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[Preferences]

This section defines general behaviour parameters for WindowMaker.

Pixmap Search Path
Defines the paths to look for pixmap files to be used for icons and miniwindows. Each path must be separated by a : and must have a slash (`/') appended.
Dithering

Defines whether pixmaps should be dithered. Dithering allows the "simulation" of some colors that can not be displayed by your video hardware so that any color image can be displayed. The problem is that dithered images tend to look less smooth than their originals. Dithering should be enabled for 8bpp, 15bpp and 16bpp display users. 16bpp users will not notice much difference, unless they use gradients. 8bpp users should definitely want to enable dithering, otherwise your display will run out of colors and programs like Netscape will not work properly (looking pretty ugly at best). How to verify your display depth? Run the `xwininfo' command. When it asks to click on a window, click in the workspace. It will display a series of informations and the value of Depth says how many bits per pixel (bpp) your display is capable of.
Dither Colormap
DitherColormap specifies how much colors should be used for dithering in PseudoColor (usually 8bpp) displays. The more colors you reserve for dithering, the less colors will be left for applications. This options has no effect for TrueColor displays. This will reserve 36 colors for dithering, which leaves enough colors for most applications.
Extra Color Saving
If you're really having problems with shortage of color cells, you can enable SaveColors. You usually will not nead to worry about this option and can safely set it to no.
Submenu alignment
This options specifies whether submenus should be aligned in the top with their parents or not.
Type of window geometry displays
These specify how to display window geometry (size or position) information. They can be changed by hitting the <Shift> key during resize of move.
Type of keyboard input focusing
The window where keyboard input goes is called the keywindow or focused window (as it has the keyboard focus). It is highlighted in black or some other color, depending on your configuration. The main way to select the current keywindow is with the pointer.
Raise on focus
Specifies if the window should be raised (brought to front) when it is focused. This option has no effect for manual FocusMode.
Ignore focus click
In manual FocusMode, the mouse click used to focus a window is generally passed to the application. If you want that applications ignore this mouse click, set this option to true. This option does not have effect on auto or semiauto FocusMode.
Window placement
Specifies how new windows should be placed on screen.
Menu lowering
Specifies whether menus should be allowed to be placed under normal windows, through Meta-Click.
Start with opened root menu
Whether the root menu should be opened at startup and where to open it. If you want the menu not to start opened, remove this option from the preferences file.
Enable SaveUnders
Some apps like Netscape have problems with redrawing if a window with SaveUnders (e.g.: a menu) is laying over them. Turning UseSaveUnders off may fix this, but will make things a little slower and add some flickering.


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