Achieve gnome-terminal transparency with i3

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Running Debian 9.3 and i3, I am trying to set my gnome-terminal (v3.22.2) transparent.



My last try is using devilspie2. I tried to follow this tutorial. I printed the name of the applications that devilspie2 is detecting and my terminal has the name "Terminal" as expected. I can understand why the functions center and set_window_size does not work, but what about the set_window_opacity one?



I also tried the function set_opacity without success.



How I tested it is to create the .lua file like in the tutorial and launch the command devilspie2.



The only working solution I found is compton but I would rather not use it because of some compatibilities issues.
I also tried dconf write keys about transparency: no errors but no changes.



Edit: the devilspie2 solution works fine with Gnome 3 wm (Debian 9.3 too), so the problem is with i3wm.







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    i3wm is not a compositing window manager; you'll need a compositor for most graphic effects.
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    Jan 3 at 14:55










  • I guess I will stick to compton then, thanks.
    – Romzie
    Jan 4 at 15:31















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Running Debian 9.3 and i3, I am trying to set my gnome-terminal (v3.22.2) transparent.



My last try is using devilspie2. I tried to follow this tutorial. I printed the name of the applications that devilspie2 is detecting and my terminal has the name "Terminal" as expected. I can understand why the functions center and set_window_size does not work, but what about the set_window_opacity one?



I also tried the function set_opacity without success.



How I tested it is to create the .lua file like in the tutorial and launch the command devilspie2.



The only working solution I found is compton but I would rather not use it because of some compatibilities issues.
I also tried dconf write keys about transparency: no errors but no changes.



Edit: the devilspie2 solution works fine with Gnome 3 wm (Debian 9.3 too), so the problem is with i3wm.







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    i3wm is not a compositing window manager; you'll need a compositor for most graphic effects.
    – quixotic
    Jan 3 at 14:55










  • I guess I will stick to compton then, thanks.
    – Romzie
    Jan 4 at 15:31













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Running Debian 9.3 and i3, I am trying to set my gnome-terminal (v3.22.2) transparent.



My last try is using devilspie2. I tried to follow this tutorial. I printed the name of the applications that devilspie2 is detecting and my terminal has the name "Terminal" as expected. I can understand why the functions center and set_window_size does not work, but what about the set_window_opacity one?



I also tried the function set_opacity without success.



How I tested it is to create the .lua file like in the tutorial and launch the command devilspie2.



The only working solution I found is compton but I would rather not use it because of some compatibilities issues.
I also tried dconf write keys about transparency: no errors but no changes.



Edit: the devilspie2 solution works fine with Gnome 3 wm (Debian 9.3 too), so the problem is with i3wm.







share|improve this question














Running Debian 9.3 and i3, I am trying to set my gnome-terminal (v3.22.2) transparent.



My last try is using devilspie2. I tried to follow this tutorial. I printed the name of the applications that devilspie2 is detecting and my terminal has the name "Terminal" as expected. I can understand why the functions center and set_window_size does not work, but what about the set_window_opacity one?



I also tried the function set_opacity without success.



How I tested it is to create the .lua file like in the tutorial and launch the command devilspie2.



The only working solution I found is compton but I would rather not use it because of some compatibilities issues.
I also tried dconf write keys about transparency: no errors but no changes.



Edit: the devilspie2 solution works fine with Gnome 3 wm (Debian 9.3 too), so the problem is with i3wm.









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    i3wm is not a compositing window manager; you'll need a compositor for most graphic effects.
    – quixotic
    Jan 3 at 14:55










  • I guess I will stick to compton then, thanks.
    – Romzie
    Jan 4 at 15:31













  • 1




    i3wm is not a compositing window manager; you'll need a compositor for most graphic effects.
    – quixotic
    Jan 3 at 14:55










  • I guess I will stick to compton then, thanks.
    – Romzie
    Jan 4 at 15:31








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i3wm is not a compositing window manager; you'll need a compositor for most graphic effects.
– quixotic
Jan 3 at 14:55




i3wm is not a compositing window manager; you'll need a compositor for most graphic effects.
– quixotic
Jan 3 at 14:55












I guess I will stick to compton then, thanks.
– Romzie
Jan 4 at 15:31





I guess I will stick to compton then, thanks.
– Romzie
Jan 4 at 15:31
















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