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Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:51:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Hardin <jhardin AT impsec DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin bash
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On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, Gustavo Seabra wrote:

> You can try using vitrite instead:
> http://www.vanmiddlesworth.org/vitrite
>
> With that you can set the transparency for *any* window in Windows
> (not only rxvt). You can set the transparency from 0 to 9 with just a
> ctrl+shift+[0-9]. really simple app, and very useful when you have a
> large number of widows open at the same time.

You may also want to take a look at Virtual Dimension. I would suggest 
that virtual desktops are a better way to manage lots of open windows than 
playing with their alphas, and Virtual Dimension is the closest to the 
*nix virtual desktop managers that I've been able to find.

And it also lets you set window alpha.

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