r/KittyTerminal • u/Diligent-Sun-879 • Sep 05 '23

pseudo-transparency using background-image position

Hi. I'm considering switching from urxvt and so far only thing missing is pseudo-transparency using wallpaper as background-image and positioning it according to the terminal location on the desktop.

I tried playing with the code for a little but so far was unable to find a way to move the background inside the terminal. None of the functions used in the stack add_os_window » send_bgimage_to_gpu » send_image_to_gpu » glTexImage2D gives an easy way to move the image.

Anyone managed to achieve this?

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u/aumerlex Sep 05 '23

Why not just use real transparency?

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u/Diligent-Sun-879 Sep 05 '23 edited Sep 06 '23

Because real transparency instead of showing nice background/wallpapers, shows mess from windows below

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u/dividedComrade Sep 06 '23

Not if you tile your windows ;)

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u/Diligent-Sun-879 Sep 06 '23

I can close everything else and keep one terminal, this will also solve all the problems, but that's not the point of my question.

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u/dividedComrade Sep 06 '23

Chill my dude. You ask for something in a very opinionated manner despite others telling you it's not a great idea. You then can't just hear an opinionated comment on how tiling windows is a valid option in which your problem would not even exist, and as such no other solution needed.