[TxMt] TM 2.0 // visual effects via CoreVideo?

[Alex Ross]

On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Niels Kobschaetzki wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Baluta Cristian
> <cristi.baluta at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If you want usability, use opaque backgrounds, no offence.
>
> I regularly need a transparent background in my terminal or
> text-editor for seeing what is behind and getting information from it-
> you just have to have the settings right for getting not disturbed by
> it.

This hits the nail on the head.  I like my terminals transparent,  
because I often have multiple terminals open sometimes with one  
running in the background.  If you can see through the top layer, you  
get visual feedback when a process completes.  But it's inconvenient  
to have a semi-transparent background, because then you have text on  
text action which is very confusing.  If the top layer is transparent  
but blurs the background you get the visual feedback with out the  
confusing jumble of letters.

Incidentally, it's kind of funny that you found blurminal via this  
tutorial.  In fact, Ciarán Walsh (who is rather active round here)  
wrote this plugin after my request in ##textmate.  Here is his  
original post on the matter: http://ciaranwal.sh/2007/11/16/blurminal