Hi, Eterm takes up a lot of resources and you have to learn how to configure it. Much easier is rxvt, aterm, or wterm. All you do there to get a transparent mode is "-tr". They do pixmaps as well.
I started with eterm and quickly moved on. > > > is there a way make the xterm "box" a "see-through" (to > > > the background or to a background image)? (in other > > > words, do i have to use the white/gray box in xterm or > > > could i use an image or a different color background > > > for xterm boxes?) > > > > AFAIK, you can't do that with xterm. You should look at eterm > > (available via apt). It's technically part of enlightenment, but it > > doesn't require enlightenment. It's very cool and allows the > > transparent background you are interested in. Jonathan