[fvwm-crystal] how to make xterm transparent?

[cuongvt]

Hi all
how do I make xterm transparent in fvwm-crystal?
I'm using ati radeon 4600 in Freebsd 8.0.
regards

 

[SirDice]

Xterm doesn't have that feature. Try rxvt, Terminal (xfce) or gnome-terminal.

 

[DutchDaemon]

Or x11/roxterm.

 

[graudeejs]

I suggest x11/rxvt-unicode

 

[Daisuke_Aramaki]

Another one is x11/aterm

 

[crsd]

Use x11-wm/xcompmgr and x11-wm/transset-df, for real transparency. You can make any window transparent with transset-df.

 

[cuongvt]

thanks. I go with x11-wm/xcompmgr and x11-wm/transset-df.
regards

 

[Deleted member 48958]

It is possible to use x11-wm/devilspie to make x11/xterm transparent,
install it, create ~/.devilspie/main.ds file with

( if
( is (window_class) "XTerm" )
( opacity 80 )
)

inside. Then launch devilspie. Also it is possible to use custom geometry with some applications
when using devilspie, for example

( if
( is (window_name) "<application name>" )
( geometry "640x480-0+0" )
)

To find out application name or class, use xprop (or FvwmIdent if you use x11-wm/fvwm2).
There are also many other devilspie options, see devilspie manual page.
Also, to make transparency work, you should use x11-wm/xcompmgr or x11-wm/compton too.