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1 # Change Alpha 2 3 A patch that allows for updating terminal transparency natively. 4 5 ### Description 6 7 This patch is an extension to the [alpha](https://st.suckless.org/patches/alpha) patch, 8 which _must_ be applied prior. 9 10 ### Notes 11 12 * This patch assumes that the alpha variable is a float, which was only updated in alpha 13 patch version 0.8.2 i.e., 0.8.2 is the minimum compatible version. 14 * Don't forget to append "config.h" to the end of the rm command under the clean rule in 15 Makefile if you are having issues running make install. 16 17 ### Purpose 18 19 Later versions of the default alpha patch provide a method of changing window opacity via 20 the -A flag, however, with no method of querying the current alpha level, it is difficult 21 to write scripts which increment or decrement this value. It is typically possible to update 22 the opacity via your compositor, but not all compositors support this, and even if they do, 23 your setup is still less portable at the end of the day. The 24 [transset-df](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/transset-df) package 25 located in the AUR is the closest I've come to changing opacity on a per-window basis, 26 however, it still requires writing a script and binding that script to some keys using a 27 keybinding manager of some sort. Not to mention, it's fatal flaw - you cannot increase the 28 opacity beyond the default value set with the alpha patch. 29 30 ### Download 31 32 #### Patch: alpha (0.8.5) + changealpha 33 34 [st-alpha-changealpha-0.1.diff](st-alpha-changealpha-20230519-b44f2ad.diff) 35 36 #### Patch: changealpha 37 38 [st-changealpha-0.1.diff](st-changealpha-20230519-b44f2ad.diff) 39 40 ### Author 41 42 Neil Kingdom - <neil@neilkingdom.xyz>