Add the following lines to the ~/.Xdefaults to get a transparent urxvt terminal: urxvt*depth: 32 urxvt*background: rgba:0000/0000/0000/dddd The depth option tells urxvt to use 32 bits to define a color. Generally a color is represented as 24 bits (8 bits each for Red. Blue and Green). We add 8 more bits to store the Alpha(transparency) … Continue reading »
