Python Tk (Tkinter) not work transparency on ubuntu unity

Question

This code in python 2.7.3 work in windows xp, not work in Ubuntu Unity. How make in ubuntu window transparency.

# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
from Tkinter import Tk

window = Tk()
window.wm_attributes('-alpha',0.8)
window.geometry('500x500+200+211')
window.mainloop()

Answer 1

Try this instead:

from Tkinter import Tk

window = Tk()
window.wait_visibility(window)
window.wm_attributes('-alpha',0.8)
window.geometry('500x500+200+211')
window.mainloop()