Borderless Desktop Terminal [SOLVED]

Aventinus · 2010-09-13 22:57:16

After the first 2 days in Arch I feel really comfortable with the enviroment. I have Openbox as a DE with tint2 and a nice set conky on my top right side of the screen.
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Before I enter the Arch world I remember seeing a desktop screenshot of someone who used Openbox + tint2 + conky BUT also had on his top left screen a borderless terminal exactly like conky. Only it was the terminal.
So is it possible to have a conky-like terminal on the screen in which you can also type commands?

Thanks!

Last edited by Aventinus (2010-09-15 10:19:44)

Inxsible · 2010-09-13 23:00:16

edited post to remove full size image. Read the forum rules please.

and I think you might be looking for a drop down terminal. Can be done in multiple ways. Terminator does it AFAIK.

Aventinus · 2010-09-13 23:13:56

Inxsible wrote:

edited post to remove full size image. Read the forum rules please.
and I think you might be looking for a drop down terminal. Can be done in multiple ways. Terminator does it AFAIK.

Sorry for the full size image. As I said, new to the forums!

Actually I'm not looking for a drop down terminal. As I mentioned I look for a conky-like terminal. If it is possible...

warenoso · 2010-09-13 23:20:23

yes it is possible, take a look at urxvt wiki page . If you are using openbox check rc.xml there is an option for no borders

schen · 2010-09-14 01:46:04

Just set something in rc.xml, it's like window borderless or something.

athelas · 2010-09-15 07:50:46

I am using urxvt. I've added this to my rc.xml:

<application name="urxvt">
        <decor>no</decor>
        <focus>yes</focus>
        <layer>below</layer>
        <desktop>all</desktop>
        <maximized>false</maximized>
    <skip_pager>yes</skip_pager>
    <skip_taskbar>no</skip_taskbar>
</application>

and this to my .Xdefaults:

URxvt*transparent:true
URxvt*font:xft:Arial Bold:pixelsize=14
URxvt*scrollBar:false
URxvt*geometry:60x40+400+100
URxvt*borderLess:true
URxvt*foreground:#424242

probably you want to check this thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=45382&p=2

Last edited by athelas (2010-09-15 07:56:23)

kgas · 2010-09-15 08:58:35

devilspie will also do the job.

tomk · 2010-09-15 09:40:09

Changed the thread title to avoid confusion.

Aventinus · 2010-09-15 10:19:22

athelas wrote:

I am using urxvt. I've added this to my rc.xml:

<application name="urxvt">
        <decor>no</decor>
        <focus>yes</focus>
        <layer>below</layer>
        <desktop>all</desktop>
        <maximized>false</maximized>
    <skip_pager>yes</skip_pager>
    <skip_taskbar>no</skip_taskbar>
</application>

and this to my .Xdefaults:

URxvt*transparent:true
URxvt*font:xft:Arial Bold:pixelsize=14
URxvt*scrollBar:false
URxvt*geometry:60x40+400+100
URxvt*borderLess:true
URxvt*foreground:#424242

probably you want to check this thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=45382&p=2

Athelas that was exactly what I waw looking for. It looks awsome. Thanks!
Thank you all for the responses!

Aventinus · 2011-01-06 17:16:07

Hey guys I recently made the big move to KDE and I found out that the same code for urxvt doesn't produce a true transparecy like it did on openbox. Any ideas? Has anyone managed to get urxvt true transparent in KDE. I'm using the following code in Arch 64 bit.

URxvt*transparent:true
URxvt*font:xft:Arial Bold:pixelsize=11
URxvt*scrollBar:false
URxvt*geometry:80x60+0+0
URxvt*borderLess:true
URxvt*foreground:#424242

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#1 2010-09-13 22:57:16

Borderless Desktop Terminal [SOLVED]

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Re: Borderless Desktop Terminal [SOLVED]

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Re: Borderless Desktop Terminal [SOLVED]

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Re: Borderless Desktop Terminal [SOLVED]

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Re: Borderless Desktop Terminal [SOLVED]

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Re: Borderless Desktop Terminal [SOLVED]

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Re: Borderless Desktop Terminal [SOLVED]

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Re: Borderless Desktop Terminal [SOLVED]

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