transparencies & fluxbox

N_A_J_M · 02-09-2003, 04:46 PM

just wondering how do i get transparencies with fluxbox and slackware8.1 ??

they look real rad
cheers

nxny · 02-09-2003, 06:18 PM

Do you mean transparent x terminals? Use Eterm or aterm. I use aterm with fluxbox.

MasterC · 02-09-2003, 06:56 PM

Another option that includes transparencies in the menu and such is OpenBox. Supposedly works just the same as fluxbox, only with more options and nicer font support.

Cool

N_A_J_M · 02-10-2003, 03:20 AM

thanks!

anyone able to tell me where i can get aterm or Eterm from?

MasterC · 02-10-2003, 07:30 AM

www.freshmeat.net Eterm is part of the Enlightenment package, aterm is part of the AfterStep wm.

Cool

nxny · 02-10-2003, 11:27 AM

http://aterm.sourceforge.net/
http://www.eterm.org/

(to be more specific, because transparency will soon be considered a basic human right alongwith food, shelter and clothes and we want to get you going ASAP)

nakkaya · 02-10-2003, 12:02 PM

or you can check out www.rpmfind.net for binary

macewan · 02-10-2003, 06:59 PM

aterm -trsb -sh 50 -tr -fb "-artwiz-mints-mild-*-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" -title bushIsAdIpShIt -fg white

after you have grabbed at copy of - aterm for this example - this is how you can display a "cool" - and i use that term loosely since i've never been cool a day in my life - anyway - display a "cool" aterm" such as the one here
http://www.deadmule.com/images/tmp/naughty.jpg

naturally you will want to substitute dip shit bush for your own title ; )

if only we could substitute that little boy

ambelos · 02-06-2004, 09:04 AM

how do i make aterm to be completely borderless, with no menus, nor title bar, nor scrolling bar? i'm also having trouble trying to keep it that way, so that next time i run it, it will always stay in the settings i put it in. thnx

mikshaw · 02-06-2004, 10:31 AM

1) You can launch it with some options (man aterm):
+sb (disable scrollbar)
-shading 30 (30% transparent)
-fade 80 (fades a bit when it loses focus)
I'm not sure about removing decoration...I do that with ~/.fluxbox/apps:
[app] (aterm)
[Deco] {0x1c0}
[end]

or

2) Add some aterm defaults to ~/.Xdefaults:
aterm*transparent:true
aterm*shading:30
aterm*borderWidth:0
aterm*truetintingType:true
aterm*fading:80
aterm*scrollBar:False
These don't seem to work when you change/add options in a command line

ambelos · 02-07-2004, 12:22 PM

i can't find ~/.Xdefaults anywhere. I am using RH8. is there another config file i can use? where is this located? thnx

jay

mikshaw · 02-07-2004, 03:03 PM

sorry for not explaining further. Most dot files (hidden files) are not automatically generated unless an application specifically needs it to run.
You can simply create a new file in your home directory called .Xdefaults, put some settings in it, and save it.
"vim ~/.Xdefaults" will work, or if you prefer using a GUI text editor, just open up the editor, add some settings to a new document, and save as /home/you/.Xdefaults

ambelos · 02-07-2004, 03:56 PM

i tried what u said. here's the exact steps:

cd /home/politisj/
vi .Xdefaults
<entered everything u told me to>
<esc> :qw <enter>

then, tried running aterm...still runs the same as before. is there something i'm doing wrong?

thnx,
jay

mikshaw · 02-08-2004, 12:19 AM

I'm not sure to be honest...it looks like you did it right, except it should be :wq...I'm assuming that's a typo though, since you would still be asked to save your changes otherwise. I've had trouble with Xdefaults when trying to run aterm with commandline options...seems to work only if I run "aterm" or "aterm -e application". Anything additional and it reverts to its boring default settings. is it possible you used "aterm -something" instead of just "aterm"?

ambelos · 02-08-2004, 07:25 AM

nope. i used just 'aterm' in the command prompt, and i created a launch item on one of my panels, also with just 'aterm'.

now, i saw that u said to do aterm*<option>. i didn't know if that was right or not, so i tried it with that, and also with aterm <option>. are there any other config files that aterm accesses so that it knows what fonts and other options to use? or mabe is there another folder that .Xdefaults should be in?

thnx, jay