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# AfterStep Base configuration

essential AfterStep configuration options

AfterStep AutoExec Base Configuration Function

base config file contains most important AfterStep configuration options - Paths to diferent files, virtual screen size, etc. It is loaded prior to any other configuration files.

- ### CONFIGURATION OPTIONS :

  ModulePath path[:path]

    Specifies the paths to locate the Modules in.

  AudioPath path[:path]

    Specifies the paths to locate the audio files in.

    FIXME: add proper description of suported formats.

  IconPath path[:path]

    Specifies the paths to locate the bitmaps in, typically used only if XPM, JPEG, or PNG images aren't available. Valid bitmaps are standard X11 XBM's.

  PixmapPath path[:path]

    Specifies the paths to locate the pixmaps in. Valid pixmaps are currently XCF, XPM, PPM/PNM, ICO, GIF, XML Images, JPEG, PNG and TIFF.

  FontPath path[:path]

    Specifies the paths to locate the font files in.

    Suported are standard X11 fonts and Truetype fonts through the FreeType library.

  CursorPath path[:path]

    Specifies the paths to locate the cursor files in.

  Path

    For the moment this has no meaning.

    FIXME: add proper description here as soon it has.

  gtkrcPath path

    set fullfilename for gtkrc file to be generated by AfterStep from gtkrc_template on colorscheme changes for GTK 1.x apps. Default is ~/.gtkrc. Change to prevent mangling of your own gtkrc. More sensible approach is to edit the template.

  gtkrc20Path path

    set fullfilename for gtkrc file to be generated by AfterStep from gtkrc-20_template on colorscheme changes. Default is ~/.gtkrc-2.0. Change to prevent mangling of your own gtkrc. More sensible approach is to edit the template.

  DeskTopSize Columns x Rows

    Defines the number of view Columns by the number of view Rows of the desk(s) in proportional units, i.e. 2x1 would show 2 views of one desk, one beside another.

  DeskTopScale number

    If the geometry is not specified, then a desktop reduction factor is used to calculate the pager's size. Things in the pager window are shown at 1/number of the actual size.

  TermCommand number command

    Selects terminal emulator to be used by AfterStep when using the ExecInTerm command, where the first matching one will be used.

    The default number/command combination is: 0-aterm, 1-rxvt, 2-xterm

  BrowserCommandnumber command

    Selects web browser to be used by AfterStep when using the ExecBrowser command. Out of supplied list - all possibilities are checked to be present on the system, and first available one will be used.

    The default number/command combination is: 0 - $BROWSER, 1 - firefox,2 - x-www-browser, 3 - mozilla-firefox, 4 - mozilla, 5 - opera

  EditorCommand number command

    Selects editor to be used by AfterStep when using the ExecEditor command. Out of supplied list - all possibilities are checked to be present on the system, and first available one will be used.

    The default number/command combination is: 0- $EDITOR, 1-nedit, 2-xemacs, 3-gedit, 4-kedit, 5-kate

  DisableSharedMemory

    Disables shared memory support in afterstep. Use this if you run X remotely, or have issues with shared memory in general.

  DisableKDEGlobalsTheming

    If set will prevent AfterStep from updating private kdeglobals file when colorscheme is changed. kdeglobals needs to be updated in order to set colors for KDE apps to match that of the selected colorscheme.

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