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Old 07-20-2003
clear console
is there any way i can make my console clear? ive found out how to make it so i can see throught it, but all i get is the desktop.... i wanna be able to read a text document which i have open behind the console.... this is in kde3.1
# 2  
Old 07-21-2003
Hi,

Could you please be a little more specific ?

$ ksh -o vi
$ clear
$ export TERM=dtterm
$ export EDITOR="/usr/bin/vi"
$ stty colls 80; stty rows 80

What more do you want to know ??


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David
# 3  
Old 07-21-2003
What you are looking for is located in Settings>Configure Konsole>Schema
# 4  
Old 07-21-2003
and also you wont get true transparancy, just the your background desktop image. this is because X has not implemented alpha transparency. i have no idea when this will be included in Xf86. for a good terminal emulater, aterm is a very good and lightweight app.

ftp://ftp.aftersetep.org/apps/aterm
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