How make transparent window

[karu]

Sorry my bad English but how i can make transparent window in linux. I need to do textgadget with transparent background and window. Transparent text i can draw with png but how to make windows transparent?

[Anonymous]

hello,you can make a transparent window with GTK. , this this :http://plan99.net/~mike/blog/?p=38

[walker]

since GTK 2.12 you can simply use

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gtk_window_set_opacity (*widget, opacity.f)

where opacity is a range from 0.0 to 1.0

This only works if a compisite manager is running
To check that, use

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gtk_widget_is_composited (*widget)

where widget is the WindowID

for sure you have to import these funcions with the ImportC function

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ImportC
gtk_window_set_opacity (*widget, opacity.f)
gtk_widget_is_composited (*widget)
EndImport

[karu]

ok, thanks but gtk_window_set_opacity is setting whole window opacity, i need that window is transparent and gadgets is not. Shortly i want to do scrolling text like subtitles in video

[Progi1984]

for sure you have to import these funcions with the ImportC function

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ImportC
gtk_window_set_opacity (*widget, opacity.f)
gtk_widget_is_composited (*widget)
EndImport

@walker : which library must we import for using these functions ?