Re: Documentation for configuration settings
Andrew Morkunas (morkunas@geocities.com)
Fri, 25 Sep 1998 16:28:57 -0400
I'll take the cigarette without the blind fold.
I was reading the FAQ that came with my download v1.5.4b, I found the lastest
FAQ. The only thing I want to say to those people that did that tranparent
illusion effect, "YOU BASSSTERDS" :) Oh, well, AfterStep is still a neat
manager, (that is stable by the way).
Anyone know the status of http://slashdot.org, I've been want to get ahold of
those applets to put on wharf but the site sems to be down?
Andrew
Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Andrew Morkunas wrote:
>
> > Hurray, I have succesfully installed and am operating AfterStep 1.4 and
> > I am very happy with it.
>
> Hmm. Which version of 1.4? Because, actually, the 1.5 beta is so close
> to perfect as to make it easier to use than the 1.4 versions, in my view.
>
> > Now I have been seeing some really sexy screen shots of what people
> > have done with their desktop only to say "here is a copy of my .steprc
> > file". I have not been able to find any descriptive documentation on
> > setting up the .steprc file or on the individual module files located
> > under /afterstep. Does such a document exist?
>
> No. The new versions of afterstep do not use the .steprc file. Look at
> the FAQ, version 1.4.6. A new one will show up Real Soon Now. (I'm
> working on it as we speak. Well, not literally, of course, but you know
> what I mean.)
>
> > How do you set a bitmap for the background ?
>
> Go to your start menu/decorations
>
> > How do you set up a window so its background is transparent?
>
> If this is the "how do you get an xterm to be transparent" question, then
> you'll be shot at dawn. Read the FAQ. (The "transparent *term" question
> qualifies, I think, as the MFAQ.) Otherwise, the decision is pretty much
> up to the application. I know of no actual "transparent background"
> apps, except for eterm. (Technically, roottail doesn't qualify, I think.
> Your views may vary. As a professor I respect always says, "It'd be a
> dull world if we all always agreed.")
>
> A.
>
> Andrew Sullivan | asullivan@sprint.ca (better)| ajsulliv@mcmaster.ca (worse)
> * * *
> 'finger -l ajsulliv@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca' to find the AfterStep FAQ file.
>
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