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#1 2009-07-09 06:38:52

baba
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[SOLVED]Making the terminal transparent

I've been wondering recently how do I make my terminal different.  I would like for it to be darker themed and transparent kind like the one in this shot http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2819/openbox1.jpg to give a visual idea of what I am talking about.  I am a new to arch and just starting to understand how to config files etc. Just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction.

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#2 2009-07-09 06:40:45

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Re: [SOLVED]Making the terminal transparent

Well it depends on the terminal you are using how to make it transparent.  What terminal are you using?  Xterm, RXVT-Unicode, Eterm, aterm?


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#3 2009-07-09 06:48:21

baba
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Re: [SOLVED]Making the terminal transparent

lifeafter2am wrote:

Well it depends on the terminal you are using how to make it transparent.  What terminal are you using?  Xterm, RXVT-Unicode, Eterm, aterm?

I am using just the plain Gnome Terminal.  Is there a better one then this? Do others have different benefits such as speed etc?

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#4 2009-07-09 07:54:58

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Re: [SOLVED]Making the terminal transparent

baba wrote:
lifeafter2am wrote:

Well it depends on the terminal you are using how to make it transparent.  What terminal are you using?  Xterm, RXVT-Unicode, Eterm, aterm?

I am using just the plain Gnome Terminal.  Is there a better one then this? Do others have different benefits such as speed etc?

You can goto Edit-> Profiles-> appearannce [or something like that] and enable transparency. You can see here for respective sites and read about them and make your choice. Personally I use tilda for a transparent embedded terminal and aterm.

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#5 2009-07-09 07:57:40

baba
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Re: [SOLVED]Making the terminal transparent

sHyLoCk wrote:
baba wrote:
lifeafter2am wrote:

Well it depends on the terminal you are using how to make it transparent.  What terminal are you using?  Xterm, RXVT-Unicode, Eterm, aterm?

I am using just the plain Gnome Terminal.  Is there a better one then this? Do others have different benefits such as speed etc?

You can goto Edit-> Profiles-> appearannce [or something like that] and enable transparency. You can see here for respective sites and read about them and make your choice. Personally I use tilda for a transparent embedded terminal and aterm.

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks alot!:D

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