[GRASS-user] d.vect: How to achieve transparency ?

[Glynn Clements]

"Peter Löwe" wrote:

> is there a known way to render a vector layer on a GRASS monitor
> (from the GRASS Shell, not through a GUI) with a level of
> transparency, except for r.composite-based workarounds? Any solution
> for either GRASS7.x or GRASS6.x would be welcomed.

The display API doesn't support blending.

The GUI implements layer transparency by rendering each layer to a
separate image then specifying the opacity for each layer when the
images for the individual layers are composited using g.pnmcomp.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>