Re: Transparent Windows, WindowMaker and [NSWindow backgroundColor]

[Eric Wasylishen]

Hi Austin,
On 2011-06-02, at 12:44 PM, Austin Clow wrote:

> Are transparent windows supported in WindowMaker?
> 
No, at least not in the version available in ubuntu. You could file a feature 
request with the WindowMaker team if you want.

> On a mac when you set the backgroundColor of a window with a color that has 
> an alpha the window becomes transparent.
> 
As David said, this works fine in GNUstep under X11 as long as you use the 
default (cairo) backend, and your window manager and X server supports it. I 
use Gnome's metacity, and for transparent windows to work you have to turn on 
compositing.

I don't think GS supports transparent windows on Windows but it would probably 
be pretty easy to do.

Eric