WindowMaker a new NeXT-like window manager that is being developed by Alfredo Kojima ( kojima@inf.ufrgs.br) with the support of a lot of other people. It will support many OpenStep/GNUStep-ish features, and there is talk that it may be the `next-generation _asnl', and even the window manager of choice for GNUstep. You can download it from ftp://afterstep.foo.net/pub/AfterStep/devel/.
However, be advised that WindowMaker is still in a very early stage of development, so don't plan on using it for real work for now unless you want to cope with a lot of unimplemented features. But it is advancing very fast, so you may also want to take a good look at it.
ASCP stands for `AfterStep Control Panel', and is a program that
allows you to configure AfterStep while imitating the
NEXTSTEP control panel
look and feel. It makes really easy to configure AfterStep without
manually fiddling with the .steprc
file. You can download it
from
http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~kojima/ascp.html. Be
sure to backup your .steprc
file before using it, because it
still has some bugs and problems.
WARNING: Due to changes introduced in AfterStep 1.0pre4 and posterior
versions, the files written by ASCP cause AfterStep to behave very
strangely, particularily the Wharf. So please don't use ASCP for
configuring 1.0pre4 until this is fixed. If you accidentally did and
you don't have a backup of your .steprc
, do the following to
fix it:
.steprc
, locate the lines that start with
*Wharf "" ...
In case you are interested, this happens because 1.0pre4 introduced the `swallow-exec' capability in the standard distribution (see question swallow_exec). This uses the labels to know which Wharf items have multiple meanings, so if all the labels are the same, Wharf superimposes all the icons on one.
TkStep is a modified version of Tk that implements the
NEXTSTEP look and
feel. If you use wishstep
instead of wish
to run
your applications, all your Tcl/Tk programs will suddenly have a
renewed and great new look!
You also want it because ASCP needs it. See question ascp.
You can get it at http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~kojima/tkstep.html. You need to have Tcl7.5/Tk4.1 to run it. ASCP does not work with Tcl7.6 yet.