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NAME
       Look -  AfterStep  look Look Alignment flags  Bevel flags  MyBackground
       MyFrame  MyStyle  Suported hints  Titlebar layout





CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
       ButtonAlign

              FIXME: add proper description here.

              See Also: Look Alignment flags for further details.



       ButtonBevel

              Specifies the bevel to be drawn around iconified windows.

              See Also: Look Bevel flags for further details.




       ButtonIconSpacing

              FIXME: add proper description here.





       ButtonSize width  height

              Specifies the size of iconified windows. Every iconified  window
              button will be exactly width pixels wide and height pixels high.
              This includes titles drawn at the  top,  but  not  the  separate
              title  window created by SeparateButtonTitle. If either width or
              height is less than one, that dimension will not be  fixed.  The
              default is ButtonSize 0 0





       CursorBack

              use with CursorFore setting to adjust color of the mouse cursor.







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       CursorFore

              use with CursorBack setting to adjust color of the mouse cursor.



       DefaultFrame "name"

              MyFrame  to  use as default for all windows. Note: if you want a
              different framing for any window, you need to specify it in  the
              database file using the Frame keyword.



       DefaultStyle "style_name"

              Specifies the MyStyle to use when no style has been specifically
              defined for a given  situation.  Note  that  if  a  style  named
              "default"  has  been  defined  and  DefaultStyle  has  not,  the
              "default" style will be used as the default.



       DeskBack desk# "name"

              Specifies what background to use for desk#. "name" can be either
              image filename in double-quotes, or the name of background defi-
              nition (see MyBackground definition for details).



       DontAnimateBackground

              disables non-blocking root background  changing  of  full-screen
              backgrounds, that looks like slow animation. This is recommended
              for fast machines.



       DontDrawBackground

              If specified, will not display background image, use  this  with
              xearth or xfishtank.



       DrawMenuBorders 0|1|2

              Specifies  the  look  of  the (start)menu. Using 0 will draw the
              menu with no border on either the menu label or menu  item  por-
              tions.  Using  1  will  draw a border around each menu label and
              around the menu item. Using 2 will drawn  a  border  around  the
              menu  label and the entire menu item list. The border colors are
              calculated from the BackColor under  MyStyle  menu_item  of  the



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              look.name.  The "hilight" (top & left) color is one half lighter
              than the BackColor color and the "shadow" (bottom  &  right)  is
              one half darker than the BackColor color. If the BackColor color
              is black, the color grey is used.



       FWindowStyle "style_name"

              Specifies the MyStyle to use for the focused window decorations.






       IconBox left top right bottom

              Specifies  a  region  of  the screen in which to place iconified
              windows. Up to four icon boxes can be defined. If an IconBox  is
              provided,  icons will automatically be placed in them, if possi-
              ble. Otherwise, they will be placed in the upper left corner  of
              the  screen.  Each  time  a  window is iconified, a new place is
              found for it, unless the icon has been moved manually. An avail-
              able  space is searched for from left to right, then top to bot-
              tom. Icons will not be automatically  placed  on  top  of  other
              icons,  but they may be placed underneath application windows if
              StubbornIconPlacement has not been specified. If left  or  right
              is  negative, then AfterStep will add the screen width to it. If
              top or bottom is negative, then AfterStep will  add  the  screen
              height  to it. Note that -0 is not parsed as the right or bottom
              pixel on the screen. Use -1 instead. The IconBox  will  normally
              be  filled  from  left to right, then top to bottom. However, if
              the right edge of the IconBox is closer to the right edge of the
              screen  than the left edge of the IconBox is to the left edge of
              the screen, then it will be filled from right to left. Similarly
              for  top  to  bottom. For example, "2 2 -1 -1" will result in an
              IconBox which fills from right to left, then bottom to top.




       IconsGrowVertically

              Specifies that  the  Iconbox(es)  should  be  filled  vertically
              first.



       KillBackgroundThreshold size

              Here  size  is  the  maximum number of pixels in root background
              image. If image is bigger that this - it will be  unloaded  from
              memory  when  desktop is switched and image is no longer in use.



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              Use it on systems with low memory.



       MArrowPixmap pixmap_name

              Specifies a pixmap to use as  the  submenu  indicator  in  popup
              menus.








       MenuBalloonBorderHilite

              FIXME: add proper description here.

              See Also: Look Bevel flags for further details.



       MenuBalloonCloseDelay

              FIXME: add proper description here.



       MenuBalloonDelay

              FIXME: add proper description here.



       MenuBalloonStyle

              FIXME: add proper description here.



       MenuBalloonTextPaddingX

              FIXME: add proper description here.



       MenuBalloonTextPaddingY

              FIXME: add proper description here.






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       MenuBalloonXOffset

              FIXME: add proper description here.



       MenuBalloonYOffset

              FIXME: add proper description here.



       MenuBalloons

              FIXME: add proper description here.








       MenuHiTitleStyle "style_name"

              AfterStep now allows you to specify a MyStyle to be used for the
              titlebar of the currently hilighted menu. AS soon  as  the  menu
              goes  out  of  focus its titlebar will be rendered using MenuTi-
              tleStyle.



       MenuHiliteCompositionMethod 130-145

              This is a funny feature - try it and see how you like  different
              values :) If you use shades of grey for your item text - you may
              not see any difference for some of this values.



       MenuHiliteStyle "style_name"

              Specifies the MyStyle to use for hilighted menu items.



       MenuItemCompositionMethod 130-145

              This is a funny feature - try it and see how you like  different
              values :) If you use shades of grey for your item text - you may
              not see any difference for some of this values.






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       MenuItemStyle "style_name"

              Specifies the MyStyle to use for menu items.



       MenuMiniPixmaps minis

              Specifies whether mini pixmaps should be included in  menus.  If
              minis  is  0, mini pixmaps are not included. If minis is 1, mini
              pixmaps are included. Note that mini pixmaps will not  be  added
              to menus until the next time menus are updated. Mini pixmaps can
              cause AS to take much longer to load over a network.



       MenuNoBalloons

              FIXME: add proper description here.



       MenuPinOn pixmap_name

              MenuPinOn is deprecated and AfterStep will reinterpret  it,  and
              it  will  create  new  TitleButton using last unused TitleButton
              context. It will then assign PinMenu function  to  this  button.
              This  button  will  only be shown on titlebars belonging to menu
              windows. This button behaves just like any other  TitleButton  -
              for  example  you  can  use TitleButtonOrder to specify where it
              should go. Problem is you may not know  what  context  AfterStep
              had  choosen  for  it.  The  better  way would be to explicitely
              define TitleButton, and assign PinMenu to it in your feel.





       MenuStippleCompositionMethod 130-145

              This is a funny feature - try it and see how you like  different
              values :) If you use shades of grey for your item text - you may
              not see any difference for some of this values.



       MenuStippleStyle "style_name"

              Specifies the MyStyle to use for stippled menu items.



       MenuSubItemStyle "style_name"




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              AfterStep now includes this new feature: when you select an item
              from  the  menu - this item will be marked as recently used, and
              next time the menu is opened it will show all the recently  used
              items from its SUBMENU. For exmaple you do :

              Menu->Applications->rxvt

              Next  time  you  open  the  Main menu, it will display rxvt just
              under the "Applications" item with some offset.

              It looks much better when this subitems are shown with different
              (smaller  )  font.  To  achive  that  -  specify  a MyStyle with
              asmaller font using the MenuSubItemStyle  option  in  your  look
              file.

              This  feature  could  be  turned  off  or  altered  by using the
              RecentSubmenuItems option in your feel file: set it to 0 to dis-
              able this feature.




       MenuTitleStyle "style_name"

              Specifies the MyStyle to use for menu titles.



       MinipixmapSize x y

              Changes  the  default maximum MiniPixmap size (24x24) to a user-
              specified value.

              See Also: MiniPixmap, MenuMiniPixmaps.



       MyBackground "background_name"

              Specifies a background definition. Please note that  only  desk-
              tops  can have different backgrounds - the viewports inside of a
              desktop are limited to the same background.

              See Also: MyBackground definition for further details.



       MyFrame "frame_name"

              Specifies a frame definition (window decor in  general)  and  is
              covered in the MyFrame section of the documentation. Please also
              note that window decor can be defined on a per window  basis  if
              needed in the database.




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              See Also: MyFrame definition for further details.



       MyStyle "style_name"

              Specifies  a MyStyle definition (which covers text and/or gradi-
              ents and/or background pixmaps), which can later be  reused  and
              is covered in the MyStyle section of the documentation.

              See Also: MyStyle definition for further details.



       ResizeMoveGeometry geom

              Specifies the location of the resize/move window. If this option
              is not specified, the move/resize window will be centered on the
              screen. geom may be any one of the following:

                        ++: upper-left corner
                        -+: upper-right corner
                        +-: lower-left corner
                        --: lower-right corner



       RubberBand

              Specifies  the  RubberBand  type  to use when moving or resizing
              non-opaque windows. There are 3 styles: 0: the window is  repre-
              sented  as  a  number of rectangles 1: one rectangle the size of
              the window 2: one crossed-out rectangle the size of the  window.





       SWindowStyle "style_name"

              Specifies  the MyStyle to use for the sticky window decorations.



       SeparateButtonTitle 0|1

              Specifies where iconified window titles should be drawn.  If  it
              is  0,  the title will be drawn at the top of the icon. If it is
              1, the title will be drawn in a separate window at the below the
              icon. The default value is 1.







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       StartMenuSortMode number

              Sort start menu entries by... 1=alphabetical order, 0=date







       SupportedHints

              FIXME: add proper description here.

              See Also: Supported hints list for further details.





       TitleButton button unclicked_image clicked_image

               button  defines  the button location number from 1 to 10 in the
              following layout: [1] [3] [5] [7] [9] (title) [10] [8]  [6]  [4]
              [2].

               unclicked_image  is  the bitmap or pixmap to be used during the
              static state of the associated buton location.

               clicked_image is the bitmap or  pixmap  to  be  used  during  a
              clicked state of the associated button location.



       TitleButtonBalloonBorderHilite None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOut-
       line

              Defines bevel to be drawn around balloons - replaces BorderWidth
              setting.

              See Also: Bevel flags for further details.



       TitleButtonBalloonCloseDelay milliseconds

              FIXME: add proper description here.



       TitleButtonBalloonDelay milliseconds

              Determines  delay  between  when  balloon is shown and before it
              disapears.



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       TitleButtonBalloonStyle "mystyle_name"

              MyStyle to be used to draw balloon. Note that balloons could  be
              shaped (BackPixmap 125 and 126 ).



       TitleButtonBalloonTextPaddingX

              FIXME: add proper description here.



       TitleButtonBalloonTextPaddingY

              FIXME: add proper description here.



       TitleButtonBalloonXOffset offset

              Specifies the horizontal offset (in pixels) to use when display-
              ing balloons.



       TitleButtonBalloonYOffset offset

              Specifies the horizontal offset (in pixels) to use when display-
              ing balloons.



       TitleButtonBalloons

              Turns on displaying of balloons for buttons in the titlebar.



       TitleButtonNoBalloons

              FIXME: add proper description here.



       TitleButtonOrder context_sequence

              Determines layout of the titlebar. Default is 13579t08642.



       TitleButtonSpacing number

              Specifies  how much space (in pixels) to put between each button



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              of the titlebar.



       TitleButtonSpacingLeft number

              Specifies how much space (in pixels) to put between left buttons
              and titlebar.



       TitleButtonSpacingRight number

              Specifies how much space (in pixels) to put between titlebar and
              right buttons.



       TitleButtonStyle num

              Specifies how much space is put between leftmost  and  rightmost
              titlebar  buttons,  and  the edges of the titlebar. If num is 0,
              there is a two pixel buffer the buttons and the edge. If num  is
              1, there is no space between the buttons and the edge. If num is
              2 , then distance between  titlebar  edge  and  titlebuttons  is
              determined by TitleButtonXOffset and TitleButtonYOffset.



       TitleButtonXOffset x_offset_val

              Determines the distance of the titlebar buttons from the edge of
              the titlebar.



       TitleButtonXOffsetLeft x_offset_val

              Determines the distance of the left block  of  titlebar  buttons
              from the side of the titlebar.



       TitleButtonXOffsetRight x_offset_val

              Determines  the  distance of the right block of titlebar buttons
              from the side of the titlebar.



       TitleButtonYOffset y_offset_val

              Determines  the  distance  of  the  titlebar  buttons  from  the
              top/bottom of the titlebar



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       TitleButtonYOffsetLeft y_offset_val

              Determines  the  distance  of the left block of titlebar buttons
              from the top/bottom of the titlebar



       TitleButtonYOffsetRight y_offset_val

              Determines the distance of the right block of  titlebar  buttons
              from the top/bottom of the titlebar




       TitleTextAlign align

              Defines  how  titlebar  text  should be aligned - Left, Right or
              Center.





       TitlebarNoPush

              Specifies that the titlebar should not to appear to  be  "pushed
              in"  when  clicked with a mouse button. This is useful to reduce
              video strain or if  textured  pixmaps  that  do  not  look  good
              "pushed in" are used.





       UWindowStyle

              Specifies  the  MyStyle  to use for the unfocused window decora-
              tions.



              Frame decoration settings have been greately enhanced. It is now
              fashioned  after MyStyle option and is called MyFrame. It allows
              for several named structures, with inheritance  and  ability  to
              assign different structure to different apps using the database.

              As mentioned above root background settings has been moved  into
              look - hence MyBackground and Desk back as look options.

              MyStyle  has  far  greater number of BackPixmap types reflecting
              new functionality in libAfterImage.

              CompositionMethod setting has been added to different aspects of



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              look.

              New  options  for  more flexible placing of titlebar buttons has
              been added.

              Balloons now support both X and Y  offset  as  well  as  MyStyle
              instead of simple back and fore colors.


















































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