Version: (using KDE KDE 3.1.4) Installed from: SuSE RPMs I would like to have optional shadowed text in the konsole like Eterm does. I don't want a fuzzy shadow, but a sharp little shadow, e.g. the same text in black, moved by 1 pixel to the right and down. Why? This would make transparent konsole windows much easier to read. I guess to see, how well this works, you might have to look at Eterm. For a quick glance see the first screenshot on http://www.eterm.org/ss.php. The shadow is almost not visible but makes the text much more readble on the background.
That's indeed a good idea, something that was exactly on my mind since KDE introduced text shadows on the desktop. The konsole developers could simply copy the code from there if they like. Maybe they could make the shades configurable or just automatically take the same configuration that KDesktop uses for its shadows. Regards Sebastian
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KDE 4 has support for blurring the contents behind the terminal window on a composited desktop, which helps solve the problem described.
Blurring the contents is different. I may be nitpicking, but I want to see the wallpaper as it is for monitoring log files on a transparent console in the background, while being able to read the text.
> something that was exactly on my mind since KDE introduced text > shadows on the desktop. The konsole developers could simply copy the > code from there if they like. Shadowed text in Konsole would need to be much faster than rendering shadowed text for desktop icons. I think this would be a useful feature to have, but the shadow needs to be drawn quickly and in a way which is attractive.
The good old Eterm (was it Eterm?) printed text shadows in a very simple, though still appealing way: It just draws the text twice: once in black and then in the desired color, but shifted by 1px in x and z direction...
What Sebastian describes is exactly what I described. The last thing I want is a slow konsole, that takes seconds to scroll text.
reopen when someone provides a patch