[Xcb] Gradient and Transparent Support

[Vincent Torri]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Peter Harris wrote:

> Fernando Virgens wrote:
>> Hi, i would like to know if XCB give me gradient and transparent support
>
> XCB gives you access to the RENDER extension, if that's what you mean.
>
>> on the window boards or i will have to do this of
>> an another way.
>
> Maybe not have to, but unless you are doing something particularly low
> level, you probably want to use a higher level library. You may wish to
> look into Cairo (which has an XCB back-end), GTK+ (which has a Cairo
> back-end), and/or Qt.

I would also suggest the EFL (enlightenment fundation libraries), a set of 
libraries optimized a lot, with especially a very fast canvas which allow 
you to do gradients (and transparency in a certain way, depending of what 
you want to achieve). There is an XCB engine (software and xrender).

Vincent