Hi,

we have slightly revised the frame-transparency patch in order to fix  
compilation errors in some occasions. Comments, feedbacks and  
suggestions are welcome. You can see some screenshots at the  
following URL.
http://homepage.mac.com/matsuan_tamachan/emacs/TransparencyPatch.html

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1. Target operating systems

* Mac OSX  :   'Carbon Emacs'
* Windows XP, 2000, ME :   'NTEmacs'


2. How to build

* Mac OSX
Frame-transparency is automatically enabled when compiled on Mac OSX  
10.2 or later.

* MS Windows
If you use Windows XP, 2000 or ME, add manually the below switch when  
configuring.
CFLAGS=-DUSE_TRANSPARENCY


3. Parameters

Two frame parameters are introduced:

* active-alpha : window opacity of the frontmost frame.
* inactive-alpha : window opacity of non-active frames.

Window opacity will be set by using a float value between 0.0  
(invisible) to 1.0 (completely opaque). By default they are set to 1.0.


4. sample settings

To set frame-transparency of the current frame

         ;; active frame
         (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'active-alpha 0.9)
         ;; non active frame
         (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'inactive-alpha 0.8)

To set the default frame parameters

         (setq default-frame-alist
               (append
                (list
                 '(active-alpha . 0.9)  ;; active frame
                 '(inactive-alpha . 0.8) ;; non active frame
                 ) default-frame-alist)
               )

5. authors

Ryo Yoshitake, Takashi Hiromatsu, Seiji Zenitani

contact: macemacs-english@lists.sourceforge.jp


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Sincerely,


Seiji Zenitani
zenitani@tkg.att.ne.jp