going on on
> the
> desktop underneath. It sounds weird, I know, but
> it's
> what I want. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Joe
> "Using Open-Source Software: free.
>  Knowing you're pissing Bill Gates off: priceless."
> 
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