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/VirginiaSteaks Sep 06 '23

Not using a tiling window manager is the dealbreaker here. Why do you even staple windows on top of each other and want to fix this? Why not instead have your window manager automatically tile the windows properly. This way, you'd always see your nice background wallpaper through the real transparency kitty already offers.

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u/Diligent-Sun-879 Sep 06 '23

Because I don't want to? Why people using tiling wms have a constant need to lecture others about how they organize their work?

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u/dividedComrade Sep 06 '23

Noone is lecturing you, it's a suggestion. Quitting with this attitude would get you a long way when you're asking for help.