On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:01:54PM +0100, frederic wrote: >>>> Example: >>>> http://xinutec.org/~pippijn/files/img/collection/why-transparency-is-evil.jpg >>>> > > So sugar is evil, because if one eats too much of it, one may die. > >>>> So, I agree with uriel: transparency is for idiots. > > Often, drunk people seem to believe that other people are drunk. > > Do yourself a favour: stop calling others idiots. > >>> When I was young I thought hey that looks cool (compared to the usual >>> terminals on Windows by that time). But when actually using it for a >>> while it hurts more and the coolness factor becomes obsolete sooner >>> than later. Perhaps the younger generation has better eyes and can >>> cope with it for a couple of years, but I haven't seen any serious >>> programmer that worked with translucent terminals very long... >>> > > I think I'm not younger than you, and I have been working with > translucent terminals for about ten years on a daily basis. > I think the reason why I've been using them for so long is because I use > them more for the aesthetics than for the coolness factor. > Of course, my wallpaper doesn't show some lame anime character, insipid > landscape or kickass-y car. > >>> Apart from that, all the other reasons (unnecessary complexity, >>> unnecessary cpu cycles, etc) are true and I agree. >>> > > I won't argue against that. Suckless software is nice, because it spares > some resources on my machine, so I can use translucent terminals :) > >> >> If you need the transparency, there are compositing window managers >> that will do perfect transparency for any application you would like >> to. > > Not exactly. Last time I tried, a compositing manager makes transparent > everything including writings, and performs true transparency. It is > significantly less comfortable than pseudo-transparency done by terminals > themselves. A comfortable translucent set up requires a accurate settings > in order to balance correctly eye-candy and easy reading. > >
I doubt st will implement transparency for obvious reasons, so if you want transparency use either $compositing_wm or another terminal. I personally don't like transparent terminals and I don't think they add any- thing to my coolness factor (and they aren't even for). If I'd like to impress people with how cool linux is I would use KDE4 or gnome whatever. This thread is about the features st should implement and transparency surely is a thing that shouldn't be implemented by st, so we should probably abandon this topic. Best Regards Moritz
