From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Clifford Wulfman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Changes 2009-07-15/16 in branch? Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:18:03 -0400 Message-ID: <633A5994-67EB-4A21-AD99-3359CB5D6D65@Princeton.EDU> References: <4A692E0A.9060108@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1248795044 5751 80.91.229.12 (28 Jul 2009 15:30:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:30:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 28 17:30:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MVodQ-0000sn-HQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:30:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38616 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MVodP-0004vl-Um for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:30:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MVmZM-0002kM-FL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:18:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MVmZL-0002jv-Qt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:18:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37466 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MVmZL-0002jn-HM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:18:15 -0400 Original-Received: from postoffice03.princeton.edu ([128.112.131.174]:38221 helo=Princeton.EDU) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MVmZJ-0003KL-HR; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:18:13 -0400 Original-Received: from smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.65]) by Princeton.EDU (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n6SDIC3l020278; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:18:12 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from hagen.Princeton.EDU (hagen.Princeton.EDU [128.112.202.26]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n6SDIBej007393 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:18:11 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:30:31 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:113295 Archived-At: On Jul 28, 2009, at 12:37 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: > I use this feature all the time on my laptop to enable me to see > what's > underneath my editing window (a manual page, some data I'm > transcribing, etc.) > > How do you use it? Temporarily for a moment? > What command do you give, when you want to use it? > > Is this feature unique to Emacs on MacOS, or do other apps have it > too? I usually set it to .9 just for effect and leave it there; when I'm working on something that requires more transparency (e.g., transcribing something, refactoring code, describing something that's displayed in another window, etc.) I'll increase it. To set it, I use ns-set-background-alpha from the minibuffer. I don't know many apps on the Mac that have this feature; the Terminal.app does, and I use it in a similar fashion. Dr. Clifford E. Wulfman Coordinator of Library Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library cwulfman@Princeton.EDU