Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.
-I<Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
-the author. Don't bug him with installation questions! Read the FAQ (man 7
-@@RXVT_NAME@@)!>
+I<Please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
+sasha@aftercode.net. Read the FAQ (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!>
=item B<-fade> I<number>
=item B<path:> I<path>
-Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding XPM files.
+Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
=item B<COLORTERM>
Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
-compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension
-C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
+compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
+extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
+screen.
=item B<COLORFGBG>
C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
-was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like C<ncurses> and C<slang> can
-(and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
+was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
+and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
=item B<WINDOWID>
=head3 I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?
-First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, so
-you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may
-bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
-of passage: ... and you failed.
+First of all, please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
+sasha@aftercode.net and do not bug the author about it. Also, if you can't
+get it working consider it a rite of passage: ... and you failed.
Here are four ways to get transparency. B<Do> read the manpage and option
descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it!
to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
your picture with gimp or any other tool:
- convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm
- @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
+ convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.jpg
+ @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pixmap background.jpg -pe automove-background
-That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or you
+That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack AfterImage and Perl support, or you
are unable to read.
3. Use an ARGB visual:
B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 706]
B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 707]
- B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).
+ B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change background pixmap parameters (see section BACKGROUND IMAGE) (Compile AfterImage).
B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>
B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
=back
-=head1 XPM
+=head1 BACKGROUND IMAGE
-For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value
-of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
+For the BACGROUND IMAGE XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value
+of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background image file followed by a
sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
scaling/positioning commands are as follows:
=over 4
-=item B<\E]20;funky\a>
+=item B<\E]20;funky.jpg\a>
-load B<funky.xpm> as a tiled image
+load B<funky.jpg> as a tiled image
-=item B<\E]20;mona;100\a>
+=item B<\E]20;mona.jpg;100\a>
-load B<mona.xpm> with a scaling of 100%
+load B<mona.jpg> with a scaling of 100%
=item B<\E]20;;200;?\a>