From: Spitfire <timid.gentoo@...>
Date: 2007-02-13T14:20:05+09:00
Subject: Re: translucent window

Phrogz wrote:
> On Feb 12, 9:23 pm, Spitfire <timid.gen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm writing an application that sometimes notifies the user of certain
>> events on the desktop by some pop up msgs. I would also like to have
>> these pop ups made translucent at user's choice and give user the
>> control to adjust the transparency. Would such a feature plausible in
>> Ruby? If so, what is the best way to try this in Ruby?
> 
> Will this be on a single operating system, or multiple?
> 
> If it was just going to be on Mac OS, I'd advocate using something
> like Growl[1].
> 
> If multiple OSs, what you can do will depend on what graphical library
> you choose to use. It might surprise (and frustrate) you to know that
> there isn't just one way to make a window or dialog using Ruby.
> 
> [1] http://growl.info/about.php
> 
It is for a single OS. And most probably might be one of GNU/Linux. Now, 
please tell me what I can start with?

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