[SlugLUG] Cool toy (Tilda)

[Eric]

Tilda is started by my Gnome session, and I can't edit /etc files
without using sudo, so my guess is it's a pretty safe terminal.

It has a transparency option (I've got it set to 37%) but unfortunately
it tranparentizes back to the desktop background, instead of the windows
that are underneath it. Which kind of defeats the purpose of
transparency. *shrug* YMMV.

EC

On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 01:00 -0700, Erich Blume wrote:
> I'd worry what the shell was running as. Is it a login shell, does it run
> from the X-Session, etc. If your X11 is running as root from an init script,
> you'll want to make sure this terminal isn't a spawn of that process and
> then also defaulting to root. If it is (and that can't be changed), make
> sure you lock your terminal when you leave your computer. Though I guess the
> golden rule applies: physical access means complete access.
> 
> Also, consider using the X keys manager to execute an "xterm &" every time
> F1 is pressed.
> 
> Those things aside - sounds like a lot of fun! Does it support compositing
> (transparency)?
> 
> Erich
> 
> On 9/5/06 11:27 PM, "Eric" <eacarter at greenstorm.net> wrote:
> 
> > So in the process of install Ubuntu (it's almost done!) I found this
> > cool little thing called Tilda. It's a pop-down console, kinda like the
> > consoles in first person shooters. I tap F1 and it slides down from the
> > top of the screen, tap F1 again and away it goes. Not so great for long
> > shelling sessions but it's uber-convinent for those quick commands like
> > ping, whois and ps. Thought you guys might be interested.
> > 
> > EC
> > 
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