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NAMEPager - AfterStep module for virtual desktop navigationBASE CONFIGURATION OPTIONSThe following two configuration options are in the base file:
MyStyle DEFINITIONSStarting with version 1.7.60 Pager supports definition of most of it's visual parameters in look file as MyStyles. Styles can also be defined in pager config file, but main contents of the look file will override them. Include them in your pager config to make sure that you get nice looking Pager even if styles are not defined in look file. The following standard MyStyle names are used :
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
USAGEAlthough Pager can be run from the command line, it is normally spawned by afterstep in the autoexec file, in the following manner:
or from within an afterstep menu file by 'Pager':
DESCRIPTIONThe Pager module shows a miniature view of the Afterstep desktops which are specified in the command line. This is a useful reminder of where your active windows are. Windows in the pager are accordingly to MyStyle definitions "*PagerUWindowStyle" - for unfocused windows, "*PagerFWindowStyle" - for focused windows and "*PagerSWindowStyle" - for sticky windows. If you never defined those MyStyles, Pager will default to same styles as used for actual windows.The Pager can be used to change your viewport into the current desktop, to change desktops, or to move windows around. Pressing mouse button 1 or 2 in the Pager will cause your viewport to change to the selected page of the selected desk. If you click with button 1 in the desk-label area, you will switch desks but not pages within the desk. Clicking and dragging with mouse button 2 on a miniature window in the Pager will cause that window to be move to the location where you release the mouse button, but your viewport will not change. If you drag the window out of the pager and onto your desktop, a full size image of the window will appear for you to place. There is no way to pick up a full size image of the window and move it into the Pager , however. Since some mice do not have button 2, provisions have been made to drag windows in the Pager by pressing modifier-1 (usually Alt) and dragging with button 3. When iconified, the pager will work as a fully functional current page only pager. Windows and viewports can be moved within the icon of the pager. Users will want to make sure that they have no lines similar to Starting with version 1.7.122 Pager no longer loads background images into the memory. Module asetroot should be used to accomplish that task. But Pager will still be able to switch backgrounds as you switch between desks, after you've run asetroot to load images. Use *PagerDontDrawBg option in pager config file to TURN background switching OFF. See asetroot man page for more information.
INITIALIZATIONDuring initialization, Pager will search for a configuration file which describes the images, locations and actions to take. This file will be the one specified by the-foption (if given). Else, the ~/.afterstep/pager file will be used if it exists. Else, /usr/local/share/afterstep/pager will be used.If the Pager executable is linked to another name, ie ln -s Pager OtherPager , then another module called OtherPager can be started, with a completely different set of configurations than Pager , simply by adding *OtherPager options following the same *Pager configuration options below to the pager file. This way multiple Pager programs can be used. KEYBOARD FOCUS CONTROLYou can direct the keyboard focus to any window on the current desktop by clicking with button 2 on its image in the pager. The window does not need to be visible, but it does need to be on the current page.INVOCATIONPager can be invoked from the autoexec file or from a menu item as shown in the Synopsis section above.AfterStep will search through the directories specified in the ModulePath configuration in the base (where # is your colordepth) to attempt to locate Pager . CONFIGURATION FILESPager reads the base file and pager file when it starts up and looks for its configuration options.
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