---
name: "Animate-classic"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "asclassic"
version: "1.1b-29"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Animate-classic"
---

# Animate-classic(1x)

the AfterStep Classic Animate module

## NAME

Animate-Classic - the AfterStep Classic Animate module

## SYNOPSIS

**Animate-Classic** is spawned by asclassic, so no command line invocation will work. From within the .steprc file, Animate-Classic is spawned as follows:

```

Module Animate

```

or from within an asclassic pop-up menu:

```

Popup "Module-Popup"
	Title   "Modules"
	Module  "Wharf"         Wharf
	Module  "NoClutter"     Clean
	Module  "Identify"      Ident
	Module  "Banner"        Banner
	Module  "Debug"         Debug
	Module  "SaveDesktop"   Save
	Module  "Pager"         Pager 0 3
	Module  "Animate"       Animate
EndPopup

```

## DESCRIPTION

The Animate-Classic module animates window actions.  It currently animates iconification and deiconification in a zoom style or a twisty spinning style.

## INITIALIZATION

During initialization, *Animate-Classic* will eventually search a  configuration file which describes the time-outs and actions to take. The configuration file is the same file that asclassic used during initialization.

## INVOCATION

The invocation method was shown in the synopsis section

## CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

Animate-Classic reads the same .steprc file as asclassic reads when it starts up, and looks for certain configuration options:

- \*AnimateColor **color**

  Tells Animate what color to draw with.

- \*AnimateDelay **msecs**

  Tells Animate how many milliseconds to sleep between frames of animation.

- \*AnimateIterations **iterations**

  Tells Animate how many steps to break the animation into.

- \*AnimateTwist **twist**

  Tells Animate how many revolutions to twist the iconification frame.

- \*AnimateWidth **width**

  Tells Animate how wide a line to draw with.  Note that with 0 is a fast line at Width 1

- \*AnimateResize **mode**

  Tells Animate what method to use to draw resizes.  *zoom* and *twist* are currently supported.

## AUTHOR

*Alfredo Kengi Kojima* \<kojima@inf.ufrgs.br\>

## ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

These people have contributed to Animate:

- *Kaj Groner* \<kajg@mindspring.com\>

  Twisty iconification, configuration file parsing, man page.