Editing AfterStep

{{Short description|Stacking window manager for the X Window System}}
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{{Infobox software
| logo =
| screenshot = AfterStep.png
| caption = Screenshot of an AfterStep desktop.
| name = AfterStep
| developer =
| released  = 2000-04-25<ref>{{Cite FTP |title=Changelog |date=2013-04-01 |url= ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/stable/ChangeLog |server=Afterstep |accessdate=2025-04-11}}</ref>
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| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system = [[Unix-like]]
| genre = [[Window manager]]
| license = 2.x: [[MIT License|MIT]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/afterstep/afterstep/blob/master/COPYRIGHT|title = afterstep/COPYRIGHT| website=[[GitHub]] |date=30 November 2004}}</ref><br />1.x: [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/afterstep/afterstep/blob/master/COPYRIGHT.OLD|title=afterstep/COPYRIGHT.OLD|website=[[GitHub]] |date=30 November 2004}}</ref>
| website = [http://www.afterstep.org/ www.afterstep.org]
}}
'''AfterStep''' is a [[stacking window manager]] for the [[X Window System]]. The goal of AfterStep's development is to provide for flexibility of desktop configuration, improved aesthetics and efficient use of system resources, and was used in such distributions as [[MachTen]]. AfterStep originally was a variant of [[FVWM]] modified to resemble [[NeXTSTEP]], but as the development cycle progressed, it diverged from its FVWM roots. In 2000, Linux website [[TuxRadar]] selected AfterStep as one of the year's best window managers, praising it as "fast and reliable, with a huge range of configuration options and the ability to create some spectacular themes".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tuxradar.com/content/archives-best-window-managers-2000 |title=From the archives: the best window managers of 2000 {{!}} TuxRadar |website=www.tuxradar.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313170601/http://www.tuxradar.com/content/archives-best-window-managers-2000 |archive-date=2009-03-13}} </ref>

== Features ==

Features of the AfterStep window manager include:

* Stacking windows
* Written in C
* Window decorations include borders and titlebars
* Titlebars have buttons for menu, minimize, maximize and close
* Active applications can be displayed in a taskbar via the winlist module
* Uses the [[GTK+]] toolkit
* Support for modules
* Support for multiple desktops
* Desktop switching via a [[Pager (GUI)|pager]] module
* Dependent on [[Perl]] and [[ImageMagick]]

== Modules ==

AfterStep includes several modules such as:

* Pager - a visual tool for managing and cycling between [[multiple desktops]]
* WinList - a simple [[Taskbar]] displaying active applications
* Wharf - [[dock (computing)|docking]] tool that manages [[Applet]]s/[[Dockapps]] and launches application.

AfterStep also supports virtual screens, and relies on a set of text-based configuration files for customizing its appearance.

AfterStep is maintained by a small community of developers with [[Sasha Vasko]] serving as project manager.

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[GNUstep]]
* [[Window Maker]]
* [[OpenStep]]
* [[LiteStep]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.afterstep.org/ Official website]
*{{Freshmeat|afterstep|AfterStep}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080725063901/http://wiki.afterstep.org/ AfterWiki Main Page]
*[http://tigr.net/afterstep/ AfterStep Applets]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110903025439/http://xwinman.org/afterstep.php Window Manager for X: AfterStep]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110905221944/http://cmdrtaco.net/linux/afterstep.shtml Rob's AfterStep Page]
*[http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2440 AfterStep 1.3.1] article by Guylhem Aznar in Linux Journal

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