Re: settings

Dennis Wook Shim (shim@columbia.edu)
Wed, 13 May 1998 15:49:27 -0400 (EDT) 

On Wed, 13 May 1998, Gate News wrote:

> Well, I finally took the plunge and installed 1.4.5 (was running 1.0)..
> I must say I like what I see... Well, I DID like it until I saw the
> configuration settings.. How the hell do I configure my wharf? I must
> have been through 40 different files, changing things, with no luck..
> Can someone PLEASE tell me where on earth I change the settings for a
> normal user?!? ive been in ~/GNUstep but there was nothing of help

Yes, you have to get used to the new configuration hierarchy, but it's
nice once you are familiar with the setup. I still haven't figured out
some things, but here's parts of what I know so far.

In retrospect, many things are self-explanatory.. but it sure didn't seem
like it when I first installed AS.

You can copy over whatever files you need from /usr/shar/afterstep/
to ~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/   ( if it's your own machine, then you can
make global changes in files under /usr/share/afterstep)

Look in these files:
autoexec		- intitialization and restart options.  starts
			  various modules.. (pager, wharf, winlist)
wharf			- wharf settings
pager			- pager options ( but DeskTopSize & DeskTopScale
			  must be specified in base.xxxbpp) xxx == color 
			  depth.
winlist			- taskbar (like win95) configuration
base.xxxbpp		- ModulePath, IconPath, PixmapPath 
desktop/		- has subdirs for xpms.
feels/			- AS behaviours like key mappings, window
			  properties.. etc
looks/			- yep, colors, menu looks.
database		- specify style, icons, etc for programs that
			  you run under AS.

and so on.... 
Also: man Wharf, man WinList, man afterstep, man Pager, and
New-1.4(??) that comes with the tarball  are helpful.

There is a nice setup tutorial that's linked from www.afterstep.org, which
is ALSO helpful.

Let me know if you ever figure out how to change the speed of the
animation for the Wharf.  The default is too slow, so I had to turn it
off.

I hope this helps, good luck.
/Dennis

> there, either.. I love the new look, especially with the new window
> ops button, and everything seems to run a but smoother.. but come on!!
> It wouldn't even read my old .steprc with the -f flag :( sorry for all
> the bitching and moaning, but this hurts! Thanks for all those that
> respond, and even those that just take the time to read this.. :)
> 



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