> > > this expected behavior?  Or am I just expecting too much?
> >
> > Yes. :-)
> 
> Oh.  Bummer.  Thanks for the answer, though.  (^&

FWIW,

I use rxvt with transparency option, and place two of them in a
workspace _without_ overwrapping each other.  Thus I can be simulating
the real transparency effect. :-)

Masao