HOWTO: True or Pseudo-Transparent Borderless Pop-up Terminals

[jr.gotti]

Just to add on, if you want the size of the terminal to be larger than the default, add the "geometry=##x##"

Example:

alltray -x -st -g +554+62  "gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=tterm --geometry=79x38"

The previous cod will cause the terminal to be to the right of the screen, with a height to fill the desktop.

Excellent tutorial 23! Been looking for this for awhile!

[short4lif2]

I had problems with the second tutorial. I managed to get all the packages, but the following output came out when i tried compiling transset

danny@danny:~/transset-df-4$ make
cc -Wall `pkg-config --cflags xcomposite xfixes xdamage xrender` -c transSet.c
/bin/sh: cc: command not found
make: *** [transSet.o] Error 127
danny@danny:~/transset-df-4$ sudo make install
cp transset-df /usr/bin
cp: cannot stat `transset-df': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1

any ideas?

[23meg]

make sure you have the package "gcc" installed.

[23meg]

Just to add on, if you want the size of the terminal to be larger than the default, add the "geometry=##x##"

Example:

alltray -x -st -g +554+62  "gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=tterm --geometry=79x38"

The previous cod will cause the terminal to be to the right of the screen, with a height to fill the desktop.

Excellent tutorial 23! Been looking for this for awhile!

Thanks for the props and the addition; let me further add that the exact gnome-terminal geometry to use will depend on your screen resolution, so your geometry may not work good on other systems. If you want a non-standard size, it's best to launch a bordered, normal gnome-terminal, resize it to your liking, note the size that's displayed in the middle of the window while you're resizing, and use that for the geometry option. Also, note that this will affect the value you get with xwininfo, so it's best done before probing for the window coordinates.

[thestarslookdown]

I don't know why, but the transparency isn't working. I did everything in the second tutorial and the terminal will load (in alltray as well), but it won't be transparent. Anyone know why, or is more infomation needed?

[23meg]

thestarslookdown: Launch an xterm window and enter

transset-df -n "tterm (AllTray)"  0.70

tell me what output this command gives you.

[sam hassell]

Quote:
...stay on the bottom of the window stack?...

There is a way to do it using Devil's Pie.

Thanks souled, I'll have a look into Devil's Pie when i get some time.

[thestarslookdown]

No window matching tterm (AllTray) exists!

That's what it says in both a regular xterm and the one launched by the sh file.

[23meg]

I've forgotten to mention that you have to set the "Dynamically-set title" option in the "Title and Command" tab of your gnome-terminal profile settings to "Isn't displayed". This causes the window to have a static title that doesn't change according to your prompt string. I've updated the guide to correct this mistake, thanks for reporting it.

Note: I have also updated step 9 of the second section to allow launching the terminal on the condition that xcompmgr is running.

[thestarslookdown]

I still can't get it to work. However, if I start a terminal, switch to the tterm profile (which changes the title to tterm), and then do

transset-df -n "tterm (AllTray)" 0.70

the terminal will become transparent.