Re: Borderless terms
Bart De Win (bart.dewin@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:41:33 +0200 (CEST)
Tomas Duewiger writes:
> Dan Riley <daniel@vailsys.com> writes:
>
> > In the screen shot at http://www.afterstep.org/screenshots/chris.jpg, how
> > did Chris get the terminal that is running top on the left side in the
> > background to appear without any borders? I can not seem to find any
> > reference to this in the faq or docs.
>
> I think it's not without any borders, it's just without handles (the
> borders at the bottom). You can define this in your database file with:
> Style "WindowWithoutHandles" NoHandles (maybe also NoTitle)
>
> To get away the scrollbars you have to call the term with that parameter,
> for example:
> rxvt +sb -T "WindowWithoutHandles"
> You need the -T (Title) option for afterstep to identfy the window and
> compare it with the databse entries.
>
> This way you will still have a thin border around the window, but if you
> use the right colors you won't really see it. I use this for a log file
> that always stays open in the back.
Or you can try to use Eterm which supports true windowless borders
(although I have a problem configuring it the way I want). I
can't give you a direct link, but finding it shouldn't be too hard.
Bart.
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