ReadMe for Motif (OTS) by ArielMT@Thornton2.com

The most common window manager used in commercial UNIX
systems is Motif.  It's used less so in Linux and BSD,
mainly because Motif is a commercial window manager.  A
free Motif clone called LessTif is available, though...

The Motif (OTS) theme is almost completely unlike the Motif
environment, but it uses the same graphics/widget style.
This theme was actually designed to be used in conjunction
with the Motif-JTF WindowBlinds skin by John T. Folden.

In fact, virtually all of the graphics used in this theme
were copied directly from the skin.  Whatever wasn't
directly copied was copied and altered to fit the form.
The skin asks that proper credit be given where credit is
due, so the credit for the images is as follows:

  Artist: John T. Folden
   Email: jtfolden@erinet.com
Homepage: http://www.erinet.com/jag/NeXTVIEW/
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Even though this is an OTS-compliant theme, you may need to
edit the theme's step.rc file, as well as the barleft.rc,
barright.rc, and themevars.rc files in the theme's config
directory.  The reasons are that this theme is designed to
be used with the Motif-JTF WindowBlinds skin and the way it
interacts with desktop2.dll, and shortcut-fired launching
of WinAmp by GeekAmp.  Read on.
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   ATTENTION:  If this is the first time you are using a
   theme that follows the Open Theme Standard, go to
   http://ls-ots.cjb.net, read the requirements in the
   installation section, and follow the instructions on
   setting up your personal config files.

1. Install the theme
   Unzip the theme archive to your LiteStep\themes
   directory with path information.

2. Edit themevars.rc
   Navigate to the themes\Motif\config directory in your
   file manager.  If a themevars.rc file exists, edit it
   and ensure all paths have been set correctly.

3. Edit step.rc
   Navigate to the LiteStep directory in your file manager.
   If you are using LSTS, run LSTS and select the theme.
   Otherwise, edit step.rc so that it contains the
   following line and nothing else:

   include "$LiteStepDir$themes\Motif\step.rc"

   And recycle LiteStep.
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The theme is a vertical bar which starts by default on the
right edge of the screen.  The strip at the very top of the
bar hides the entire bar when clicked once; clicking it
again will reveal the bar.  Below this strip, the bar is
divided into six blocks.

The top block is the systray and has room for 15 icons.
It can't autosize or be resized, but my own system needed a
systray that big because I often use 12 icons.

The second block is the label and is divided into four
lines: current window, used RAM/used swap/used CPU, current
date and time, and system uptime.  Because of the way
Windows NT4 handles CPU metering, it's disabled in NT4 by
default to keep LiteStep from crashing.

The third block is the VWM and is set up for four desktops.
Right-click to select a desktop, or left-drag to move
windows from desktop to desktop.

The fourth block is the OTS shortcut block.  The Open Theme
Standard explicitly defines 13 program evars, which are
used by 13 of the 15 shortcuts.  In order:

File manager  Text editor   DOS box  Audio &   Media player
Image viewer  Image editor  Browser  RAS/DUN   Email client
IRC client    FTP client    IM

The other two buttons are: switch the bar to the opposite
edge (left or right), and switch tasks in the taskbar
between boxes with large icons and bars with small icons.

The fifth block is the GeekAmp/LSXCommand.  The long bar
shows the current song when WinAmp is running, and nothing
when WinAmp isn't.  No matter what, though, you can click
on it and use it as an instant run-box for Windows commands
or LiteStep !bangs.  The play/pause and eject buttons will
launch WinAmp if it's not running.  (If they don't, you
need to edit themevars.rc according to step 2 above.)

The remainder of the bar is reserved for the taskbar.  All
task buttons are shown, regardless of which desktop its
window is on or its window's current state.

The theme is resolution independent.  Only, the higher the
resolution, the more room for tasks.
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You may have to tweak the following files if you don't use
the Motif JTF WindowBlinds skin with this theme:

step.rc
config\barleft.rc
config\barright.rc

The reason is to fix the SDALeft and SDARight settings.

If you do get and use the skin, you will have to make some
modifications to the motif-jtf.uis file to make it look
like the screenshot:

* In the [Button0] section, change XCoord from 44 to 63.
  This will move the minimize button left a spot.
* In the [Button1] section, change XCoord from 24 to 43.
  This will move the maximize button left a spot.
* In the [Button2] section, change XCoord from 5 to 24,
  and change Align from 0 to 1.  This will move the close
  button from the left edge to the right edge.

Save the file and reload the skin.
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Motif (OTS) is copyright (C) 2003 by Don Thornton II under
the terms of the GNU General Public License 2.0 or later.

Don Thornton II  ::  ArielMT  ::  http://www.Thornton2.com/