compton

compton - a compositor for X11

compton [-d display] [-r radius] [-o opacity] [-l left-offset] [-t top-offset] [-i opacity] [-e opacity] [-cCfFSdG]

compton is a compositor based on Dana Jansens' version of xcompmgr (which itself was written by Keith Packard). It includes many improvements over the original xcompmgr, including window frame opacity, inactive window transparency, and shadows on argb windows.

-d display

Specifies the display to manage.

-r radius

Specifies the blur radius for client-side shadows.

-o opacity

Specifies the opacity for client-side shadows.

-l left-offset

Specifies the left offset for client-side shadows.

-t top-offset

Specifies the top offset for client-side shadows.

-I fade-in-step

Specifies the opacity change between steps while fading in.

-O fade-out-step

Specifies the opacity change between steps while fading out.

-D fade-delta

Specifies the time (in milliseconds) between steps in a fade.

-c

Enable client-side shadows on windows.

-f

When -c is specified, enables a smooth fade effect for transient windows like menus, and for all windows on hide and restore events.

-C

When -c is specified, attempts to avoid painting shadows on panels and docks.

-G

When -c is specified, attempts to avoid painting shadows on drag-and-drop windows.

-F

When -f is specified, also enables the fade effect when windows change their opacity, as with transset(1).

-b

Attempt to fork to background after registering compositor.

-i opacity

Specifies inactive window transparency. (0.1 - 1.0)

-e opacity

Specifies window frame transparency. (0.1 - 1.0)

-S

Enables synchronous operation. Useful for debugging.

Please report any you find to https://github.com/chjj/compton.

xcompmgr, originally written by Keith Packard, with contributions from Matthew Allum, Eric Anholt, Dan Doel, Thomas Luebking, Matthew Hawn, Ely Levy, Phil Blundell, and Carl Worth. Compton by Christopher Jeffrey, based on Dana Jansens' original work.