From: Jonathan Nielsen <jonathan@...>
Date: 2010-05-09T01:52:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Tk Images - Transparency

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Jesse Jurman <e.j.jurman@gmail.com> wrote:
>  I'm making a game with Ruby and Tk, but the transparency in the .gif
> images are not showing through in the program, the graphics are instead
> filled with white. I'm not sue if Tk can handle transparencies, but if
> there is an option or a way I have to make the graphics, that would be
> much easier than creating a background for each graphic, for each
> background.
>
> Any help, links, or code would be extremely appreciated.

This should help you out:

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=6789

-Jonathan Nielsen