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.TH Base 1x "AfterStep v.2.2.12" "Jan 28 2021" "AfterStep X11 window manager"
.UC
.SH NAME
\fBBase\fP\ \- essential AfterStep configuration options



.SH CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

.IP "BrowserCommand \fInumber command\fP "

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


.IP "CursorPath \fIpath[:path]\fP "

Specifies the paths to locate the cursor files in\&.


.IP "DeskTopScale \fInumber\fP "

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\&.


.IP "DeskTopSize \fIW x H\fP "

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


.IP "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\&.


.IP "DisableSharedMemory"

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


.IP "EditorCommand \fInumber command\fP "

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


.IP "FontPath \fIpath[:path]\fP "

Specifies the paths to locate the font files in\&.

Supported are standard X11 fonts and Truetype fonts through the FreeType library\&.




.IP "IconPath \fIpath[:path]\fP "

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\&.





.IP "ModulePath \fIpath[:path]\fP "

Specifies the paths to locate the Modules in\&.



.IP "Path \fIpath:path:path\fP "

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\&.


.IP "PixmapPath \fIpath[:path]\fP "

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



.IP "TermCommand \fInumber command\fP "

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


.IP "gtkrc20Path \fIpath\fP "

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\&.


.IP "gtkrcPath \fIpath\fP "

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\&.