Re: A Recommendation On Transparent IDLE (with code)
Ronald Oussoren via IDLE-dev <[email protected]> Sat, 7 Nov 2020 10:19:32 +0100
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--===============5016990515790189028== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_F17BE9FE-D67C-41A0-B931-29ECEC0CE179" --Apple-Mail=_F17BE9FE-D67C-41A0-B931-29ECEC0CE179 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On 7 Nov 2020, at 06:47, Guido van Rossum <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > I had the same thought =E2=80=94 =E2=80=9Cwhy would anyone want = semi-transparent Windows?=E2=80=9D >=20 > I always assumed the feature existed to show off GPU features. >=20 > But here we have a user who found this so useful that they wrote code = to do it! >=20 > So I think it would be interesting to try and understand the use case, = rather than dismissing it. The OP mentioned that they=E2=80=99d like to have a transparent window = to be able to see windows behind the window. In their case because they want to see the teachers = materials. This might be useful when using a small screen (at least for some users). Ronald =E2=80=94 Twitter / micro.blog: @ronaldoussoren Blog: https://blog.ronaldoussoren.net/ = <https://blog.ronaldoussoren.net/> --Apple-Mail=_F17BE9FE-D67C-41A0-B931-29ECEC0CE179 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div class=3D""> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;"><br class=3D""></div></div> </div> <div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On 7 Nov 2020, at 06:47, Guido van Rossum <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div = dir=3D"auto" class=3D"">I had the same thought =E2=80=94 =E2=80=9Cwhy = would anyone want semi-transparent Windows?=E2=80=9D</div><div = dir=3D"auto" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"auto" = class=3D"">I always assumed the feature existed to show off GPU = features.</div><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = dir=3D"auto" class=3D"">But here we have a user who found this so useful = that they wrote code to do it!</div><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"">So I think it would be = interesting to try and understand the use case, rather than dismissing = it.</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=3D""></div>The OP mentioned = that they=E2=80=99d like to have a transparent window to be able to see = windows</div><div>behind the window. In their case because they want to = see the teachers materials. This</div><div>might be useful when = using a small screen (at least for some users).</div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div>Ronald</div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div><div>=E2=80=94</div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div>Twitter / micro.blog: = @ronaldoussoren</div><div>Blog: <a = href=3D"https://blog.ronaldoussoren.net/" = class=3D"">https://blog.ronaldoussoren.net/</a></div><div><br = class=3D""></div></div><div><br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_F17BE9FE-D67C-41A0-B931-29ECEC0CE179-- --===============5016990515790189028== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ IDLE-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev --===============5016990515790189028==--