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ARGB Visual

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Many people want to have transparent Conky. There was an option to do that for a long time, but the problem is that it wasn't true transparency. It was fake transparency. Conky just copied content of desktop window from below. And that pose a problem - it won't copy icons from desktop so there is none if Conky is above. This option is own_window_transparent yes.

But then, Conky developers, along time when LUA engine was added, introduced new option - own_window_argb_visual. And it's good as long as you don't use LUA or IMLIB engine built into new Conky along with COMPIZ in your system.

One must to chose:

own_window_transparent yes
own_window_argb_visual no

DK75-transparentON-argbOFF.png

own_window_transparent yes
own_window_argb_visual yes

DK75-transparentON-argbON.png

own_window_transparent no
own_window_argb_visual yes

DK75-transparentOFF-argbON.png




#-----Window settings
own_window yes
own_window_type desktop   #<--- have problem with visibility and have no intention to fight with Compiz at this
own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_argb_value 100
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_colour black
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_class Conky
own_window_title ConkyTest

DK75-conky-transparent-with-image-desktop.jpg




#-----Window settings
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_argb_value 100
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_colour black
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_class Conky
own_window_title ConkyTest

DK75-conky-transparent-with-image-normal.jpg




#-----Window settings
own_window yes
own_window_type override
#   own_window_argb_visual yes <--- no ARGB visuals
#   own_window_argb_value 100  <--- no ARGB visuals
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_colour black
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_class Conky
own_window_title ConkyTest

DK75-conky-transparent-with-image-override.jpg

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