NAME

ascolor - create color schemes for AfterStep

SYNOPSIS

ascolor [-b|--base-color color] [-a|--angle angle] [-f|--file file] [-s|--string xmlstring] [-i|--save-image file] [-t|--type type] [-c|--compress level] [-o|--output file] [-n|--no-display] [-r|--root-window] [-h|--help] [-v|--version] [-V|--verbose] [-D|--debug]

DESCRIPTION

ascolor is a simple GUI to create color schemes for AfterStep. ascolor writes the result into a file named color scheme in current directory or in the directory given with -o option (see below).

There are 4 parameters to the color scheme: Angle, Hue, Saturation and Value. Pressing arrow keys in ascolor window will change the currently selected parameter. To select parameter press 'a', 'h', 's' or 'v' keys.

ascolor will also create .mini file suitable to be used as minipixmap in the AfterStep menu.

Rename and copy both colorscheme and .mini files into ~/.afterstep/colorschemes directory and refresh AfterStep menu. New entry should show up. Select it to apply new color scheme.

OPTIONS

-b --base_color color

base color to use

-a --angle angle

initial angle

-f --file file

an XML file to use as input

-s --string xmlstring

an XML string to use as input

-i --save-image file

save image to given file

-t --type type

type of image to save

-c --compress level

compression level of image

-o --output file

output to file

-n --no-display

do not display the GUI

-r --root-window

draw result image on root window

-z --default-scheme

use color and angle from default scheme

-h --help

display this help and exit

-v --version

display version and exit

-V --verbose

increase verbosity

-D --debug

show debug messages

SEE ALSO

afterstep(1x).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>, using help2man(1) program, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).