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I am new to awesome wm, when I change the transparency of the terminal from the preferences it turns black instead of becoming transparent I have no idea how to fix it. Not sure what code I should post here to help with the debugging, let me know if any data is required.

Arjun Gopkumar
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So i figured out a way to get it working.

sudo apt-get install compton

and in the rc.lua file add 

{ rule = { class = "x-terminal-emulator" },
        properties = { opacity = 0.75 } },

into the

awful.rules.rules

variable

and at the bottom of the rc.lua file add:

awful.util.spawn("compton")
Arjun Gopkumar
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Awesome WM doesn't have its own compositor which is required to handle transparency, shadows etc. You need to install a standalone compositor (e.g. compton for xorg).

ploth
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  • Can you add some instructions on how to install and enable compton? – BeastOfCaerbannog Nov 11 '19 at 06:38
  • https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Compton/ or https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compton – ploth Nov 11 '19 at 08:22
  • Thanks for the links, but could you edit your answer to add the basic steps to install and enable compton and keep the links as reference? That way your answer will remain valid even if the links stop working. Also, this will make your answer more complete and it's more likely to get some upvotes. If you edit your answer, just ping me using @user3140225 and I will upvote it. – BeastOfCaerbannog Nov 11 '19 at 08:40