On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 06:36:49PM -0800, Neil Hodge wrote: > > I am wondering if any of the solutions mentioned previously in this > thread are truly transparent (i.e., they show desktop icons, other open > windows, etc.) or just pseudo-transparent (i.e., they pass through the > root window only). Thanks. AFAIK, true transparency does not exist in X. What is being talked about is just a replication of the background image to make it seem transparent. -- Hal Burgiss