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| General |
| In the feels directory you will find some feel files, nothing else. I have picked one to show up some possibilities. I know there are even more, but I only wanted that the viewer see how to do it. (You read this before, didnīt you? ;-) ). And also once again, some changes will affect the behaviour of AS in a way, that you have to change the look file accordingly. So if you want to change some keybindings, behaviour of the windows, or something like that, you have to edit this files. After editing you have to choose it from the startmenu (default is Decorations--Feel) and you have to update the feel. To do this you have to choose Update feel or Update all from the starmenu, this will overwrite the feel file in ~/G/L/A/non-configurable/ so that it will be loaded next time when you fire up AS. |
| The config file |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ########################################################################## # Based on feel.DEFAULT by someone of the AS developers, good work. # I leave the original comments, they are above the entries. # Root window feeling # #------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Windows behaviour # # Sort Start menu entries by ... 1=alphabetical order, 0=date (default) # StartMenuSortMode 1 # This will sort the entries in the (root)menu. # # Let's imagine you've opened 6 windows, you work on #1. # Then you alt-tab until you find #3, it means #1->#2->#3 # Now you work on #3, but when you've finished, you want to go back to #1. # Then, in you do another 'function', warp will inverse itself once again, i.e. # warp windows in #1->#2->#3->#4 (...) order. # #SmartWarping 1 # See comment above. # # Automatically raise a window if mouse stays > 500 msec on it # AutoRaise 500 # # See comment above. # ## While zapping, warp mouse pointer to Xzap 12 Yzap 12 # I really donīt know what this do ;-) # # Avoid problems with xpaint like applications which define their own icon # as a window and tell the window manager it's its icon KeepIconWindows # # Don't push titlebar when clicked # Titlebarnopush # # You can see how the bar moves # # # Click on titlebar to focus window (ie put it in the foreground) # ClickToFocus # # If you enable this, you have to click on the titlebar to get the focus
# on that window! # # Click on titlebar to raise window (ie put it in the foreground) ClickToRaise # # With this enabled you just have to click the titlebar to get the window
# in the foreground. # # Focus on window until pointer gets in another one SloppyFocus # # The focus is always in the window where the pointer is, if it is in none
# it stays in the last focused one. # # Iconify to original place StubbornIcons # # When icons arenīt sticky they will move to the desk originally made. # # Uniconify to original place StubbornPlacement # # When uniconify an icon the window will appear in the window where it
# was opened. # # Optimize icon placement # StubbornIconPlacement # # I guess it is to preserve that icons are overlapped. # # Give a name to each icon IconTitle # # Icons follow you on the desktop StickyIcons # # Don't jump to an icon while zapping windows # CirculateSkipIcons # # Center the screen on the current window while circulating #CenterOnCirculate # # Double click period in ms # ClickTime 150 # # Keep showing window while being moved if size smaller N percent OpaqueMove 50 # # Keep showing window while being resized if size smaller N percent OpaqueResize 50 # # Mouse pushing on screen edge : N percent move EdgeScroll 100 100 # # To avoid unwanted moving, edges resist during N ms EdgeResistance 200 80 # # Place window in empty zones SmartPlacement # # Random window placement RandomPlacement # # Windows can't chose where to place NoPPosition # # Put a titlebar + various stuff on dialog boxes DecorateTransients # # Tell me what it means :-) me too :-) #AppsBackingStore #BackingStore #SaveUnders #KeepIconWindow #DontMoveOff #XorValue #MenusHigh #PagingDefault # ########################################################################## ########################################################################## # Cursor # # Cursor THISTYPE THISCURSOR where type is : # # 0 POSITION - used when initially placing windows # 1 TITLE - used in a window title-bar # 2 DEFAULT - used in windows that don't bother to set their cursor # 3 SYS - used in one of the title-bar buttons # 4 MOVE - used when moving or resizing windows. # 5 WAIT - used during an EXEC builtin command. # 6 MENU - used in a menus. # 7 SELECT - used for various builtin commands such as iconify. # 8 DESTROY - used for DESTROY and DELETE built-ins. # 9 TOP - used in the top side-bar of a window # 10 RIGHT - used in the right side-bar of a window # # while /usr/include/X11/cursorfont.h contains available cursors # Cursor 5 68 Cursor 7 58 Cursor 8 88 # ########################################################################## ########################################################################## # Functions # # Used to move icons on desktop Function "Move-or-Top" Move "Motion" RaiseLower "Click" PutOnTop "DoubleClick" EndFunction # Used to move windows on desktop Function "Move-or-Iconify" Move "Motion" Iconify "Click" EndFunction # Window operations Popup "Window" Title "This window :" Module "Take a windowshot" Form XGRABForm Module "Take a screenshot" Form XGRABSCForm Move "Move" WindowsDesk " - to desk #0" 0 WindowsDesk " - to desk #1" 1 WindowsDesk " - to desk #2" 2 WindowsDesk " - to desk #3" 3 Resize "Resize" Raise "To foreground" Lower "To background" Destroy "Kill" Delete "Quit" Refresh "Redraw" EndPopup # ########################################################################## ########################################################################## # Key binding : # # [Zap button] [Window ops] Title [Iconify] [Shade] [Quit] # # Zap switches to next window, if middle clicked switches to previous one while # right click open man file of the current window. # # Window ops lets you act on window geometry, size (...) if right clicked # asks which window you want to switch to. # # Iconify button iconifies current window, if right clicked it maximises it. # # Shade swallows window under titlebar and makes it sticky, if right clicked # it only makes it sticky, without swallowing it # # Quit closes current window, if right clicked it kills it ########################################################################## ########################################################################## # Calls # # There are 4 colums to the table # First column is the event (Mouse Click or Key Press) # Mouse 0 specify any click in a TitleBar box # Where can be 1 or 2 for first or second box # Mouse 1 is left button, 2 is middle, 3 is right # Second Column is where the click takes place # R = Root window (main background) # F = Window Frame (the corners) # S = Bottom bar # I = Icon Window # T = TitleBar # W = Application Window # Third Column is the Context (ie, modifier keys) # N = No modifiers # A = Any context except for inside the TitleBar Boxes # C = Control # S = Shift # M = Meta # Combos are allowed (eg, CS = Control+Shift) # Fourth Column is the action to take upon click : function, popup, or action # # Mouse actions # Mouse 1 R A PopUp "Start" Mouse 2 R A WindowList Mouse 3 R A PopUp "Window" Mouse 1 1 A ChangeWindowUp Mouse 2 1 A ChangeWindowDown Mouse 3 1 A GetHelp Mouse 1 2 A Delete Mouse 2 2 A Destroy Mouse 3 2 A Destroy Mouse 1 3 A PopUp "Window" Mouse 2 3 A WindowList 2 Mouse 3 3 A WindowList 2 Mouse 1 4 A Shade Mouse 2 4 A Stick Mouse 3 4 A Stick Mouse 1 6 A Iconify Mouse 2 6 A Maximize Mouse 3 6 A Maximize Mouse 0 FS A Resize Mouse 1 T A Function "Move-or-Top" Mouse 2 T A RaiseLower Mouse 3 T A RaiseLower Mouse 0 I A Function "Move-or-Iconify" # ############################################################################ # # Keys actions # # control + arrow = 1 page Key Left A C Scroll -100 0 Key Right A C Scroll +100 +0 Key Up A C Scroll +0 -100 Key Down A C Scroll +0 +100 # alt + arrow = 1/10 page Key Left A M Scroll -10 +0 Key Right A M Scroll +10 +0 Key Up A M Scroll +0 -10 Key Down A M Scroll +0 +10 # shift + arrow = move cursor #Key Left A S CursorMove -1 0 #Key Right A S CursorMove +1 +0 #Key Up A S CursorMove +0 -1 #Key Down A S CursorMove +0 +1 # shift + control + arrow = change desktop Key Left A SC Desk 0 Key Right A SC Desk 1 Key Up A SC Desk 2 Key Down A SC Desk 3 # PageUp & PageDown : Key Next A C Scroll 100000 0 Key Next R N Scroll 100000 0 Key Prior A C Scroll -100000 0 Key Prior R N Scroll -100000 0 # For menus : alt + Fx = Key F1 A M GetHelp Key F2 A M Iconify Key F3 A M Resize Key F4 A M Delete Key F5 A M Move Key F6 A M Destroy Key F7 A M CirculateUp Key F8 A M CirculateDown Key F9 A M WindowList Key F10 A M PutOnBack Key F11 A M PutOnTop # Windows-alike keys # # alt + tab = change window Key Tab A M WarpFore Key q A M WarpBack # shift + alt + tab = focus on current window Key Tab A S Focus # start menu Key Menu A A Popup "Start" # Key Super_L A N Popup "Start" Key Hyper_R A N Popup "Window" Key Super_R A N WindowList # This last ones are for the win keys on new keyboards. # All other entries are well commented, so nothing to doe for me. # Maybe when I got some more time, I will change the whole thing. # # ############################################################################ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Once again, check out the feel files that comes with AfterStep to feel the
difference and look how this is done.