Re: alpha support for colors

[Masatake YAMATO]

Hi,

Nothing to do with faces but it is nice if a popup menu can be rendered
in translucent.

Just request:-P

Masatake YAMATO

> Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
>> 
>> aaditya sood <aaditya <at> sood.net.in> writes:
>> 
>> > Does emacs support alpha blending on colors on faces? In particular 
>> > can I specify colors in ARGB format?
>> 
>> No.
> 
> Ok, I guess my googling wasn't in vain. 
> 
> Are people interested in this capability? I'm interested in working on this 
> feature, with (hopefully) some guidance from emacs developers.
> 
> If I wanted to start work on it:
> 
> 1. Where should I begin?
> 2. Is it even do-able in terms of complexity, or will it touch the fabled and 
>     scary redisplay engine?
> 
> What do people think?
> 
> I've have some experience with C and elisp, but mostly an emacs user 
> till date. Perhaps my chance to contribute back.
> 
> regards
> --
> aaditya
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