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transparent X windows.

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From: karron Dan Karron karron
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 08:23
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With SGI machines with alpha planes, how much
work would it be to give X windows a transparency property ?

I keep shuffeling windows to keep an eye on the console window.

I would not mind if I could see ghosts from that window through
the windows over it....

Just a thought!

Cheers!

Dan.
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From: karron@karron.med.nyu.edu (Dan Karron (karron@nyu.edu)
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