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From: C/os, X11 R4 xterm, and /dev/tty1 R4 xterm, and /dev/tty
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: X11R4 Transparencies
Message-ID: <101950100@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 5 Mar 90 18:16:09 GMT
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Gene Dykes writes:
> 
> 			xterm -bg Transparent
> 
> This used to work in X11R3.
> Under X11R4 it still works for Turbo SRX, but not for SRX.

This is an SRX server bug, but as Paul Raveling correctly points out,
you do also need an rgb.txt file which contains an entry for
transparent.  The correct R-G-B values for "transparent" are actually
0-0-1, not 1-1-1.  We will provide a patched R4 server RSN.

Harry Phinney  harry@hp-pcd.cv.hp.com

PS:  Yes, I've gotten in touch with rmacfarq@computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk