[cairo] Alpha channel [pycairo]

[Robert O'Callahan]

On 3/12/07, Kalle Vahlman <kalle.vahlman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2007/3/10, Manuel <origin.of at gmail.com>:
> > hi all, I've this "program" :
> [snip]
> > try execute it, the alpha channel doesn't work...
> > The windows isn't semi-transparent...
> > cr.set_source_rgba(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5) doesn't work ??
>
> That's because window transparency doesn't quite work that way.
>
> On X, windows traditionally are always fully opaque. One needs the
> help of the Composite extension to achieve transparency, which pretty
> much is out of scope for Cairo IMO.


Actually all the X *application* needs to do is to choose an RGBA visual for
its windows.

Rob
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