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version 2.2.12 release
* Session Management. AfterStep will utilize gnome-session for session
management if available. Several things needs to be manually adjusted for
full functionality :
1) go over list of autostart application files in /etc/xdg/autostart and for
those that you want started and have line OnlyShowIn= - add AfterStep to
the list of environments. One example is gnome-keyring* stuff -
by default it is only enabled in GNOME session.
2) if session takes a long time to close after Logout dialog was shown -
most likely culprit is the pulseaudio. You may need to get rid of it and
switch to more standard and stable ALSA.
3) It is recommended to uninstall zeitgeist daemon since its useless under
AfterStep anyway but wastes resources with its snooping activity.
4) gnome-session will save any app that support session mamgement at the end
of the session to be restarted the next time. Unless you run UBUNTU in
which case this functionality my be disabled in stock gnome-session. If
you want it back, then it is recommended that you build your own
gnome-session from sources. On the other hand if you do not want this
functionality, again, get gnome-session source and comment out contents of
maybe_load_saved_session_apps() function in gnome-session/gsm-session-fill.c.
5) If you find that your GTK apps look butt-ugly - its probably because gconfd
is not running. It is normally started by gnome-session, but bastardised
version of it that comes with Ubuntu does not do it for some reason.
* More Useless packages : ubuntu-desktop deja-dup
version 2.2.11 release
* new WarpPointer feel option to make pointer warping on viewport change
switcheable. Contributed by Chris Nix.
* added SkipPager database flag to exclude windows from the Pager's
view
version 2.2.9 release
* Menu Mini Pixmaps will no longer be loaded if MenuMiniPixmaps is set 0
in look.
* WinTabs is now capable of grouping similarly named tabs together to
eliminated repeating patterns. See GroupTabs and GroupNameSeparator options.
version 2.2.8 release
* Implemented possibility to define exact size of the virtual desktop,
which may not be exact multiply of the screen size.
* Automatic detection and execution of text editors and web browsers in term
if they require it.
* Added functionality to ascompose to allow for constantly updating display
of stuff; command line should be:
script.sh | ascompose -I --endless --click-timeout 0 -q -f -;
* Implemented functionality to setup slicing of frame sides and titlebar
elements.
* Added functionality to ascompose to set XROOTPMAP property while
changing root background.
* Added UnderPointer placement type to center window under mouse pointer on
map.
* Added BlurSize option to MyStyles for blurring of transparent background.
Use like so: BlurSize 10x20 will set horizontal blur to 10 pixels and
vertical to 20.
version 2.2.7 release
* Added -bc or --border-color cmd line option to WinTabs module to determine
what color to use while rendering border around swallowed windows.
By default the Back color of focused MyStyle will be used.
* Added DontCoverDesktop feel flag to disable colored cover to come up during
different prolonged operations.
version 2.2.6 release
* Implemented ShowHints option in WinList allowing user to specify contents
of displayed balloons. Supported options are : Name,IconName,ResClass,ResName
or any combination of these.
version 2.2.5 release
* new policy for window groups - if a group leader or an oldest window
in the group is raised - whole group is raised. If any window in the
group get's moved to a different desktop - whole group is moved.
Example of a group of a windows is GIMP and pretty much any GTK app.
* new policy for transients(Dialogs) handling - all transients are stacked
above its owner with newest transient on top of the others.
If any transient is raised - all other transients and the owner are
raised as well. If any transient, or an owner is moved to another desk -
all other transients for this owner and owner will be moved as well.
* New ShowHints option to Wharf determining what is shown in the balloon:
possible options are Name, Comment and Exec, or any combination of these.
* Wharf now withdraws similar to older aftersteps -
if clicked on top portion - withdraws to a top corner, if clicked on lower -
to bottom corner, left - left, right - right.
* New options in WinList config : NoCollides, AllowCollides and NoCollidesSpacing
These cause WinList to auto magically adjust it's size to avoid covering
windows matching patterns in NoCollides. AllowCollides ovverrides NoCollides.
NoCollidesSpacing determines amount of free space to leave between WinList and
NoCollides windows. Note that this works only in one dimension - if RowsFirst
then in horizontal, otherwise in vertical.
* added menus for different layouts of Wharf, WinList and Pager.
* cleanups in Desktop/Pictures menu.
* Implemented fast JPEG thumnail loading using built-in libJpeg functionality.
* added support in Wharf to load items from DesktopEntries - Two new unctions:
CategoryTree "name" and DesktopEntry "name".
version 2.2.4 release
* SVG image format support using librsvg
* implemented menu balloons. When it is enabled in look ballons will be shown for
items that have attached comments (in .desktop files ) and Background pixmap
previews will show when item is selected.
* allowed for localized text in menu entries, generated from .desktop files.
* added FolderReference setting in .include files to facilitate the above
localization.
* major cleanup and improvement of the main menu structure.
* new look.Smooth
version 2.2.3 release
* added <then><else> and <unless> tags handling
* added <if> asxml tag to conditionally execute stuff
* added <set> tag to asxml to be able to set variables to evaluated
expressions in xml scripts
* Implemented new option for MyStyle - Overlay <type> <"other_mystyle">
* Implemented support for TextureMenuItemsIndividualy 0 - which is
same background for all menu items
* implemented feature to be able to suppress text labels in WinList
* implementing themability of the folder icons in menus
* implemented tips for menu.
* added functionality to allow for specifying entire popups in menu entry files
* added submenu to Desktop to be able to toggle some menu options off/on
* implemented *WharfStretchBackground flag to wharf config - upon
which wharf's background is rendered similarly to menu when
TextureMenuItemsSeparately is not set
* added defaults syntax to WinList config.
* WinList can now read its options from look/feel in addition to its own file.
version 2.2.1 release
* Disabled GTK and KDE applications colorization by default - edit
base config to re-enable it
version 2.2.0 release
* added xscreensaver to menu as a screensaver.
* added menu for automated editing of AS config files. ASRun checks
if file exists in private directory, and copies it over from shared
if its not.
*Added support for fullscreen windows.
*Made possible application of the colorscheme to KDE and GTK apps.
*Added pretty icons to menu
*Updated menu to use systemwide desktop categories.
*Added WinList option to enable icons shown next to window name :
ShowIcon
ScaleIconToTextHeight
IconSize
IconAlign
IconLocation
*Added balloon options for text distance from the border
BalloonTextPaddingX
BalloonTextPaddingY
*Added Wharf option
*WharfFiolderOffset
* Added Wharf MyStyles
*WharfOddTile
*WharfFocusedOddTile
*Added functions :
ExecBrowser
ExecEditor
SignalReloadGTKRCFile
KIPCSendMessageAll
Fullscreen
SmallMiniPixmap
LargeMiniPixmap
* Added Base config settings :
BrowserCommand
EditorCommand
gtkrcPath
gtkrc20Path
NoKDEGlobalsTheming (flags to disable updated to kdeglobals)
* Changed behaviour of ToggleLayer to simply increase or descrease layer
of the window
* Added Category setting to .include files in startmenu to be able to
iunclude desktop category from systemwide .desktop list.
* new tool ASRun to run arbitrary command using AfterStep.
version 2.0.5 release
* Added ReverseOrderHorizontal and REverseOrderVertical to
windowbox flags
* ButtonBevel, ButtonAlign, ButtonIconSpacing look options added
to allow for better configuration of iconic window button look.
* menu will not include any unavailable items by default. To keep them
in menu - you have to add .include file with option ShowUnavailable
set in it.
* Added MinipixmapSize <Width> <Height> to look config to set maximum
size of menu minipixmaps
* Added TitleVSpacing and TitleHSpacing to MyFrame to allow for
changing distance from tbar border to text.
* Added InheritDefaults to MyFrame so to be able to init MyFrame to
whatever defaults should be - in case you only want to make minor
alteration to default MyFrame.
* Added IgnoreConfig to database settings to allow for disabling of
handling of ConfigRequests coming from client.
* Added --pattern <pattern> to WinTabs module to allow for setting
pattern from cmd line.
* Lots of WinTabs fixes and improvements.
* Added SwallowWindow "name" <module_name> built-in to allow for
selection of a window to be swallowed by module, such as WinTabs.
version 2.0.4 release
* Desktop Cover tint is now same as Base color from selected colorscheme.
* added look.Breeze contributed by ziph.
* updated FAQs and moved them under ASDocGen generated tree.
version 2.0.3 release
* added several MyFrame features :
TitleFHue, TitleUHue, TitleSHue, TitleFocusedHue, TitleUnfocusedHue,
TitleStickyHue - to allow altering Hue of the titlebar on focus/unfocus.
TitleFSaturation, TitleUSaturation, TitleSSaturation,
TitleFocusedSaturation, TitleUnfocusedSaturation, TitleStickySaturation -
to allow altering stauration of the titlebar on focus/unfocus events.
LeftBtnAlign, RightBtnAlign to allow for different align of the right
and left blocks of title buttons.
See look.Unity for sample usage of that.
version 2.0.2 release
* added include_ordered <order_id> <path>
keyword to menu .include syntax - allow including menu trees so that they
all get sorted down at the bottom of menu.
* libs can now compile as DLLs under CYGWIN.
version 2.0 release
*Reimplemented Ident module
*Added bunch of docs to ASDocGen and incorporated code from asimbrowser to
generate HTML catalogue of installed files.
*Added keyboard shortcuts to menus :
Esc or Left or Backspace - exit menu,
Enter or Right - run selected item or go to submenu
Up, Down - select item
A-Z,a-z,0-9 select item with hotkey or a first item that starts with
that letter.
version 2.0 beta5
*Added Utility for autogeneration and maintenance of documentation - ASDocGen.
It is capable of generating docs in plain text, HTML, PHP, XML and NROFF formats,
from DocBook XML source, and comments embedded in source code.
*Animate module is now back in bussiness.
*Added TextStyles 7, 8 and 9 to implement different styles of outlined text
*Added ability to hilite focused Wharf tile using MyStyle "*WharfFocusedTile"
*Added ability to sort items in WinList menu in alphabetical order using
WinListSortOrder 1 (in feel)
*Added ability to remove icons from WinList menu using WinListHideIcons (in feel).
version 2.0 beta4
* Reverted cursor settings back to feel file.
* Used ascompose as new Banner module
* Added to ascompose ability to process files tag by tag, allowing for animation.
* Added to look config :
[DontAnimateBackground 0|1]
[CoverAnimationSteps <steps count>]
[CoverAnimationType <type>]
DontAnimateBackground disables non-blocking root background changing of
full-screen backgrounds, that looks like slow animation. This is recommended
for fast machines.
CoverAnimationType determines what type of animation to use while removing
blue-tinted desktop cover - use values from 0 to 13.
CoverAnimationSteps is the number of animation steps to take while removing
blue-tinted cover window.
version 2.0 beta3
* Added WinTabs module - to swallow windows with Class matching specified
pattern and arrange them in single window using tabs.
version 2.0 beta2
* Added CursorFore and CursorBack settings to look to adjust color of the mouse
cursor
* Cursor settings now must be in look and not in feel.
* Improved algorithm behind saving desktop state and restoring it on startup.
To enable it add the following line to autoexec :
Function "WorkspaceState"
* new <color domain="ascs" name="name" argb="color_value"/> tag to ASImage XML.
Could be used to define color aliases at the beginning of the xml script.
version 2.0 beta1
1. General
AfterStep had been almost entirely rewritten in this new incarnation.
Here is the short list of new architectural changes:
1.1. New high performance and high quality image handling engine has
been developed to fulfill GUI needs. It includes different image
transformations, such as scaling, tiling, cropping, blurring,
blending of arbitrary number of layers, in-memory image compression,
support for 12 different file formats, including its own parser/writer
of XPM files, capable of achieving much better performance then
default libXpm. Supported image formats are :
XPM, PNG, JPEG, XCF(GIMP image format), PPM, PNM, BMP, ICO,
CUR, GIF, TIFF, and XML scripts. Where XML scripts allow for user to
create script of transformations to be performed on the image at the
time when it gets loaded.
libAfterImage also provides support for TTF fonts ( using libfreetype )
and smoothed standard X raster fonts.
1.2. Window hints handling has been rewritten and reorganized, and most of the
Extended WM specs has been incorporated, as well, as better support for
Motif, ICCCM and old GNOME hints has been implemented.
1.3. All the GUI rendering code has been aggregated into libAfterStep
and now all the GUI elements are rendered using consistent approach
in every module and every part of the AfterStep proper. From now on
interface is build from so called TBars. TBar is rectangular area
that may be focused(hilited) or unfocused and pressed or unpressed.
Each TBar has the following structure :
- the background of the TBar, which is defined by MyStyle and state
of the bar - there are two MyStyles assigned to each TBar - one
for focused and one for unfocused state.
- tiles of the TBar. Tiles are smaller features that gets arranged
inside the bar according to its size, alignment, position and
order. Tiles could be static icons ( cannot be pressed );
blocks of buttons - each having two shapes - pressed and normal;
Text labels; Empty space tiles.
There could be up to 256 tiles, each residing on one of the cells
in 16x16 grid. Several tiles could reside in single cell, in
which case they get superimposed on top of each other.
- bevel of the TBar. When TBar is rendered all of its tiles are
superimposed on top of its background, and resulting image
will have a 3D bevel drawn on it, using colors from same
MyStyle as used for background. Bevel could be switched off
partially or entirely. Respective configuration options has
been added where appropriate. When TBar is pressed - its
bevel is inverted.
When TBar is rendered all of its elements gets superimposed on top
of each other using one of 13 blending methods supported by
libAfterImage, with default being simple alphablending. See
MyFrame configuration for more details. This is refrred to as
"Composition Method".
1.4. Due to the fact that AfterStep is using compression to store
images in memory - there is no need to have separate root
background handler, and so asetroot has been discontinued and
afterstep proper now does all the root background loading.
You could simply copy-and-paste your asteroot config into your
look file. This has an added advantage of simplifing theme support
for root backgrounds.
1.5. Significant work has been done to create libAfterConf which
provides easy means for reading configuration options, and
facilitates implementation of any configuration tool.
1.6. Some work has been done to improve support for themes. AfterStep
proper and modules now load configuration files is this order :
1 - base config
2 - look, feel, menu, database, autoexec and module specific config
3 - theme file
4 - theme override file
theme override file is needed so that user may have a list of
critical options that he/she does not want to be changed by any
theme.
What is missing here is comprehensive theme building tool.
1.7. AfterStep now make extensive use of X shaped extensions ( where
available ) Everything could be shaped now - titlebars, Pager,
Wharf, etc. To make some element shaped - MyStyle with BackPixmap
type 125 or 126 should be used.
1.8. Menus are now treated same as regular windows. They could be
configured in database file using preset Style "ASMenu" to have
different titlebar buttons, frame decorations, stickiness, etc.
MenuPinOn has been changed to be just another titlebar button,
with PinMenu function assigned to it.
1.9. AfterStep no longer uses fixed scheme of 5 titlebar buttons on
each side, and order of buttons could be configured in look. There
is still limitation to have no more then 10 buttons total.
2. Look options
2.1. Overview
Frame decoration settings have been greately enhanced. It is now
fashioned after MyStyle option and is called MyFrame. It allows
for several named structures, with inheritance and ability to
assign different structure to different apps using the database.
As mentioned above root background settings has been moved into
look - hence MyBackground and Desk back as look options.
MyStyle has far greater number of BackPixmap types reflecting
new functionality in libAfterImage.
CompositionMethod setting has been added to different aspects
of look.
New options for more flexible placing of titlebar buttons has
been added.
Balloons now support both X and Y offset as well as MyStyle
instead of simple back and fore colors.
2.2. Window frame decorations (aka MyFrame)
Each window is surrounded by so-called frame decoration. each
frame decoration could be built from 9 TBars:
1) Main Titlebar with icons on left, label in the middle and
icons on right. Label may also have special underlying image -
so called Title Background. Ordering of this elements is set by
TitleButtonOrder setting ( see below ).
2) 4 frame sides. Each of this have wixed width that is
determined by SideSize setting or image size if SideSize is
omitted. Second dimension of the TBar changes to match the
size of the window.
3) 4 frame corners. Each of this have both fixed width and
height, as determined by CornerSize setting or image size.
Each of above elements is rendered by generating background
using respective MyStyle, and then overlaying images/buttons
and text on top of it. Default overlaying is done using
composition method alpha-blend. In case of main Titlebar that
could be changed. Bevel is then drawn on top of the image as
specified in respective setting.
MyFrame contains
complete instructions as to how window should be decorated :
*******************************************************************
MyFrame "name"
[Inherit "name"]
#traditional form :
[North <pixmap>]
[East <pixmap>]
[South <pixmap>]
[West <pixmap>]
[NorthEast <pixmap>]
[NorthWest <pixmap>]
[SouthEast <pixmap>]
[SouthWest <pixmap>]
#alternative form :
[Side North|South|East|West|Any [<pixmap>]] - if pixmap is omitted -
empty bevel will be drawn
[NoSide North|South|East|West|Any]
[Corner NorthEast|SouthEast|NorthWest|SouthWest|Any <pixmap>] - if pixmap is omitted -
empty bevel will be drawn
[NoCorner NorthEast|SouthEast|NorthWest|SouthWest|Any]
#new settings :
[TitleUnfocusedStyle <style>]
[TitleFocusedStyle <style>]
[TitleStickyStyle <style>]
[FrameUnfocusedStyle <style>]
[FrameFocusedStyle <style>]
[FrameStickyStyle <style>]
[TitleBackground <pixmap>] - gets overlayed over background and under the text
[LeftBtnBackground <pixmap>] - gets overlayed over background and under the left block of buttons
[LeftSpacerBackground <pixmap>] - gets overlayed over background between left block of buttons and text label
[RightSpacerBackground <pixmap>] - gets overlayed over background between right block of buttons and text label
[RightBtnBackground <pixmap>] - gets overlayed over background and under the right block of buttons
#additional attributes :
[SideSize North|South|East|West|Any <WIDTHxLENGTH>] - pixmap will be scaled to this size
[SideAlign North|South|East|West|Any Left,Top,Right,Bottom,HTiled,VTiled,HScaled,VScaled]
- default is HTiled,VTiled
[SideBevel North|South|East|West|Any None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]]
[SideFocusedBevel North|South|East|West|Any None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]]
[SideUnfocusedBevel North|South|East|West|Any None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]]
[SideStickyBevel North|South|East|West|Any None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]]
- default bevel is Right,Bottom
[CornerSize NorthEast|SouthEast|NorthWest|SouthWest|Any <WIDTHxHEIGHT>]
[CornerAlign NorthEast|SouthEast|NorthWest|SouthWest|Any Left,Top,Right,Bottom,HTiled,VTiled,HScaled,VScaled]
- default is HTiled,VTiled
[CornerBevel NorthEast|SouthEast|NorthWest|SouthWest|Any None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]]
[CornerFocusedBevel NorthEast|SouthEast|NorthWest|SouthWest|Any None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]]
[CornerUnfocusedBevel NorthEast|SouthEast|NorthWest|SouthWest|Any None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]]
[CornerStickyBevel NorthEast|SouthEast|NorthWest|SouthWest|Any None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]]
- default bevel is Right,Bottom
[TitleBevel None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]
[TitleFocusedBevel None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]
[TitleUnfocusedBevel None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]
[TitleStickyBevel None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]
- default bevel is Right,Bottom
[TitleAlign None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom]
- default is Left
[TitleBackgroundAlign None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,HTiled,VTiled,HScaled,VScaled,LabelSize]
[LeftBtnBackAlign None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,HTiled,VTiled,HScaled,VScaled,LabelSize]
[LeftSpacerBackAlign None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,HTiled,VTiled,HScaled,VScaled]
[RightSpacerBackAlign None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,HTiled,VTiled,HScaled,VScaled]
[RightBtnBackAlign None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,HTiled,VTiled,HScaled,VScaled,LabelSize]
[TitleCompositionMethod testure_type]
[TitleFocusedCompositionMethod testure_type]
[TitleUnfocusedCompositionMethod testure_type]
[TitleStickyCompositionMethod testure_type]
- default is 131 ( alpha-blending )
~MyFrame
*******************************************************************
MyFrame allows different MyStyles to be used for titlebar and
frame decorations. If any of those are omitted - default
setting from FWindowStyle/UWindowStyle/SWindowStyle will be
used.
Important:
If you use semi-transparent images for frame sides -
they will be overlayed on top of MyStyle generated background,
so if you want it to be overlayed over root background - you
should use MyStyle with BackPixmap set to 129 or 149.
Also note that unless you use MYStyle with BackPixmap
126 and 125 - frame decorations will not be shaped. Likewise if
you want frame part to have only the shape of the image, you
specified, with no background at all - use MyStyle with
BackPixmap set like so :
BackPixmap 126 empty.xpm
Where empty.xpm is 1x1 completely transparent image (supplied
as desktop/icons/common/empty.xpm ).
To identify side/corner it is possible to use abbreviations,
such as: N, NW, SW, etc.
All the CompositionMethod settings must have one of the
BackPixmap types from MyStyles ( ie 130-143 )
Align setting may have different meaning/capabilities for
different items. When applied to text - it simply aligns text
to sides mentioned. When applied to image - such as title
background or frame side pixmap - it also specifies if image
should be tiled, scaled or left same size. Make sure that you
use HTiled,VTiled or HScaled,VScaled for frame sides -
otherwise images on they will not be resized to match window
size (this is also a feture :).
To center item specify Align to include both sides. For
example :
Align Left,Right
will center item horizontally.
Note that TitleBackground option allows you to specify an
image to be used under titlebar label in addition to the MyStyle.
This was done for better shaped titlebars. You may have MyStyle
to be completely transparent shape, while TitleBackground some
non-transparent image, and that will provide better visibility
for the titlebar text.
*******************************************************************
[DefaultFrame "name"]
*******************************************************************
Allows specifying one of the MyFrames defined as
DefaultFrame causing AfterStep to use it for all the windows,
except those that have it redefined in database using Frame
keyword.
2.3. Root background settings ( aka MyBackground )
*******************************************************************
[KillBackgroundThreshold <size>]
*******************************************************************
Here <size> is the maximum number of pixels in root
background image. If image is bigger that this - it will be
unloaded from memory when desktop is switched and image is no
longer in use. Use it on systems with low memory.
*******************************************************************
[DeskBack desk# "background"]
*******************************************************************
Specifies what background to use for desk#. "background"
can be either image filename in double-quotes, or the name
of background definition (see below).
*******************************************************************
MyBackground "background_name"
background_option
~MyBackground
*******************************************************************
Specifies the beginning of a background definition. The
background can be referred to later by background_name.
~MyBackground ends a root background definition. The possible
background_options follow:
*******************************************************************
[Use type "data"]
*******************************************************************
Specifies what to use as the root background. Possible
type values are :
0: load image from the file. In that case "data" should
specify filename. If "data" is omitted the AfterStep
will use default background image file for that desktop
( typically ~/G/L/A/non-configurable/#desk_background )
1: Use MyStyle definition to fill root. In that case "data"
should specify one of the MyStyle names defined in your
look file.
2: Use external application to set root background. "data"
should specify command line options to this external app.
(afterstep is coded by default to use xli. If you wish
to use another application to display the root
background, you need to set the "--with-imageloader"
flag to use that application then recompile AfterStep.)
Note: remaining Background options are valid only for type of 0!
The remaining options will perform transformations on the
source image, in this order:
Cut->Tint->Scale->Align->Pad.
*******************************************************************
Cut geometry
*******************************************************************
will cut piece with specified geometry from the source image.
*******************************************************************
Tint color
*******************************************************************
will tint image with color. Gray60 will make image
lighter, while Gray40 will make image darker. Tinting
it two way !
*******************************************************************
Scale [geometry]
*******************************************************************
scale image to specified geometry. If geometry is omitted
AfterStep will scale it to the screen size.
*******************************************************************
Align [type]
*******************************************************************
it will align resulting image according to type. Possible
values are :
1: - align to the right of the screen
2: - align to the bottom of the screen
3: - align to the bottom-right of the screen
0 or 4: - align to the center of the screen This option
works only in conjunction with the following Pad option.
*******************************************************************
Pad [type color]
*******************************************************************
will pad image if it is smaller then screen
with specified color. Possible type values
are :
1: - pad horizontally and tile vertically
2: - pad vertically and tile horizontally
3: - pad both vertically and horizontally to make the image
the size of the screen.
Note that all the above options with *asetroot appended to them
will work in order to facilitate compatability with old configs.
2.4. MyStyle changes
*******************************************************************
MaxColors dicontinued
*******************************************************************
*******************************************************************
BackPixmap has numerous new types added :
*******************************************************************
2.4.1. Shaped BackPixmap types :
125 - image is scaled to the size of TBar and TBar is
shaped with alpha channel of this image.
126 - image is tiled to fill TBar area and TBar is shaped
with alpha channel of the image
127 - non-shaped scaled image. Works same as 128, but
scales image to fill TBar.
128-130 remain unchanged from old times
131 - tile and alphablend pixmap into underlying root
background.
132 - tile pixmap and tint underlying root background with
it.
133 - tile pixmap and add color values to underlying root
background.
134 - tile pixmap and subtract color values from underlying
root background.
135 - tile pixmap and calculate color difference
from underlying root background.
136 - tile pixmap and darken underlying root background with
it.
137 - tile pixmap and lighten underlying root background
with it.
138 - tile pixmap and screen underlying root background with
it.
139 - tile pixmap and overlay underlying root background
with it.
140 - tile pixmap and combine its hue with underlying root
background.
141 - tile pixmap and combine its saturation with underlying
root background.
142 - tile pixmap and combine its HSV value with underlying
root background.
143 - tile pixmap and underlying root background with
it.
144 - tile pixmap and colorize underlying root background
with it.
145 - tile pixmap and dissipate underlying root background
with it.
146-148 unused.
149 - two way tinting. Similar to 129, but lighter colors
will make underlying root background brighter, while
darker colors will make it darker.
values 150-165 are similar to 130-145, only pixmap is
scaled to fill TBar instead of tiled in it.
2.5. Titlebar buttons
****************************************************************
TitleButtonStyle <val>
****************************************************************
New style value 2 has been added. When 2 is used, then
distance between titlebar edge and titlebuttons is determined
by TitleButtonXOffset and TitleButtonYOffset.
****************************************************************
TitleButtonXOffset <x_offset_val>
TitleButtonYOffset <y_offset_val>
****************************************************************
Determine distance of titlebar buttons from the edge of the
titlebar
****************************************************************
TitleButtonOrder <context_sequence>
****************************************************************
Determines layout of the titlebar. Default is 13579t08642.
2.6. Menu settings
****************************************************************
MenuPinOn <image>
****************************************************************
MenuPinOn is deprecated and AfterStep will reinterpret
it, and it will create new TitleButton using last unused
TitleButton context. It will then assign PinMenu function to
this button. This button will only be shown on titlebars
belonging to menu windows. This button behaves just like any
other TitleButton - for example you can use TitleButtonOrder to
specify where it should go. Problem is you may not know what
context AfterStep had choosen for it. The better way would be
to explicitely define TitleButton, and assign PinMenu to it in
your feel.
****************************************************************
MenuHiTitleStyle "mystyle"
****************************************************************
AfterStep now allows you to specify MyStyle to be used
for titlebar of currently highlighted menu. AS soo as menu goes out
of focus its titlebar will be rendered using MenuTitleStyle.
****************************************************************
MenuSubItemStyle "mystyle"
****************************************************************
AfterStep now includes this new feature: when you select
an item from menu - this item will be marked as recently used,
and next time menu is opened it will show all the recently used
items from its SUBMENU. For example you do :
Menu->Applications->rxvt
Next time you open Main menu - it will display rxvt just ander
Application item with some offset.
It looks much better when this subitems are shown with
different (smaller ) font. To achieve that - specify MyStyle
with smaller font using MenuSubItemStyle option in your look
file.
This feature could be turned off or altered by using
RecentSubmenuItems
option in your feel file: set it to 0 to disable feture.
****************************************************************
MenuItemCompositionMethod <130-145>
MenuHiliteCompositionMethod <130-145>
MenuStippleCompositionMethod <130-145>
****************************************************************
This is a funny feature - try it and see how you like different
values :) If you use shades of grey for your item text - you
may not see any difference for some of this values.
2.7. Balloon settings
*******************************************************************
TitleButtonBalloonBorderHilite None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]
*******************************************************************
Defines bevel to be drawn around balloons - replaces BorderWidth
setting.
*******************************************************************
TitleButtonBalloonXOffset <value_in_pixels>
*******************************************************************
Added to complement YOffset setting.
*******************************************************************
TitleButtonBalloonCloseDelay <mlseconds>
*******************************************************************
Determines delay between when balloon is shown and before it
disapears.
*******************************************************************
TitleButtonBalloonStyle "mystyle_name"
*******************************************************************
MyStyle to be used to draw balloon. Note that balloons could be
shaped (BackPixmap 125 and 126 )
3. Feel options :
************************************************************************
EatFocusClick
************************************************************************
When this flag is specified in feel file - AfterStep will "eat" mouse
click, that was used to focus window in ClickToFocus mode. That means that
if you have any function assigned to mouse clicks on the titlebars -
those functions will only be executed if the window is already focused.
************************************************************************
ClickToFocus
************************************************************************
AfterStep will not switch focus following mouse pointer, but instead will
switch it when window is explicitely clicked. This is the same as before.
The only difference is that AfterStep will not Raise window automagically,
unless some other settings are set. Possible way to Raise window on
focusing include:
- set AutoRaise 0 in feel file ( delay of 0 )
- bind mouse clicks to Raise or RaiseLower function in feel file.
- set ClickToRaise flag in feel file.
************************************************************************
FollowTitleChanges
************************************************************************
That will force AfterStep to reread and merge all the hints and
settings from the database files, whenever window changes either its
name or icon name.
************************************************************************
PersistentMenus
************************************************************************
Right now if you try to open a menu when its already opened - that will
cause menu to close. To disable this behaviour and instead pop-up a menu
again - use this setting.
************************************************************************
NoSnapKey <key>
************************************************************************
AfterSTep now has a feature that "snaps" windows to different desktop
features, such as edges of other windows and edge of the screen. To
disable it temorarily you can press and hold Shift key. Use this
setting to request different modifier key instead of Shift.
************************************************************************
ScreenEdgeAttraction <distance>
************************************************************************
Defines distance from which window will be attracted to the screen
edge, while being interactively moved/resized.
************************************************************************
WindowEdgeAttraction <distance>
************************************************************************
Defines distance from which window will be attracted to the other
window's edge, while being interactively moved/resized.
************************************************************************
DontRestoreFocus
************************************************************************
Will not restore focus to the recently focused application wile
switching desktops.
************************************************************************
WindowBox
************************************************************************
This is whole new thing to allow better window placement policy :
WindowBox "some_name"
Area WxH+X+Y
Virtual
MinWidth width
MinHeight height
MaxWidth width
MaxHeight height
FirstTry SmartPlacement|RandomPlacement|Tile
ThenTry RandomPlacement|Cascade|Manual
VerticalPriority
ReverseOrder
Desk desk
MinLayer min_layer
MaxLayer max_layer
~WindowBox
WindowBox defines area on screen/virtual desktop into which window will
be placed on startup.
- Area - defines the confining region.
- Virtual - defines that area is in virtual coordinates.
- MinWidth,MinHeight, MaxWidth,MaxHeight - places restrains on what
size window could be placed in this area.
- FirstTry - strategy to use while placing window. FirstTry strategy
will attempt to place window in empty space only.
- ThenTry - backup strategy to use when there is no suitable empty
space.
- VerticalPriority, ReverseOrder alter behaviour of some strategies -
Tile and Cascade, from what I remember.
- Desk - limits effects of this WindowBox to specific desk.
- MinLayer,MaxLayer - limits effects of the WindowBox to windows with
layer value that falls in range.
Note that old SmartPlacement/RandomPlacement has been coopted to be
used for Default windowbox.
************************************************************************
DefaultWindowBox "windowbox_name"
************************************************************************
Window boxes are processed in order they were listed in config. If
suitable windowbox could not be found for the window - then windowbox
named in DefaultWindowBox will be forced.
************************************************************************
RecentSubmenuItems <number_of_items>
************************************************************************
Defines maximum number of recently used submenu items to be listed
under menu item. Set to 0 to disable feature. Default is 4.
3.2. Functions
****************************************************************
BookmarkWindow "name" new_bookmark
****************************************************************
Places a bookmark on the selected window, to be used later on to
get back to that window.
****************************************************************
GoToBookmark ["name" window_bookmark ]
****************************************************************
Focuses window specified by previously placed window_bookmark.
****************************************************************
PinMenu ["name"]
****************************************************************
Pins menu on desktop
****************************************************************
SaveWorkspace "name" file_name
****************************************************************
Write list of presently running applications with its position
and desktop number into specified file. You can run this file
at a later time as a shell script to restore state of the
desktop. Note this does not work for many applications that
does not provide needed ICCCM properties on its windows.
****************************************************************
ChangeTheme "name" file_name
****************************************************************
Sets current theme config file. Such config file may include
settings for look, feel, menu, autoexec and any module.
4. Database options
************************************************************************
NoFrame
************************************************************************
Disabled frame decorations for this window
************************************************************************
Frame "frame_name"
************************************************************************
Enables "frame_name" to be used for decoration of this window
************************************************************************
WindowBox "window_box_name"
************************************************************************
Requires AfterSTep to use specified WindowBox for placement of this
window.
************************************************************************
DefaultGeometry
************************************************************************
Fill force AfterStep to replace parts of window initial placement with
predefined values. For example :
Style "*mozilla*" DefaultGeometry 1024x500
will force mozilla windows (or any windows that have "mozilla" in its
name ) to have initial size 1024x500.
Note that in case of mozilla its usefull to define several Styles so
that you will get different geometries for different dialog boxes, such
as search/download/ etc.
************************************************************************
OverrideGravity gravity
************************************************************************
Some applications (notably xv) has been designed without reading widely
accepted and used standards such as ICCCM. Gravity value is one of
the hints that often gets misplaced by applications. As the result may
exhibit wierd placement behaviour - such as windows moving to the
top-left with each resize or file opened. Try specifying StaticGravity
for such apps. Also some applications do not set gravity correctly. For
example you start an application with geometry +10-10 which means
SouthWestGravity and that should fix position of left and bottom sides
of the window. But window set its gravity to NorthWestGravity instead
and as the result window gets placed further down to the bottom by the
size of the framne decorations. In this cases you can specify whatever
gravity you want and thus override those stupid apps.
Allowed values are :
NorthWest
North
NorthEast
West
Center
East
SouthWest
South
SouthEast
Static
Read more about gravity at :
http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/wm-spec/1.3/html/x362.html
All of the options below are similar to NoPPosition stuff - it either
enables or disables handling of specific ICCCM, MOTIF, etc. properties
that are set on the window by application.
4.2. ICCCM hints handling
************************************************************************
HonorPPosition
************************************************************************
Forces AfterStep to use PPosition hint for this window. PPosition hint
normally means that application has determined its position due to some
of its own configuration settings, and position has not been
explicitely requested on the command line. This setting overrides
NoPPosition setting in feel file.
************************************************************************
NoPPosition
************************************************************************
Opposite of the above. PPosition will be ignored for the matching
window.
************************************************************************
HonorGroupHints
************************************************************************
************************************************************************
NoGroupHints
************************************************************************
************************************************************************
HonorTransientHints
************************************************************************
Will force AfterStep to use transient hint, effectively attaching
window to its parent( placing it on the same layer , etc. )
************************************************************************
NoTransientHints
************************************************************************
Ignore transient hint - window will be treated as an independent
window.
4.2. Motif hints handling
************************************************************************
HonorMotifHints
************************************************************************
************************************************************************
NoMotifHints
************************************************************************
Forces AfterStep to disregard Motif decoration and functionality hints.
4.3. Old style GNOME hints :
************************************************************************
HonorGnomeHints
************************************************************************
************************************************************************
NoGnomeHints
************************************************************************
4.4. Modern GNOME and KDE hints ( Extended WM Hints ):
************************************************************************
HonorExtWMHints
************************************************************************
************************************************************************
NoExtWMHints
************************************************************************
4.5. XResources database handling :
************************************************************************
HonorXResources
************************************************************************
************************************************************************
NoXResources
************************************************************************
Forces AfterStep to disregard XResources database when it comes to
window placement.
5. XResources database.
Each application amy have the following resources defined for it in
.xresources:
************************************************************************
Desk <desk>
Layer <layer>
ViewportX <x_pos>
ViewportY <y_pos>
************************************************************************
This will be checked when window is mapped and will be merged with the
rest of the settings to determine startup status of an application.
( This may need to be debugged ).
6. Pager options
************************************************************************
ShadeButton <unpressed_image> [<pressed_image>]
************************************************************************
You should be able to "shade" row or column of desks by pressing
special Shade button on desk's title. Define images to be used for it
with this option. If no images are defined - then there will be no
button and feature will be disabled.
7. Wharf options
************************************************************************
ShowLabel
************************************************************************
Flag that tells Wharf to render button's label on each of its buttons,
effectively immitating behaviour of Zharf.
************************************************************************
LabelLocation <val>
************************************************************************
Specifies location of the label. Correct values are integers in range
of 0-32. label could be drawn on each sideof the button and just on top
of icon. It could also be aligned to different sides.
************************************************************************
FlipLabel
************************************************************************
Will cause Wharf to draw vertical label text.
************************************************************************
FitContents
************************************************************************
Wharf will draw each button so that it fits its contents perfectly (
icon or swallowed app ). That will cause some of th eWharf's buttons to
differ in size from others. Use in conjunction with ShapeToContents.
************************************************************************
ShapeToContents
************************************************************************
Will cause Wharf to use X Shaped extensions and have a window of
non-rectangular shape. Shape is composed from the overall geometry of
buttons ( see FitContents ), shape of the MyStyle used to draw Wharf
background ( if BackPixmap 126 or 125 is used ), contents of each
button - such as swallowed app's shape, label and icons.
************************************************************************
AlignContents Left,Top,Right,Bottom,HTiled,VTiled,HScaled,VScaled,HCenter,VCenter
************************************************************************
That will force contents of each Wharf's button to be aligned to either
side of the button, when FitContents is not used.
************************************************************************
Bevel None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline]
************************************************************************
Determines exact size and shape of the 3D bevel drawn around each
button. This option is somewhat synonymous to NoBorder. If NoBorder is
encountered after Bevel - then it will override Bevel, otherwise Bevel
will override NoBorder.
************************************************************************
CompositionMethod testure_type
- default is 131 ( alpha-blending )
************************************************************************
Determines algorithm use to blend all the icons and Wharf background to
form button's image. Valid values are 130-145 ( see MyStyles section
above ).
8. WinList options
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*WinListGeometry +x+y
************************************************************************
Specifies WinList geometry. Note that only position could be specified -
size is defined by other parameters and number of buttons.
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*WinListMinSize WxH
************************************************************************
Minimum size of the WinList. WinList will not shrink smaller then this
size, when number of buttons is small, but instead it will enlarge
buttons to fill extra space. YOu can set only Width, only Height or
both.
************************************************************************
*WinListMaxSize WxH
************************************************************************
Maximum size of the WinList. WinList will not grow larger then
this size, when number of buttons increase, but instead it will shrink
buttons to fit in allowed space. You can set only Width, only
Height or both. extra rows/columns could be added when max size is
reached in one direction.
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*WinListMaxRows count
************************************************************************
Maximum number of rows in WinList.
************************************************************************
*WinListMaxColumns count
************************************************************************
Maximum number of columns in WinList.
************************************************************************
*WinListMinColWidth width
************************************************************************
Minimum width of the column
************************************************************************
*WinListMaxColWidth width
************************************************************************
Maximum width of the column.
Older *WinListMaxWidth is still supported for compatibility, but
depreciated.
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*WinListFillRowsFirst
************************************************************************
Flag, indicating that WinList should should add new row when new button
is added, and only if MaxRows or max height is reached - add new
column. By Default WinLIst adds columns first.
************************************************************************
*WinListUseSkipList
************************************************************************
Obey SkipWinList flags set by applications or database config.
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*WinListUnfocusedStyle "style"
*WinListFocusedStyle "style"
*WinListStickyStyle "style"
************************************************************************
MyStyle to be used for rendering of window buttons for windows thar are
in particular state.
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*WinListUseName 0|1|2|3 # 0 - Name, 1 - icon, 2 - res_name, 3 - res_class
************************************************************************
Tells WinList what type of name to use for displaying in WinList label.
************************************************************************
*WinListAlign Left,Right,Top,Bottom
************************************************************************
Sets align of the text label in WinList buttons.
************************************************************************
*WinListBevel None,Left,Right,Top, Bottom, NoOutline
************************************************************************
Defines 3D bevel of WinList buttons.
************************************************************************
*WinListFBevel None,Left,Right,Top, Bottom, NoOutline
*WinListUBevel None,Left,Right,Top, Bottom, NoOutline
*WinListSBevel None,Left,Right,Top, Bottom, NoOutline
************************************************************************
Defines 3D bevel of WinList buttons for windows that are in specific
state (unfocused/focused/sticky).
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*WinListAction [Click]1|2|3|4|5 <action>
************************************************************************
Defines what function should be executed on the window when specific
mouse button is clicked over window's button.
************************************************************************
*WinListShapeToContents
************************************************************************
When Shaped extensions are available - it will cause WinList to have
non-rectangular shape to wrap around columns/rows of buttons.
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CompositionMethod
************************************************************************
Sets composition method to be used to draw WinList buttons. Default is
alpha-blending. Valid values are in range 130-145.
************************************************************************
FCompositionMethod
UCompositionMethod
SCompositionMethod
************************************************************************
Sets composition method for buttons representing windows in particular
state.
************************************************************************
*WinListSpacing
*WinListHSpacing
*WinListVSpacing
************************************************************************
************************************************************************
9. Command line options.
Every module including afterstep proper will support the following set
of command line switches :
-v --version - Display version information and stop.
-c --config - Display Config information and stop.
-h --help - Display uasge information and stop.
--debug - Debugging: Run in Synchronous mode..
-s --single - Run on single screen only.
-r --restart - Run as if it was restarted.
same as regular startup, only runs RestartFunction
instead of InitFunction.
-d --display <val> - Specify what X display we should connect to.
Overrides $DISPLAY environment variable.
-f --config-file <val> - Read all config from requested file.
Use it if you want to use .steprc
instead of standard config files.
-p --user-dir <val> - Read all the config from requested dir.
Use it to override config location
requested in compile time.
-g --global-dir <val> - Use requested dir as a shared config dir.
Use it to override shared config location
requested in compile time.
-V --verbosity-level <val> - Change verbosity of the AfterStep output.
0 - will disable any output;
1 - will allow only error messages;
5 - both errors and warnings(default).
10- maximum level of output - everything printed
--window <val> - Internal Use: Window in which action occurred.
interface part which has triggered our startup.
--context <val> - Internal Use: Context in which action occurred.
interface part which has triggered our startup.
--look <val> - Read look config from requested file.
Use it if you want to use different look
instead of what was selected from the menu.
--feel <val> - Read feel config from requested file.
Use it if you want to use different feel
instead of what was selected from the menu.
--theme <val> - Read theme config from requested file.
Use it if you want to use different theme
instead of what was selected from the menu.
-l --log <val> - Spool all output into a file instead of
printing it to the console.
10. Compilation flags.
Below are the flags that could be used with ./configure script, and env
vars to be set in order to aid debugging.
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--enable-gdb
************************************************************************
Enables extensive output of debugging messages. Also that enables
debugging information in executable allowing for more descriptive
messages while debugging with gdb. Note : it is usefull to specify -l
option to avoid huge number of messages printed on console (see above).
************************************************************************
--with-libefence
************************************************************************
Enables memory corruption debugging using libEFence. It is usefull when
AfterStep crashes, and it is not then possible to backtrace/debug it in
gdb due to corrupted stack. Enabling libEFence will cause AfterSTep to
crash at exact moment when memory corruption occur, preventing it from
corrupting stack.
************************************************************************
--enable-audit
************************************************************************
Enables built in memory utilization auditing. That will cause AfterStep
to print error messages when memory gets deallocated that was never
allocated. Also that will print a long list of unfreed memory when
afterstep/module shuts down. That could be used to track down memory
leaks.
************************************************************************
export CFLAGS=-DTRACE_ASIMAGES
************************************************************************
Enabling that will cause libAfterImage to keep track of all the
ASImages being created/destroyed. You could then print list of those at
arbitrary moments, to see what images are loaded into memory.
************************************************************************
11. Depreciated
11.1. Look :
MenuPinOn
11.2. Wharf :
Folders/~Folders in Wharf config - use Folder/~Folder instead
11.3. asetroot :
If AfterStep proper fails to read any MyBackground definitions
from the look file - it will attempt to read asteroot file. Althou
you may be fine for now - make sure you move this config into look
file, as in future asetroot file may become obsolete.
11.4. WinList :
*WinListMaxWidth
Use *WinListMaxSize/*WinListMinSize instead
*WinListOrientation across|vertical
Use *WinListFillRowsFirst instead.
12. Discontinued
12.1. Look :
TextureMaxColors
MenuPinOff
TextGradientColor
GradientText
ButtonMaxColors
12.2. Feel :
MWMFunctionHints
MWMDecorHints
MWMHintOverride
12.3. WinList :
*WinListHideGeometry WxH+x+y
*WinListNoAnchor
*WinListUseIconNames
*WinListAutoHide
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