enable real transparency in urxvt with compton

[config/dotfiles.git] / Xdefaults.in

diff --git a/Xdefaults.in b/Xdefaults.in
index 72e467d3749eaea678bf8c68ddcc6aebd165aca6..f2938b4ad66ecf9200b942888a9c76a06a47b9d4 100644 (file)
--- a/Xdefaults.in
+++ b/Xdefaults.in
@@ -5,15 +5,38 @@
 ! "Term" is an alias for all supported terminal emulators; it is automatically
 ! replaced by setup.sh.
 
+! Copyright (C) 2011-2014  Simon Ruderich
+!
+! This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+! it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+! the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+! (at your option) any later version.
+!
+! This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+! but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+! MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+! GNU General Public License for more details.
+!
+! You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+! along with this file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
 
 ! Use gray on black with a light yellow cursor in terminals.
-Term*foreground: #cccccc
-Term*background: black
+Term*foreground:  #cccccc
+Term*background:  #000000
 Term*cursorColor: #ffff66
 
-! Disable the scrollback buffer. I use screen so it is not necessary.
+! Special case for urxvt to get transparent background. This requires a
+! compositing manager which supports transparency like compton. Thanks to eto
+! and adaedra in #herblstuftwm on Freenode (2014-05-04 15:50 ff) for their
+! awesome help regarding transparency.
+Rxvt*background: [90]#000000
+! Necessary for transparency, see man page.
+Rxvt*depth: 32
+
+! Disable the scrollback buffer. I use screen/tmux so it is not necessary.
 XTerm*saveLines: 0
-Rxvt*saveLines: 0
+Rxvt*saveLines:  0
 
 ! Use the meta-key as expected by emacs/irssi.
 XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true
@@ -26,6 +49,13 @@ XTerm.termName: xterm-256color
 ! #stumpwm on Freenode (2009-05-18 22:05).
 !XTerm*allowSendEvents: true
 
+! Enable pseudo transparency. Only used if compton is not available.
+!NO_COMPTON Rxvt*transparent: true
+!NO_COMPTON Rxvt*shading:     10
+
+! Do not use any perl extension scripts.
+Rxvt*perl-ext-common:
+
 ! Main console colors.
 Term*color0:  #000000
 Term*color1:  #ff0000