Re: AS window borders.

Michael Barnes (mibarnes@mail.vth.vt.edu)
Tue, 5 May 1998 23:19:21 -0400 

On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 04:44:23PM -0600, Brandon Beattie wrote:
> Well, I went to AS a few months ago because of the memory hog and lack of
> some things that Enlightenment had.  Last week I went back to E, but am
> still displeased with it's poor organization and configurability.  I'm
> wondering if AS can do some things that I think E stands out right now as
> cool for...
> 
> Does AS support transparent images for wharf?

Do you mean backgrounds or icons? As for Icons yes, as for backgrounds
haven't tried, heard of anybody trying or asking, nor do I think that
they would look too good.

> 
> Can the wharf button sizes be changed?
> 
If you alter the source :).
Otherwise you are stuck with 64x64.

> Can "windows" be created in AS on certain parts of it that are "active"
>  and can start applications when I click in that area?
> 
I think that is what is called the Wharf.

> Can windows be created so that they can have pixmaps on the sides and
> bottom (I know the tops can)
> 
AS has no decorations for the sides at all, you can place a pixmap on the
titlebar to corresond to active, inactive, sticky, or the titles of menus.
The bottom has a choise of containing handles or not. I use V1.1 and I am
not certain if the colors are configurable on the frames, but I do know
that the 1.4x versions support this option.

> Can the pager be made so that they are "windows", not a tic tac toe style?
Huh? Are you asking if you can specify the pager to be a 1x4 or whatever
or 4x1 configureation besides a symetrical 2x2 or whatever? If so, yes.
If not I dunno what you are asking.

> 
> Is there something  like "snapshot~ in as?
> 
Huh? Do you mean like a screen shot, or a cutting edge development release?
As for the screen shot, there are numerous ones lying around the web.  If
you are asking for an internal thingy in as to make a screen shot, well that
is beyond the scope of a wm.  As for developers releases, well betas and
the latest srcs can be obtained from ftp.afterstep.org, you could ask the
current maintainer for more recent stuff if you feel like hastling him.

> Can a different pointer for X be used? (such as if I created my own
> pointer in GIMP?)

Short answer no.

Long answer:

I believe that there are a number of animated cursors for windows 95,
you can buy windows at your local wallmart for about 100 bucks for and
upgrade and around 200 for a "full version".  If you insist on using
nonstanderd  X pointer that as uses, you must A) modify your X library
B) modify the source for as.  as is configureable to choose which one
of the 76 pointers available to a standard x distribution including
gumby :)

> 
> Thats all I really like about E that AS doesn't have (or I havn't seen
> yet)  If you know how to do one of the above, or know if it can or can't
> be done let me know.

Please keep in mind that a window manager is just a windowmanager, if
you are looking for too much more you will have to use E or be disapointed.

Mike

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