Re: startup look/feel
Maury Merkin (merkin@his.com)
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 19:23:02 +0000
David Mihm wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Maury Merkin wrote:
>
> > I've created my own look.MRM and feel.MRM files but each time I start
> > AfterStep I get the original ("out-of-the-box") look and feel. So, I
> > choose look.MRM and feel.MRM and all goes well.
> > How do I get mine to be used on startup?
>
> Hmmm, it should be working. Have you reproduced this after you
> have chosen the look/feel and quit AS then restarted it? If you are using
> multiple desks, switch to desk0 when you chose your look/feel files, and
> see it it stil happens on a quit/restart. Did you compile AS with
> different look/feel for each desk? Look in the ~/G/L/A/n/desk# trees and
> see that at least the desk0/look#.bpp (# = your color depth) is the same
> as you look.MRM.
> This is all I can think of (right now :) that could be affecting
> you.
>
> HTH
It sure did and I want to thank you. It explains a number of things I was
kinda guessing about. (Like the role of those desk# and #bpp directories. I
had pretty much guessed right but your response is much appreciated.)
It also raises a couple of others that I didn't ask in the earlier post.
(Prob'ly 'cause I was embarrassed to reveal just how new I am to this thang.
:-)
First, how do I get from one "desk" to another? (Hey, I know that sounds
simple, but I can't figger it out.) I suppose I could put 4 pagers on my
wharf (would that work?) but I'd rather not.
Second, can I do anything to change my color depth? (It's now 16 but I'd
like to see if raising it to 24 can solve a peculiar problem that has just
become apparent.)
Anyway, I've got my pixmaps working now and I understand how things work
(pretty much) so, once again, big thanks.
Maury
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