Re: Adding parameters to windows

[Seiji Zenitani <zenitani@mac.com>]

Hi,

I noticed that the transparency code was already installed.
Here is a NEWS entry for it.

Thanks,
Seiji

** Frame operations:

*** Controlling the frame opacity.
The opacity of a frame can now be controlled by setting
the `alpha' frame parameter, on X Window system with composite  
extension.
The alpha parameter should be an integer between 0 (transparent) and
100 (opaque) or a float number between 0.0 and 1.0.
Optionally, the opacity can be set by a cons cell;
the first item controlls the opacity of an active frame,
and the second item controlls that of non-active frames.

  (set-frame-parameter nil 'alpha 80)
  (set-frame-parameter nil 'alpha 0.8)
  (set-frame-parameter nil 'alpha '(100 70)) ;; (<active> [<inactive>])
  (set-frame-parameter nil 'alpha nil)

Note that the threshold opacity of a frame is defined
by the variable `frame-alpha-lower-limit',
so that the user may not lose control of the frame.
The default value is 20.  Similarly, an integer (0-100) or
a float number (0.0-1.0) can be set.


On 2008/05/19, at 21:17, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>>> Now that your copyright papers are on file, could you send us
>>> a patch together with a corresponding ChangeLog entry?
>
>> Here's a patch & ChangeLog lines for a new frame parameter.
>
> It looks OK.  Whoever decides to instll it just needs to make the
> following adjustments:
> 1 - follow coding conventions (a space after ";" and ",", a space
>    around binary operators).
> 2 - add a NEWS entry and a ChangeLog entry.
>
>
>        Stefan