Pager [standard options] first_desktop [last_desktop]

Although Pager can be run from the command line, it is normally spawned by afterstep in the autoexec file, in the following manner:

	 Module 	"I"	Pager beginning_desktop# ending_desktop#
	 Wait 	"I"	Pager

In case you use Pager to switch your root backgrounds Wait can be used as shown above. This will insure that the Pager has  set the root  background before you start any furthur apps (like transparent aterms and Eterms).

or from within an afterstep menu file by 'Pager':

% cat "~/.afterstep/start/Modules/Pager"
	 Module  "Pager" Pager first_desktop last_desktop
	 MiniPixmap  "mini-as.xpm"

To stop the Pager  module , a menu item can be used:

% cat "~/.afterstep/start/Modules/Pager_Stop"
	 KillModuleByName  "Stop Pager" Pager
	 MiniPixmap  "mini-as.xpm"

The Pager  module shows a miniature view of the Afterstep desktops which are specified in the command line. This is a useful reminder of where your active windows are. Windows in the pager are accordingly to  MyStyle definitions "*PagerUWindowStyle" - for unfocused windows, "*PagerFWindowStyle" - for focused windows and "*PagerSWindowStyle" - for sticky windows. If you never defined those MyStyles, Pager will default to same styles as used for actual windows.

The Pager can be used to change your viewport into the current desktop, to change desktops, or to move windows around.

Pressing mouse button 1 or 2 in the Pager will cause your viewport to change to the selected page of the selected desk. If you click with button 1 in the desk-label area, you will switch desks but not pages within the desk.

Clicking and dragging with mouse button 2 on a miniature  window in the Pager will cause that  window to be move to the location where you  release the mouse button, but your viewport will not change. If you drag the  window out of the pager and onto your desktop, a full size image of the  window will appear for you to place. There is no way to pick up a full size image of the  window and move it into the Pager, however. Since some mice do not have button 2, provisions have been made to drag windows in the Pager by pressing modifier-1 (usually Alt) and dragging with button 3.

When iconified, the pager will work as a fully functional current page only pager. Windows and viewports can be moved within the icon of the pager. Users will want to make sure that they have no lines similar to

Starting with version 1.7.122 Pager no longer loads  background images into the memory.  Module asetroot should be used to accomplish that task. But Pager will still be able to switch backgrounds as you switch between desks, after you've run asetroot to load images.  Use *PagerDontDrawBg option in pager  config file to TURN  background switching OFF.

See asetroot man page for more information.

	 Style 	"Pager"	 Icon  myIcon.[xpm|jpg|png]

in their feel files.

During initialization, Pager will search for a configuration file which describes the images, locations and actions to take. This file will be the one specified by the -f option (if given). Else, the ~/.afterstep/pager file will be used  if it exists. Else, /usr/local/share/afterstep/pager will be used.

If the Pager executable is linked to another name, ie ln -s Pager OtherPager, then another  module called OtherPager can be started, with a completely different  set of configurations than Pager, simply by adding *OtherPager options following the same *Pager configuration options below to the pager file. This way multiple Pager programs can be used.

You can direct the keyboard  focus to any  window on the current desktop by clicking with button 2 on its image in the pager. The  window does not need to be visible, but it does need to be on the current page.

Pager can be invoked from the autoexec file or from a menu item as shown in the Synopsis section above.

AfterStep will search through the directories specified in the ModulePath configuration in the base (where # is your colordepth) to attempt to locate Pager.

Pager reads the base file and pager file when it starts up and looks for its configuration options.