NAME

       Base - essential AfterStep configuration options

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 - sensible-browser, 2 - x-www-browser,
              3 - firefox, 4 - mozilla-firefox, 5 - mozilla, 6 - 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 factor 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 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.

              Supported 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 (FontPath), pixmaps (PixmapPath), cursors
              (CursorPath) and scripts (ScriptPath). Multiple entries for a given search path are separated by a
              colon.

       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  -  x-terminal-emulator,  1-aterm,  2-rxvt,  3-eterm,
              4-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.

3rd Berkeley Distribution                      AfterStep v.2.2.12                                       Base(7x)