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New to Litestep and loving it, but question... Thread last updated on 2004-07-02 09:11:27

Posted by member 175841 on 2004-06-30 12:40:33

I know, scary title. I can't say enough how much this rocks, but (and I'm nowhere near having enough knowledge in this area to just know) howcome theres no way to also skin Explorer? When I pull up say my browser, or My Computer, it's still that nasty looking Windows ME/98, etc... crappy, boxy look. Is there a way to remedy this? Also, is there a module I can download to make my desktop have icons?

Thanks a mil,

Mike

Posted by member 174232 on 2004-06-30 12:52:18 link

there are many modules you can use to get icons on your desktop. There are other themes that have dekstop icons if you cant figure it out for yourself. Also, Litestep doesn't replace explorer as a file manger (example, youre still using explorer when you click on "My Computer" and so on.) If you got XP on your computer then you wouldnt have to worry about that. :)

Posted by member 175841 on 2004-06-30 13:08:47 link

Thanks alot for the info. I'll check out some modules for the icons thing. I wonder if there are Litestep folks out there that use the uxtheme.dll on their XP systems to skin the explorer when that pops up? Might check that out.

Thanks Klan!

Posted by member 820 on 2004-06-30 15:51:22 link

Yea I use the hacked uxtheme to skin windows in addition to litestep. Works fine for me :)

Posted by member 103254 on 2004-06-30 17:22:21 link

Most people use a patched uxtheme/windowblinds/themexp/whatever in combination w/ LS. But personally, I use the classic windows look :o

Posted by member 175841 on 2004-07-01 12:11:54 link

Thanks for all the input folks. Does anybody know how to use the icondesk module? I downloaded it this a.m. from the downloads section, put it in the modules folder, but I have no idea how to use it. I'd like to make it so no matter which theme I'm using, my desktop will have my icons on it. Does anybody have suggestions on how to do this? "sucks being new"

Thanks,

Mike

Posted by member 103254 on 2004-07-01 14:50:38 link

Add this line to your personal.rc:

*NetLoadModule icondesk-0.68

Then add the settings you want (from the docs that came with it) to that same file. Personal.rc is loaded no matter what theme you're using.

Posted by member 175841 on 2004-07-02 09:11:27 link

Hey Funky,

I opened the personal file with notepad and I have no idea where to type this. Here's what it looks like:

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;personal config file
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;Take care when editing this file - do not change the contents of the first two
;sections, change settings only in subsequent sections.



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; I DO NOT EDIT
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OTSCfgMajorVersion 2
OTSCfgMinorVersion 0

include "$PersonalDir$evars.rc"
include "$PersonalDir$hotkey.rc"
include "$PersonalDir$popup.rc"



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; II DO NOT CHANGE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. :)
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*Desktop RButton !Popup ;right-click popup menu
*Desktop LButton+SHIFT !PopupTheme ;SHIFT-left-click popup menu
*jDeskMButton2 [.none;!none;!Popup;!none] ;right-click popup menu
*jDeskMButton1 [SHIFT;!none;!PopupTheme;!none] ;SHIFT-left-click popup menu



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; load hotkey module
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;--> load hotkey module
IF NOT ThemeIsOTS1Compliant
*NetLoadModule jkey-0.37
ENDIF

;--> define some jKey settings
jKeyVKTable "$PersonalDir$jkey\vk104.txt"
jKeyUseHotkeyDef

;--> specify actions for left and right 'win' keys if desired
;jKeyLWinKey "!Popup"
;jKeyRWinKey "!PopupTheme"



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; personal settings: jDesk
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;--> prevents LiteStep from recycling automatically when your screen resolution
; changes, e.g. when you launch a game.
jDeskRecycleOnRezChange false

;--> see jDesk's readme for a description of this feature. this is being set so
; that the right-click menu launches quickly.
jDeskDisableDoubleClick



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; personal settings: popup
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;--> changes the amount of time it takes between putting your mouse over a
; folder and when the sub-menu appears.
PopupMenuDelay 100

;--> adjust the popup scrolling speed if the popup appears off of the screen.
; higher values increase the scrolling speed.
PopupScrollSpeed 1

;--> if set to false, folders must be clicked to unfold sub-menus.
PopupFolderHoverOpen true

;--> show filename extensions.
PopupShowExtension true

;--> a pinned popup item will act like a normal window by not being always on
; top of other windows.
PinnedPopupNotOnTop true

;--> !Popuptasks will use the real window captions in the tasks sub-menu if
; this is true
PopupTasksWindowCaption false



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; personal settings: lsxcommand
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;--> search engine and history files
CommandSearchEngineList "$PersonalDir$lsxcommand\engines.list"
CommandHistoryFile "$PersonalDir$lsxcommand\history.ini"

;--> number of history entries
CommandHistoryEntries 20

;--> select everything in the lsxcommand box on focus
CommandSelectAllOnFocus

;--> enables the completion of file names by using the tab key
CommandTabFileComplete
CommandNoTabMicroComplete

;--> turns on the standard menu items: Cut, Copy & Paste, above the lsxcommand
; specific menus.
CommandContextMenuStandardItems 1

;--> any directory path entered into lsxcommand will open a treed explorer
; window, instead of the standard folder window
CommandExplorePaths

;--> press up in lsxcommand for previous command, down for next
CommandUnixHistory

;--> places newer history items at the top of the menu instead of the bottom
CommandNewestHistoryItemsOnTop true

;--> execute a selection from the context menu instead of copying its data to
; the lsxcommand box
CommandContextMenuExecute

;--> if the mouse cursor is not set back to a normal cursor after it is off the
; lsxcommand text box, uncomment this setting
;CommandNoCursorChange



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; personal settings: rainlendar
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;--> paths to rainlendar.ini, events.ini, and rainlendar language files
RainlendarPath "$PersonalDir$rainlendar\"
RainlendarEventsPath "$PersonalDir$rainlendar\"
RainlendarLanguagesPath "$PersonalDir$rainlendar\languages\"



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; personal settings: syscolor
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;--> Some themes use syscolor.dll to automatically set system colours.
; If you do not want themes to automatically change your system colours,
; uncomment the following line.

;SCNoChange



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; personal settings: VWM module(s)
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;--> Because there are multiple VWM modules with different features, and
; different names for the same features, each VWM module has to be
; individually configured.
;
; Default settings for some common VWM modules have been provided below,
; please consult the appropriate module's documentation for information on
; these settings.
;
; Only settings for the VWM module in use by the current theme will be
; active.

;--> ckVWM-specific settings
VWMMouseRight 1 ;shared with RabidVWM
VWMMouseLeft 2 ;shared with RabidVWM
VWMMouseMiddle 0 ;shared with RabidVWM
VWMAutoSwitch false
VWMAutoSwitchDistance 1
VWMAutoSwitchDelay 50
VWMDisableVerticalAutoSwitch false
VWMDisableHorizontalAutoSwitch false
VWMRestoreX 10
VWMRestoreY 10
VWMRestoreWidth -1
VWMRestoreHeight -1
VWMNoGathering true ;shared with RabidVWM
VWMNoSwitchOnFocus false ;shared with RabidVWM
VWMFocusCenter true
VWMFocusLast true ;shared with RabidVWM
VWMHideTaskOnSwitch false ;shared with RabidVWM
VWMWrapScreen true
VWMReturnToFirstScreen false ;shared with RabidVWM
VWMSnapWindowOnDrag true ;shared with RabidVWM
VWMWindowsHints false
*VWMFix Photoshop ;for Photoshop 5.5 and below
;*VWMSticky
;*VWMStartWindowsOnDesktop


;--> RabidVWM-specific settings
VWMConstantUpdate false
VWMSwitchOnAnyFocus true
VWMFocusTop true
VWMTitleForTitle true
VWMNoWrap false
VWMDeskSpacing 16 12
VWMHoverTime 500
VWMNoShellFlash false
VWMFlashCount 15
VWMRefreshTime 250
VWMKeepWindowsWithParent true
;*VWMIgnoreTitleChange
;*VWMStartWindowsOnDesktop


;--> bbVWM-specific settings
bbvwmWrapDesks $VWMWrapScreen$
*bbvwmFix Photoshop ;for Photoshop 5.5 and below
;*bbvwmSticky className



;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; personal settings: miscellaneous
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;--> "LSUseSystemDDE". This loads Windows' DDE server instead of the
; DDEService. Results in larger memory usage but "proper" DDE support.
; LSUseSystemDDE takes effect on startup only, not on !recycle.
LSUseSystemDDE


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If you have a minute, could you help me out? Do I need to type the '*' in front as you showed?

Thanks a ton,

Mike