Re: [MiNT] MiNT +problem with background in Teradesk

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no> wrote:
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> From: "Paul Wratt" <paul.wratt@gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:23 AM
> To: "mint" <mint@lists.fishpool.fi>; "Piotrek" <mietniow@agh.edu.pl>
> Subject: Re: [MiNT] MiNT +problem with background in Teradesk
>
>> under MiNT you can use MyAES to get a background picture, one that
>> works if TeraDesk is set to white, no pattern.
>
> I think this can be implemented quite easily in XaAES too. It's a matter of
> replacing the root object of the desktop object tree with an image. The
> image loading and drawing routines are already there (textures).
>
> Jo Even
>
in the same spirit, it should also be possible to provide a window
background texture where white is not drawn in to the window

This and your post where things I wanted to look into before I knew
Helmut was working on XaAES. It was the route I was to take to find a
way to transparency, then to alpha+translucent (a long way, and much
experimentation)


Paul