MyBackground(1) AfterStep X11 window manager MyBackground(1)NAMEMyBackground - details how background is to be rendered
Look Alignment flags Bevel flags MyBackground MyFrame MyStyle
Suported hints Titlebar layout
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
Align [type]
it will align resulting image according to type. Possible values
are : 1: - align to the right of the screen
2: - align to the bottom of the screen
3: - align to the bottom-right of the screen
0 or 4: - align to the center of the screen This option works
only in conjunction with the following Pad option.
Cut "geometry"
will cut piece with specified geometry from the source image.
MyBackground "background_name"
background_option
~MyBackground
Specifies the beginning of a background definition. The back‐
ground can be referred to later by background_name. ~MyBack‐
ground ends a root background definition.
Pad [type color]
will pad image if it is smaller then screen with specified
color. Possible type values are :
1: - pad horizontally and tile vertically
2: - pad vertically and tile horizontally
3: - pad both vertically and horizontally to make the image the
size of the screen.
Scale [geometry]
scale image to specified geometry. If geometry is omitted the
image will be scaled to the screen size.
Tint color
Use type "data"
Specifies what to use as the root background. Possible type val‐
ues are :
0: load image from the file. In that case "data" should specify
filename.
1: Use MyStyle definition to fill root. In that case "data"
should specify one of the MyStyle names defined in your look
file.
2: Use external application to set root background. "data"
should specify command line options to this external app. If you
wish to use another application to display the root background,
you need to set the "--with-imageloader" flag to use that appli‐
cation then recompile AfterStep.)
Note: remaining Background options are valid only for type of 0
!!!
The remaining options will perform transformations on the source
image, in this order:
Cut->Tint->Scale->Align->Pad.
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