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From: kall@MAYO.EDU (Bruce Kall)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Transparent windows
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Date: 8 Nov 90 21:29:46 GMT
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Does anybody have a suggestion about how to make a Xlib window transparent
except
for items drawn in it with GCs in an opaque color?  I want to display a round
menu button
in a transparent window and don't want anything but the menu button (which is
not rectangular)
to be opaque.  I can't use the background color/pixmap of the window(s) behind
it because
it may be overlapping two windows or it may be on top of an image which is
grayscale.

Thanks in advance.







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