true transparency

[Jamin Philip Gray <jgray writeme com>]

Would it be possible to make the gnome-terminal or Eterm or any
program, really, transparent in the true sense of the word--to be
able to see exactly what is behind it, not just the background
image.  For example, you'd see your gmc icons on your desktop
behind it, or an xscreensaver running on the root display, or
something, and you'd see windows that are behind it.  Is that
possible?

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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
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