1.8.11
Added DefaultGeometry option to database. That should allow to place
window with specifyed geometry when no USPosition was requested,
instead of dragging it around. Usefull for things like Netscape.
Example:
Style "*escape*" DefaultGeometry 800x600+10-100
1.8.10
Xinerama support and Multiple configs on multi-head setup support.
There could be separate InitFunction, RestartFunction, Feel, Look,
and background for each screen. See man page for afterstep.
1.7.164 patch 3
$HOME/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/start/Desktop/Theme/.include
changed from shell script call to perl script call
$HOME/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/form
changed from shell script call to perl script call
1.7.142 patch 16
New .include option:
extension <.ext> - strips a "ext." prefix or ".ext" suffix from
included filenames
1.7.142 patch 2
New Wharf option:
Transient - prevents a button from performing any action,
being pushable, and having a balloon
1.7.126 patch 14
The ButtonPixmap, IconFont, ButtonTextureType, ButtonMaxColors,
ButtonBgColor, and ButtonTextureColor look options are now deprecated.
They have been replaced by several MyStyles:
ButtonPixmap - background tile of iconified windows
ButtonTitleFocus - title of focused iconified windows
ButtonTitleSticky - title of sticky iconified windows
ButtonTitleUnfocus - title of non-sticky, unfocused iconified windows
The following are automagical inheritances from old options:
FWindowStyle => ButtonPixmap
ButtonBgColor => ButtonPixmap.BackColor
ButtonTextureColor => ButtonPixmap.BackGradient
ButtonPixmap => ButtonPixmap.BackPixmap
ButtonTextureType => ButtonPixmap.texture_type
ButtonMaxColors => ButtonPixmap.MaxColors
FWindowStyle => ButtonTitleFocus
SWindowStyle => ButtonTitleSticky
UWindowStyle => ButtonTitleUnfocus
SeparateButtonTitle <flag>
- replaces the --enable-iconbackground configure
option; specifies whether the icon title should
be drawn at the top of the icon, or in a
separate window at the bottom (defaults to 1)
ButtonSize <width> <height>
- specifies the size of iconified windows exactly;
this includes titles drawn at the top, but not
the separate window created by SeparateIconTitle
1.7.126 patch 11
New MyStyle option:
BackPixmap 130 <xpm> - sets background to average of xpm and the
root pixmap
This is currently only available to AfterStep!
1.7.126 patch 09
New MyStyle option:
BackMultiGradient <type> <color1> <offset1> ... <colorN> <offsetN>
- draws a multi-point gradient
Here's an example:
BackMultiGradient 8 black 0.0 red 0.5 green 1.0
... will result in a gradient like the following (b=black, r=red, g=green):
+--------------+
|bbbbbbbbbbbbbb|
|bbrbbrbbrbbrbb|
|brbrbrbrbrbrbr|
|rrrrrrrrrrrrrr|
|rgrgrgrgrgrgrg|
|rrgrrgrrgrrgrr|
|gggggggggggggg|
+--------------+
1.7.111 patch 10
background loading moved into asetroot from Pager check man pages for more
info.
1.7.111 patch 07
Completely revamped asetroot config. See sample config file for details.
1.7.90 patch 16
New Wharf option:
WithdrawStyle - control what Wharf buttons are watched for mouse
button 3; this option replaces the (mostly
undocumented) NoWithdraw option
0 == never
1 == any toplevel button
2 == the top/bottom button (or left/right, for
horizontal Wharfs)
1.7.90 patch 11
New ascommand.pl options:
--file <file> - read commands from file and send them to AfterStep
--interactive - start interactive session with AfterStep; prompts
user for input, and displays AfterStep's output
1.7.90 patch 03
New feel function:
ToggleLayer <layer1> <layer2> - toggle a window between two layers
1.7.90 patch 02
Balloons displaying the function(s) bound to titlebar buttons can now be
displayed, with the usual keywords:
TitleButtonBalloons - turn on balloons
TitleButtonBalloonBorderColor <color> - set border color
TitleButtonBalloonBorderWidth <width> - set border width
TitleButtonBalloonDelay <msec> - set delay in milliseconds
Balloon code now uses MyStyle's for text/background config. Style names
are:
TitleButtonBalloon - AfterStep window frame titlebar buttons
*PagerBalloon - Pager balloons
*WharfBalloon - Wharf balloons
*WinListBalloon - WinList balloons
NOTE: Texture type != 0 (ie, gradients, pixmaps, etc) does not work.
The following keywords NO LONGER EXIST:
BalloonFore
BalloonBack
BalloonFont
*WharfBalloonFore
*WharfBalloonBack
*WharfBalloonFont
*WinListBalloonFore
*WinListBalloonBack
*WinListBalloonFont
--
1.7.75 patch 03
Changed *WinListLeftJustify to *WinListJustify <alighment>
1.7.75 patch 01
Changed StickyPagerIcon to *PagerStickyIcons - it is now exec name specific
Changed *PagerRedrawBg <number> to *PagerDontDrawBg as making more sense.
--
1.7.49 patch 17
New database option:
Layer <layer> - a replacement for StaysOnTop, StaysOnBack; see
the afterstep man page for more details
1.7.49 patch 14
DeskBorderColor added to PagerDecoration option of pager config.
MyStyle support added for pager's config file and steprc in Pager.
1.7.49 patch 13
Pager now understands MyStyle options. The following styles should be
defined :
"*PagerUWindowStyle"(defaults to "unfocused_window_style") - unfocused
window representation's style.
"*PagerFWindowStyle"(defaults to "focused_window_style") - focused
window representation's style.
"*PagerSWindowStyle"(defaults to "sticky_window_style") - sticky
window representation's style.
"*PagerActiveDesk" - active (selected) desk's style. BackPixmap 129 is
supported for transparency.
"*PagerInActiveDesk" - inactive desk's style. BackPixmap 129 is
supported for transparency.
1.7.49 patch 06
Module communication has been rewritten, and modules can now be started
separately from AfterStep. There is an example of a module (written in
perl) in tools/ascommand.pl.
1.7.47 patch 02
New Style options:
FocusStyle [style] - set focus style for the window
StickyStyle [style] - set sticky style for the window
UnfocusStyle [style] - set unfocused style for the window
1.7.37 patch 07
New MyStyle option:
DrawTextBackground: clear area behind text to BackColor
1.7.37 patch 02
New Wharf option:
NoWithdraw: don't grab button 3 from the top wharf window
New configure option:
--enable-audit: enables a memory usage audit; this is intended for
developers only, but anyone can use it :)
1.7.25 patch 10
New database options:
VerticalTitle: draw window titlebar down the left side of the window
HorizontalTitle: draw window titlebar across the top of the window
1.7.25 patch 04
added Pager pseudotransparency option :
*PagerTransparent [<desk#>] <color>
1.7.0 patch 25
Wharf now uses a MyStyle ("*WharfTile") for its button tile backgrounds.
Mode 129 (transparency/tinting) now works, as well.
1.7.0 patch 22
Added new .include option:
Name - set the name of this menu
NOTE: root menu should now be called PopUp "0" in feel files, not
PopUp "start".
1.7.0 patch 21
BackPixmap mode 129 can now be used with window titlebars. It can also
be used to tint, as well as basic transparency.
1.7.0 patch 19
added following Pager option :
*PagerSetRootOnStartup
to make it show
root background on startup - before notification from AfterStep
about current desk. This is needed if aterm is started from autoexec
or even before AfterStep with transparent option.
1.7.0 patch 14
New WinList option:
AutoHide - turn on or off WinList hiding
1.7.0 patch 10
added following Pager options :
PagerDecoration option - possible values :
DeskBorderWidth # - border width between desks
NoPageSeparator - removes lines separating one page from another
NoSelection - removes frame surrounding selected page
GridColor <color> - defines color of page separating grid and desk
borders
Usage :
*PagerDecoration DeskBorderWidth 1,NoPageSeparator,NoSelection,GridColor green
( you can use any combination of options )
*PagerHilightBorders
Tells the pager to hilight the border of focused window as well as its
label
1.7.0 patch 9
Added balloons (with all accompanying options) to WinList. Use:
*WinListBalloons
*WinListBalloonDelay
... etc
1.7.0 patch 7
New database option:
AvoidCover - this window will not be covered by any other window
AllowCover - turn off AvoidCover
1.7.0 patch 5
New config files, ".include" files, may be placed in the start/ menu tree.
.include files have the following options:
Command - sets an AfterStep function to apply to all items
Include - include another directory's contents in this menu
KeepName - keep the directory name so it can be referenced from a feel
MiniPixmap - set the mini-pixmap to use for this menu
Order - set the order of this submenu in its parent menu
NOTE:
WARNING:
PAY ATTENTION:
The Look, Feel, and Pictures dir are no longer special, and will not
be automagically filled in. Take a look at the .include file for these
dirs in the standard distro for examples.
1.7.0 patch 3
new afterstep look option:
RubberBand - allows selection of move/resize rubberband look
0 - normal
________
| | | |
|__|__|__|
| | | |
|__|__|__|
| | | |
|__|__|__|
1 - single rectangle
________
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|________|
2 - crossed-out single rectangle
______
|\ /|
| \ / |
| \/ |
| /\ |
| / \ |
|/____\|
new WinList options:
WinListPixmap - background pixmap for WinList
TruncateLeft - display the left part of the title
TextStyle - 3d text, 1 and 2 for 3d text, 0 for normal
GradType - gradients for WinList
0 - normal
1 - relief
2 - vgradient
3 - hgradient
GradFrom - starting colour for gradient
GradTo - ending colour for gradient
1.7.0 patch 1
StaysOnBack is no longer ignored, and now works.
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1.5beta5 patch21
added:
ViewportX x, ViewportY y
styles to database - allowing to do flexible StartOnPage
stuff. It will move screen to the specifyed pos on desk, before placing
the window.
1.5beta5 patch16
configure options --with-gnustep-lib and --with-afterdir where changed
so now you need to supply patch within gnustep dir and within gnusteplib
dir respectevely ( like --with-gnustep-lib=Library
--with-afterdir=AfterStep )
1.5beta5 patch14
Added option *PagerFastStartup to pager configuration.
This will force Pager to inform Afterstep that it is started, right
after the first desk's background is loaded. Pager will also set the
global Atom to background Pixmap, so that Eterm can work nicely, with
transparency emulation.
This option should speedup AS startup, when different pictures are used
for different desks.
1.5beta5 patch13 [17]
added configure option --enable-staticlibs=yes/no. Default is "yes".
This will force AS to be built with libafterstep, libasimage, libWidgets
statically linked. By default all libs are linked statically.
1.5beta5 patch10
added configure option --enable-png=yes/no. Default is "yes".
added Pager config option PagerHideInactiveLabels. See man pages.
added Pager config option PagerLabelBelowDesk. See man pages.
1.5beta4 patch07
added configure option --enable-pagerbackground=yes/no to enable/disable
all background support in Pager. Default is 'yes' (background support
enabled)
version 1.5beta4 - current
New Pager options :
defines XPM or JPEG image to be displayed in Pager window for
specified desk.
*PagerImage <desk#> <image_filename>
Defines image to be displayed in Root for specified desk. XPM, JPEG, or
PNG images supported internally( unless PagerXImageLoaderArgs are
specified ), other formats uses external image loader, like xli, or xv.
*PagerDesktopImage <desk#> <image_filename>
Defines arguments to be passed to external image loader, when showing Root
background.
!!!!!!! This Option will disable inernal support for XPM and JPEG !!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if desk# is ommited args will have effect for all desks, but will not
disable internal JPEG and XPM support
*PagerXImageLoaderArgs [<desk#>] <image loader args without prog name>
When image is dislayed on root using external app this option will let
you cache image in memory, to not invoke this app every time you switch
desks, saving lots of time. This feature will not work with some user
application, specificaly KDE desktop it will also restore all icons when
you switch desks first time. Use it with care and at your own risk
*PagerFastBackground <desk#> <yes/no> [<tile_height> [<tile_width>]]
This option will let you reduce the number of colors used for background
image, when loading JPEG or XPM internally. Implementation of this depends
on image library, therefore you not always get what you want :)
MaxBackgroundColors <number_of_colors>
version 1.5pre6 - current
Swallow: (same as 1.5pre4 MaxSwallow)
MaxSwallow: if swallowed window is larger than button size (usually 64x64),
the button is resized to fit the swallowed window
The Size keyword specifies the size of a wharf button
<width> and <height> are non-negative integers
*Wharf label pixmap Size <width> <height>
On the subject of button sizes, here's a brief description of how Wharf
chooses the size of a button, in decreasing order of precedence:
1. if the Size keyword is specified, use that
2. if MaxSwallow is used, use the size of the swallowed window
3. if WharfPixmap is given, use the size of the pixmap
4. use 64x64
If swallowed Module is larger than button size (usually 64x64),
the button is resized to fit the swallowed Module [ Currently only
Pager is a feasible Swallowable Module :)]
MaxSwallowModule
In case you haven't noticed, Wharf now supports Folders within Folders.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
zharf:
next line turns on balloons
*ZharfBalloons
color and font spec are standard
*ZharfBalloonFore <color>
*ZharfBalloonBack <color>
*ZharfBalloonFont <font>
*ZharfBalloonBorderColor <color>
width is in pixels, and is a non-negative integer
*ZharfBalloonBorderWidth <width>
offset is in pixels, and is an integer
(offset < 0) => balloon will be above client window (ie, button)
(offset >= 0) => balloon will be below client window (ie, button)
*ZharfBalloonYOffset <offset>
delay is in milliseconds, and can be any non-negative integer
*ZharfBalloonDelay <milliseconds>
version 1.4.5.55N2 - version 1.5pre4
Swallow: (same as 1.0)
MaxSwallow: if swallowed window is larger than button size (usually 64x64)
it is resized to the button size
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
fixed options
u can enable it with --enable-fixeditems
u must have @after_share@/fixed directory and it can contain:
feels/ - merge feels in this dir with user's local ones
looks/ - dtto.
backgrounds/ - dtto.
start/ - start menu entries.
It all works all okay with one exception - when one's using
ordered directories (ie. 2_Applications) and in /u/s/a/f/s/ is
Applications for example (unordered directory), those two won't get
merged.
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
start tree (startmenu)
Directories and/or files can now be prefixed with a <number>_, which
explicitly states their order in the menu. AS an example
~/G/L/A/s/0_My-Z-Directory
~/G/L/A/s/1_My-z-File
~/G/L/A/s/2_My-A-Directory
~/G/L/A/s/3_My-R-File
etc...
order.
Entry example:
Exec "Name to be in startmenu" exec application &
MiniPixmap "some-mini.xpm"
a <#>_nop file:
1) with - Nop " " - will produce a space at # point in the vertical list
2) with - Nop "" - will produce a horizontal line at # poin in list
-------------------------------------------------------------------
feel:
switching among windows
AutoReverse 0: default switching among the windows (circulating in
one direction)
AutoReverse 1: #1->#2->#3->#4 and then #4->#3->#2->#1
AutoReverse 2: #1->#2->#3->#4 and then #4->#1->#3->#2 etc. (as in
wind*ze 9x)
AutoReverse <number>
window switching through desks?
AutoTabThroughDesks
Support Motif window manager function hints
MWMFunctionHints
Support Motif window manager decoration hints
MWMDecorHints
Allow overriding of Motif function hints
MWMHintOverride
-------------------------------------------------------------------
look:
TitleButtonStyle 0 - make a space at sides of the title bar
TitleButtonStyle 1 - don't make a space at sides of the title
bar (like in WindowMaker)
define the number of pixels among titlebar buttons
TitleButtonSpacing <number>
Do you want minipixmaps in root menu ?
[This was previously in the feel.file]
MenuMiniPixmaps
Sort Start menu entries by ... 1=alphabetical order, 0=date (default)
[This was previously in the feel.file]
StartMenuSortMode <number>
0 Draws no borders;
1 Draws borders around each menu_item; and
2 Draws border around both menu_title and main menu body
DrawMenuBorders <number>
-------------------------------------------------------------------
pager:
next line turns on balloons
Balloons
color and font spec are standard
BalloonFore <color>
BalloonBack <color>
BalloonFont <font>
BalloonBorderColor <color>
width is in pixels, and is a non-negative integer
BalloonBorderWidth <width>
offset is in pixels, and is an integer
(offset < 0) => balloon will be above client window (ie, button)
(offset >= 0) => balloon will be below client window (ie, button)
BalloonYOffset <offset>
delay is in milliseconds, and can be any non-negative integer
BalloonDelay <milliseconds>
-------------------------------------------------------------------
wharf:
next line turns on balloons
*WharfBalloons
color and font spec are standard
*WharfBalloonFore <color>
*WharfBalloonBack <color>
*WharfBalloonFont <font>
*WharfBalloonBorderColor <color>
width is in pixels, and is a non-negative integer
*WharfBalloonBorderWidth <width>
offset is in pixels, and is an integer
(offset < 0) => balloon will be above client window (ie, button)
(offset >= 0) => balloon will be below client window (ie, button)
*WharfBalloonYOffset <offset>
delay is in milliseconds, and can be any non-negative integer
*WharfBalloonDelay <milliseconds>
steps can be any non-negative integer
*WharfAnimateSteps <steps>
*WharfAnimateStepsMain <steps>
delay is in microseconds, and can be any non-negative integer
*WharfAnimateDelay <delay>
Swallow vs. MaxSwallow:
version 1.0 - version 1.4.5.55N
Swallow: assume swallowed window is 48x48, and place it accordingly
MaxSwallow: if swallowed window is larger than 55x57, it is resized to
55x57
