Translucent XEmacs coming in hot !!
By Didier Verna on Thursday, February 25 2010, 13:25 - (X)Emacs - Permalink
I'm uploading a set of changes to the XEmacs 21.5 Mercurial repository right now. These changes implement a new face property named "background-placement" which makes an XEmacs frame "slide" over a face's background pixmap when the property is set to 'absolute.
If you do this on the default face, then you can achieve some sort of pseudo-translucency, for example by using the same (or a darkened version of) the root window's background pixmap.
Here are a couple of screenshots that illustrate this.
If you do this on the default face, then you can achieve some sort of pseudo-translucency, for example by using the same (or a darkened version of) the root window's background pixmap.
Here are a couple of screenshots that illustrate this.
Comments
There is a place on the xemacs website for screenshots.
These would sure be worthy for inclusion there!
Where would I look for exact directions for using this feature?
Well, nothing more than what the blog says really. Just set the default face's background pixmap to your desktop image (or a darkened version) and also set the background-placement property to 'absolute...