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  I have a cheat sheet open behind my terminal, for say c-vim keybindings.
  Instead of switching windows continuously

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660711#c8

RTFA it does not make text less readable: https://bug698544.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment....

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> I have a cheat sheet open behind my terminal, for say c-vim > keybindings. Instead of switching windows continuously

Drag the windows side by side with the snap feature.

> RTFA it does not make text less readable

The text would be more readable with an opaque background.

Side by side so I have less editing space? I have emacs and terminator split 5 or 6 ways and optionally fullscreened if needed. Being able to read documentation, cheat sheets, watch videos, live reload, and handle issues while not switching windows through my terminal is a giant productivity boost. Side-by-side just makes both parts less enjoyable, especially on a small laptop screen.

I do the same. I make notes on a web page, book or slide deck in emacs by setting transparency. If someone came along and removed it to just because of internal code changes I don't care about I would also be angrily posting on bug reports. http://justinsboringpage.blogspot.ca/2009/10/transparent-ema...

I do the same, and setting terminal transparency is usually the first change I make to a new box after importing my .emacs. With your terminal split at least 4 ways stuffing it over on one side of the screen is a non-starter. And even with multiple monitors, I find I can work faster if I can glance at the API docs without having to change my gaze, rather than having to find my place in code again each time I look away.

That screenshot attachment you posted has much less readable text in the _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY example?

That's the 'suggested fix' for this issue. It doesn't actually fix anything, obviously - it just makes everything transparent.

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