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From: stroyan@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Mike Stroyan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: xseethru
Message-ID: <5570156@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 89 01:14:41 GMT
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Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co.
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> Hello.  On the hp 835's there is a program called "xseethru" which
> allows you to see the full color planes if you are running in the
> overlay planes.  I'm trying to write something similar only on a more
> specific scale.  Does anyone know how it works?

There is a magic color in the rgb database called "transparent".  The
rgb data would correspond to a very dark blue, but it is actually
rendered as transparency to the full color planes.  For instance, "xterm
-bg transparent" will produce a terminal window with a transparent
background.

Mike Stroyan, stroyan@hpfcla.hp.com