On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Ruslan Kiianchuk < ruslan.kiianchuk@gmail.com> wrote:
So there is XMonad.Hooks.FadeWindows http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Hooks-FadeWindows.html module that allows to make unfocused windows slightly transparent.
But is it possible to just dim unfocused windows without changing their opacity (the way fadeing option does this for URXVT?).
Not without specific support in the compositing manager (or the application owning the window, as with urxvt). You may want to look at recent versions of compton (may need to build from git instead of using an OS package); while it doesn't seem to support a window property such as xmonad uses to communicate with compositing managers --- and if it did, you'd need to make a local copy of FadeInactive referring to the new property, *and* a local copy of FadeWindows so it links against your local FadeInactive, if you use that --- it can do inactive-dim itself with appropriate options. (I use: compton -cCfGb --inactive-dim=0.4 --detect-transient --use-ewmh-active-win --backend=glx) -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allbery.b@gmail.com ballbery@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net