[openbox] OpenBox 3.0 and Transparency [longish]

[Roman Neuhauser]

# shadow at serverart.org / 2004-01-13 07:41:50 -0600:
> Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> ># shadow at serverart.org / 2004-01-13 06:37:06 -0600:
> >>Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> >>># neuhauser at bellavista.cz / 2004-01-09 10:32:01 +0100:
> >>>> Date: 2004-01-08 17:22
> >>>> Sender: gcw
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> >>>> user_id=22709
> >>>>
> >>>> rxvt [-/+ip] is InheritPixmap which is fast artificial
> >>>> transparency.  This is worked around in later 2.7 versions
> >>>> for  applications which set the root background and also set
> >>>> the _XROOTPMAP_ID atom appropriately.  Try upgrading to
> >>>> 2.7.10.  Current aterm should also work properly.
> >>>>       
> >>> I tried to follow up to the PR at www.rxvt.org, but the tracker
> >>> ignores me, so the rxvt guys won't see this:
> >>>
> >>> transparency in 2.7.10 is terribly slow: the background catches up
> >>> after like half a second after dragging the window, and doesn't work
> >>> reliably: shade the window, unshade, it has white background (moving
> >>> the window "fixes" it).
> >>>
> >>> I reverted to 2.6.4 with solid background until I find a terminal
> >>> that works with openbox-3 like rxvt-2.6.4 does with openbox-2.
> >>>     
> >>i've been using aterm, and now, gnome-terminal.   neither one updates 
> >>during the drag with openbox3 (3.1), but after the drag there are no 
> >>issues and the pseudo transparency updates just fine.
> >
> >   I don't want the window contents refreshed during move; I don't want
> >   to *see* the contents while moving the window (I use
> >   session.opaqueMove: False with openbox-2; NB: the frame drawn during
> >   non-opaque move in ob3 is somehow obtrusive, I think it's thicker or
> >   something).
> >
> >   What I'm talking about is what happens when I *release* the window:
> >   It displays the old background for about half a second, then catches
> >   up.
>
> Ah.  I'm glad we could make this thread longer.  Give gnome-terminal and 
> aterm a try.  is the behavior the same as you describe happens with rxvt?

    I wouldn't want to use gnome-terminal, but I'll try aterm, when I
    get home (I use ob2 @ work).

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