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1 # Change Alpha |
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3 A patch that allows for updating terminal transparency natively. |
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5 ### Description |
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7 This patch is an extension to the [alpha](https://st.suckless.org/patche… |
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8 which _must_ be applied prior. |
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10 ### Notes |
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12 * This patch assumes that the alpha variable is a float, which was only … |
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13 patch version 0.8.2 i.e., 0.8.2 is the minimum compatible version. |
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14 * Don't forget to append "config.h" to the end of the rm command under t… |
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15 Makefile if you are having issues running make install. |
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16 |
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17 ### Purpose |
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19 Later versions of the default alpha patch provide a method of changing w… |
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20 the -A flag, however, with no method of querying the current alpha level… |
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21 to write scripts which increment or decrement this value. It is typicall… |
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22 the opacity via your compositor, but not all compositors support this, a… |
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23 your setup is still less portable at the end of the day. The |
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24 [transset-df](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/transset-df) package |
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25 located in the AUR is the closest I've come to changing opacity on a per… |
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26 however, it still requires writing a script and binding that script to s… |
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27 keybinding manager of some sort. Not to mention, it's fatal flaw - you c… |
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28 opacity beyond the default value set with the alpha patch. |
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30 ### Download |
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32 #### Patch: alpha (0.8.5) + changealpha |
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34 [st-alpha-changealpha-0.1.diff](st-alpha-changealpha-20230519-b44f2ad.di… |
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36 #### Patch: changealpha |
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38 [st-changealpha-0.1.diff](st-changealpha-20230519-b44f2ad.diff) |
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40 ### Author |
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42 Neil Kingdom - <[email protected]> |
