Re: FVWM: Yes! I did it! Almost everything is transparent!

From: Richard Curnow <Richard.Curnow_at_superh.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:24:47 +0000

* Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com> [2002-12-16]:
>
> You don't really need to split a colorset definition to 3 lines,
> see enother message in this thread that explains speed problems.

Yes, I saw that message. I was doing it as I was for debugging, so that
I could selectively comment and uncomment things to find out what made
it work. Now I've cracked it I'm moving to the single line approach.

>
> > ... but if I uncomment the 3rd Colorset line, I just get white text on
> > black menus with no transparency.
>
> To use RootTransparent use should run "fvwm-root -r bg-image.png|xpm"
> first. Or Esetroot.

With fvwm-root -r this is now working fine for me. I was using xsetbg
before. The manual page says that ought to work, but I suspect I wasn't
using a new enough version.

>
> > I can't get transparent title bars or borders at all though. With title
> > bars I'm trying to do
> >
> > Colorset 1 fg white, bg black, Shape, Plain
> > Colorset 1 Transparent
> > Colorset 1 tint #4060a0 30
> > TitleStyle Inactive Colorset 1
> >
> > but this has no effect and I just get a syntax error reported on the
> > console:
> > unknown style Colorset : Colorset 1
>
> You need 2.5.5 for this.

Ok - I've now switched to 2.5.5 and it's basically working as I expected
- thanks.

>
> Only RootTransparent works in titles, not Transparent.
>
> > Any clues? The syntax for this stuff doesn't seem to be documented much
> > yet.
>
> It is currently fully documented in the FvwmTheme man page that is
> referred in the COLORSETS section of the fvwm man page, is not it?

Yes, it's there as you say. I was relying on just 'man fvwm' and not
finding much.

Thanks again.
Richard

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