Yes, this helps a lot. It is, then, because i am using WindowMaker. I didn't know they werent compatible. I will just forget it for now (well maybe). I dont want to go thru the trouble of figuring out how OpenBox or compiz work just yet.
I do have another question tho, on the wiki it states the following:
"cairo – experimental backend using the cairo 2D graphics library. Whilst being not ready for daily work it is planned to replace the current default backends and let cairo care about the underlying graphics system (xlib/xrender, win32, opengl...)"
If cairo will eventually become default, what will the prefered window manager become if WindowMaker is not fully compatible, that is? I had thought that WindowMaker was the prefered due to its being able to run on top / with other window managers.
Also, if i do decide to run OpenBox, what problems should I look for. I am running Ubuntu. And am currently logging directly into WindowMaker.
- Austin Hi Austin, On 2011-06-02, at 6:40 PM, Austin Clow wrote: I can't seem to get the transparency to happen.
I installed cairo, and xcompmgr, rebuilt the latest back, and then set defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSBackend libgnustep-cairo
The application launches fine, and I do notice some *better* drawing, and a few things that draw strangely (I'll report them when I figure out what is going on), but setting the window's backgroundColor with an alpha value (0.5 or otherwise) the window does not become transparent. \
It sounds like the cairo backend is set up properly.
What window manager are you using? I've found xcompmgr only works in conjunction with certain window managers. It doesn't work with WindowMaker. I think it does with OpenBox. Try compiz instead.
Try the transset program. If that doesn't work, it means your window manager / Xserver combination don't support compositing. If you can get transset to work, it will mean that transparency in GNUstep should also work. I will try the [NSWindow setAlpha:] that was mentioned by Fred, but on a Mac this makes the window as well as its content transparent, so perhaps this is different on GNUstep? We'll see.
There used to be a bug preventing -[NSWindow setBackgroundColor:] from working, but it has been fixed for over a year. It isn't necessary to call -setAlpha:.
Hope this helps. Eric If there is anything hat I might be missing, please let me know.
- Austin
On Jun 2, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Fred Kiefer wrote: On 02.06.2011 20:55, David Chisnall wrote:
On 2 Jun 2011, at 19:44, Austin Clow wrote:
Are transparent windows supported in WindowMaker?
Wrong question. WindowMaker is a window manager, it has nothing to do with whether transparent windows work, it just controls their positioning and their decorations.
Transparent windows are supported in X11 by a combination of the composite and render extensions. Applications draw RGBA windows, which are directed off screen. A compositing manager then draws them onto the display. GNUstep will draw RGBA windows (with the Cairo back end definitely, I think with libart, and I think not with xlib), but for these to be transparent / translucent you must be running a compositing manager. X.org comes with a simple compositing manager, xcompmgr, which should work (it can also draw shadows, but little else). Alternatively, you can run a more complex one, like Compiz, which adds other effects.
You may have to set the alpha value of the window as well. But I haven't tested that feature recently. When we added support to RGBA windows in the cairo backend this was needed.
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