From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Transparent background Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:25:06 +0100 Message-ID: References: <7ffdab830801310038y66a624b1p520d7f3a36915578@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1201778835 21329 80.91.229.12 (31 Jan 2008 11:27:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:27:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Madhukar Kumar Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 31 12:27:36 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JKXZv-0006a7-RZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:27:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKXZU-0006oV-G3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:27:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKXYa-0006O3-2Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:26:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKXYX-0006Lr-7A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:26:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKXYX-0006Lj-2d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:26:09 -0500 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKXYX-0002sY-8Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:26:09 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp06.web.de (fmsmtp06.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.172]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88996CCBE869; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:25:08 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [195.4.205.151] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.109 #226) id 1JKXXY-0006xK-00; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:25:08 +0100 In-Reply-To: <7ffdab830801310038y66a624b1p520d7f3a36915578@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+81jYr4l3NUmiIZx5Yas8qorzzp3Gsne9uZNsW PcbFABK6JveE6Og1as9MpZLCJjSiGbfLzVTheWg/PZJFk5a4Zb ABygkEtLFQIoOW6ijOYA== X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:51119 Archived-At: Am 31.01.2008 um 09:38 schrieb Madhukar Kumar: > Can someone tell me how to get transparent background? Do you really want a background that is not opaque, that lets the background shine through? What you describe looks like reverse-video. Among the options that 'emacs --help' displays is: --reverse-video, -r, -rv switch foreground and background Transparency in a terminal emulator window can be achieved with some of them, I think eterm is one. In Mac OS X Terminal.app exists ... -- Greetings Pete If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.