Ghosd -- on-screen display (OSD) with transparency

Ghosd is a library for flashing information to the screen in an attractive manner. The venerable XOSD has served many well, but I wanted something that looks flashier. To that end, Ghosd supports: (pseudo-)transparency, which means not only unneccessary graphical effects but also antialiased edges on fonts; Pango for high-quality text layout and rendering; Cairo for nice 2D graphics. It's a tiny a