Semitransparent shell in flwm

[meo]

Hi all!

Can anyone tell me how to get a semitransparent shell in flwm? Currently it has light and dark but I would very much like to have a semitransparent too. I remember when it first appeared in DSL and how it suddenly seemed so professional. Yes, it's downright cool with a semitransparent shell. Especially while compiling (and having a nice background). Any hints would be appreciated.

Have fun with tinycore,
meo

[bmarkus]

One solution is lxterminal which is available in the repo. There you can adjust background and foreground color as well as opacity level.

[robc]

Code: [Select]

aterm -tr -trsb-tr is for transparency
-trsb is for side bar transparency

[roberts]

transparency is not a setting with flwm, it is a setting for aterm.
See: http://tinycorelinux.com/faq.html#transparency

[meo]

Hi again!

Thanks for all suggestions! I really appreciate them. Robert I think I didn't explain so well what I was after. I'm looking for a way to have transparency as an option in the flwm-menu. That's where I got stuck since I'm not to familiar with the structure of flwm. But I can follow the suggestions of bmarkus and robc to get a semitransparent aterm even though it would be much more convenient just to have it in the flwm-menu.

Have fun working with tinycore,
meo

[meo]

Hi bmarkus!

I just tried lxterminal out and it was a blast! Very good work, I'll go with that one. Thanks a lot for this excellent terminal program!

Have fun making more extensions for tinycore,
meo