Re: Re: FVWM: crazy idea

From: Marco Mariani <m.mariani_at_imola.nettuno.it>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 20:20:43 -0100 (GMT-0100)

On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Tim Phipps wrote:

> > +-----+
> > | |`-----+
> > | || |\
> > | || | \
> > +-----+| |`----+
> > \ +-` || |\
> > \ | || ||
> > \ +-------+| ||
> > \ ` `-------+|
> > `-`----`-------`
> I remember an ancient X program that would draw shadows on the root window
> just like this. It used a stipple of black dots to darken the root window
> below application windows. It used the stacking order to increase the
> depth of shadow for the top windows. It did not draw shadows on top of
> other windows, just the root window so the effect wasn't perfect.

There was an amiga program which did draw shadows on top of other windows
too, and you could calibrate the depth and darkness of the shadows.
The effect was really nice.

All The Best,
 Marco

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