Truly Transparent gnome-terminal

[Vanco, Donald]

Joseph Phillips wrote:
> Please pardon my vanity, but will the next release of RHL support
> truly transparent gnome-terminals?
> 
> I'm not talking about the pseudo-transparency of the past, wherein the
> terminal simply displays the portion of the background image.  With
> this sort of fake-transparency, any window, that comes intermediate
> between the terminal and the background image, is not displayed. 
> Instead, the background image is displayed, even though the object
> directly beneath the terminal is another window.
> 
> I know this is a cosmetic feature, but I'd be willing to bet that, as
> far as cosmetic features go, this one ranks pretty high up there in
> terms of feature-requested popularity.
	Really?  I think it's a PITA - IMO I'd think it can really clutter
things up if everything under a terminal is visible...  Unless you've themed
your desktop _really_ well, you're bound to have contrast issues between
window contents, window colors, and font settings.

Don