


Base(1)            AfterStep X11 window manager           Base(1)


NAME
       Base - essential AfterStep configuration options
        AfterStep  AutoExec Base Configuration Function

       base  config  file  contains  most  important  AfterStep  configuration
       options - Paths to diferent files, virtual  screen  size,  etc.  It  is
       loaded prior to any other configuration files.





CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
       BrowserCommand number command

              Selects  web  browser  to  be  used  by AfterStep when using the
              ExecBrowser command. Out of supplied list  -  all  possibilities
              are checked to be present on the system, and first available one
              will be used.

              The default number/command combination is: 0  -  $BROWSER,  1  -
              firefox,2 - x-www-browser, 3 - mozilla-firefox, 4 - mozilla, 5 -
              opera



       CursorPath path[:path]

              Specifies the paths to locate the cursor files in.



       DeskTopScale number

              If the geometry is not specified, then a desktop reduction  fac-
              tor  is  used to calculate the pager's size. Things in the pager
              window are shown at 1/number of the actual size.



       DeskTopSize W x H

              If W or H are less or equal to 100 - they define number of  rows
              and  columns  in virtual desktop, each sized same as the screen.
              Otherwise W and H define the exact size of the  virtual  desktop
              in pixels, but to be no less then the size of the screen.



       DisableKDEGlobalsTheming

              If  set  will prevent AfterStep from updating private kdeglobals
              file when colorscheme is changed. kdeglobals needs to be updated
              in  order  to  set  colors  for  KDE  apps  to match that of the



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              selected colorscheme.



       DisableSharedMemory

              Disables shared memory support in afterstep. Use this if you run
              X remotely, or have issues with shared memory in general.



       EditorCommand number command

              Selects editor to be used by AfterStep when using the ExecEditor
              command. Out of supplied list - all possibilities are checked to
              be  present on the system, and first available one will be used.

              The default number/command combination is: 0- $EDITOR,  1-nedit,
              2-xemacs, 3-gedit, 4-kedit, 5-kate



       FontPath path[:path]

              Specifies the paths to locate the font files in.

              Suported  are  standard X11 fonts and Truetype fonts through the
              FreeType library.





       IconPath path[:path]

              Specifies the paths to locate the  bitmaps  in,  typically  used
              only if XPM, JPEG, or PNG images aren't available. Valid bitmaps
              are standard X11 XBM's.



       ModulePath path[:path]

              Specifies the paths to locate the Modules in.




       Path path:path:path

              Specifies the search paths for icons  (IconPath),  fonts  (Font-
              Path),  pixmaps  (PixmapPath),  cursors (CursorPath) and scripts
              (ScriptPath). Multiple entries for a given search path are sepa-
              rated by a colon.



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       PixmapPath path[:path]

              Specifies  the paths to locate the pixmaps in. Valid pixmaps are
              currently XCF, XPM, PPM/PNM, ICO, GIF, XML Images, JPEG, PNG and
              TIFF.




       TermCommand number command

              Selects terminal emulator to be used by AfterStep when using the
              ExecInTerm command, where the first matching one will be used.

              The default  number/command  combination  is:  0-aterm,  1-rxvt,
              2-xterm



       gtkrc20Path path

              set  fullfilename  for  gtkrc  file to be generated by AfterStep
              from  gtkrc-20_template  on  colorscheme  changes.  Default   is
              ~/.gtkrc-2.0. Change to prevent mangling of your own gtkrc. More
              sensible approach is to edit the template.



       gtkrcPath path

              set fullfilename for gtkrc file to  be  generated  by  AfterStep
              from  gtkrc_template  on  colorscheme  changes for GTK 1.x apps.
              Default is ~/.gtkrc. Change to  prevent  mangling  of  your  own
              gtkrc. More sensible approach is to edit the template.























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