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 label shortcut keys
 
 - remove whining from source code
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+[01:41:47]  <vrishab>	Hi. does pango support "fgalpha". I see that foreground="112233xx" works ( alpha=xx ), but fgalpha is a no-op
+[01:52:29]  <vrishab>	pango_attr_foreground_alpha_new (32767) seems to be called in either case, but only the "foreground" attr works
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+[01:57:48]  <vrishab>	ok. seems like "foreground" is mandatory attr, 1. "foreground-without-alpha" + "alpha" works 2. "foreground-with-alpha" works. 3. "alpha" alone doesn
+[01:57:52]  <vrishab>	't work
+[01:58:29]  <vrishab>	Is there a way to just specify alpha on the current foreground color ?
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+[02:12:37]  <andlabs>	huh
+[02:12:41]  <andlabs>	what version of pango?
+[02:13:05]  <vrishab>	the latest .
+[02:15:00]  <vrishab>	1.40.3
+[02:20:46]  <andlabs>	I'll ahve to keep this in mind then, thanks
+[02:20:59]  <andlabs>	if only there was a cairo-specific attribute for alpha...