At 12:20 21/07/98 -0500, you wrote:
> When AfterStep is running, go to an xterm and type in afterstep -h
>(it will error, but it will also print out version number).
It prints 1.4.5.3, and also prints Another Window Manager is running
!!! But, afterstep is running!!!
Somehow I messed the feel definition in the config file. Suddently a file
related to an application that was running appeared there. I selected it as
the feel to see how it is ..... and now I do not have any controls on title
bars, and do not have access to the start menu.
How (which config file) can I fix this? How could this have happened?
>
>!
>! My previous email asked about tooltips on top of icons. I did not explain
>! myself well: what I meant is someway to have like the ballon help on top of
>! icons before they are clicked, when the mouse goes over them.
>
> There is no available function in versions up to the devel release
>(1.5pre#). The cuurent devel release (6) does not have this function for
>the icons, but it does for the Wharf. I would pressume that adding it to
>the iconified apps would be forthcoming. The changes/TODO state nothing
>of the sort, however, so it's only a guess.
I did not mean to have it for the iconified applications, as you already
told me how to set up to have the name at the top of the icon for them. I
think this would be useful for the wharf.
> I really don't see wht the need would be - what is the "look" you
>are attempting to do that this would be useful? Icons without the title,
>but yet still able to tell what they are by the "ballon bubble"? I'd
>think that making the *icon* a particular image would be all that one
>would need to discern what the iconified app was - the title & ballon
>would just be redundant (my $.02).
I have applications that I have to start from an xterm. How do I insert
them into the wharf? And, how can I use an icon different from the xterm
when they are running? For example, when I run octave: load xterm and then
type octave.
>! With respect to my question about changing the start menu in my version of
>! afterstep, it did not work: I created a dir in \u\s\a\s called My_stuff,
>! created a file there with the word "emacs", exited and reloaded afterstep.
>! -> it did not appear in the startmenu!!
>
> Well, I believe I said in the ~/G/L/A/start directory, but you
>snipped too much out here [I reply to many requests for help - sorry I
>don't remember your particular case - and the stupid list isn't mailing to
>me, yet says I'm subscribed]. Were you the one wanting a system wide
>default? But after you change the starmenu, you'll need to go to the
>"menu-->Quit-->Update startmenu"; if you don't have this on your menu copy
>the /u/s/a/n/t/startmenu to ~/G/L/A/n/t/startmenu and restart AS - then do
>the "menu-->Quit-->Update startmenu". These steps were what was on the
>below archive messages (see below).
>! > If you feel this is not how the bastardized RedHat
>! >version works - get the "Official AfterStep" from the afterstep ftp site -
>! >rpm's are available and methods for removing the RH version are in the
>! >archives. Furthermore complain to Red Hat for not giving adequate
>! >information on modifing "their" version of AfterStep!
>!
>From where?
>
> Heh, from the AfterStep web page (www.afterstep.org)/ftp site
>(ftp.afterstep.org).
>
>! >> > First, what version are you running? Secondly, check out the
>! >> > following and if you still are unable to resolve the situation, return
>! >> > with version number.
>! >> >
>! >> > http://wormhole.eosys.com/mail-archives/afterstep/9805/msg00465.html
>! >> > http://wormhole.eosys.com/mail-archives/afterstep/9805/msg00329.html
>! >> >
>!
>! When I try to look at the above, I get that there is no dns entry. Is there
>! any other address where I coudl see this?
> Yes, sorry. Edo (eosys.com) has shutdown his comuter and moved
>the mailing list to Caldera, who is now hosting it. Unfortunately, he has
>yet to re-configure their server to have the archive - will be in a couple
>of weeks.
Ok, it seems that I will not be able to do any upgrade for the moment.
I assume that the rh version of afterstep does not work properly, and this
is the reason I can not change the start menu.
Any help with the previous questions would be appreciated.
>
> I hope I've answered everything and it all works out. By the way,
>are you getting the AS-list since it has moved? :)
Yes.
Dr Eli Napchan
Dept Materials, Imperial College, London SW7 2BP, UK
eli@ic.ac.uk
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