[ale] Transparent xterm

[Geoffrey]

It does the same as gnome-terminal and eterm in that the transparency is 
pseudo, presenting a background from the root image only.

keith frost wrote:
> 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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