bug.n/doc/Default_configuration.md

Default setting of configuration variables

The configuration variables, as you can set them in Config.ini, are noted in the format Conifg_<identifier>=<value>; you may copy the string from and use it as a template for a new line in Config.ini.

Status bar

Config_showBar=1

If false (=0), the bar is hidden. It can be made visible or hidden by hotkey (see below).

Config_horizontalBarPos=left

The horizontal position of the bar: center, left or right side of the monitor or an offset in pixel (px) from the left (>= 0) or right (< 0).

Config_verticalBarPos=top

The vertical position of the bar: top or bottom of the monitor, tray = sub-window of the task bar.

Config_barWidth=100%

The width of the bar in pixel (px) or with a per cent sign (%) as a percentage.

Config_singleRowBar=1

If false, the bar will have to rows, one for the window title and one for all other GUI controls.

Config_spaciousBar=0

If true, the height of the bar will be set to a value equal to the height of an edit control, else it will be set to the text height.

Config_fontName=Lucida Console

A monospace font is preferable for bug.n to calculate the correct width of the bar and its elements (sub-windows).

Config_fontSize=

Font size in pixel. The default value is retrieved from the "Window Color and Appearance" settings for the "Active Title Bar".

Config_largeFontSize=24

Font size in pixel, i. a. for the numbering of areas in the area trace.

Config_backColor_#1=<COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_MENU>;<COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_MENU>;<COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION>

The default background color for bar elements. The value for this and the other (following) color related configuration variables is a semicolon separated list, which contains the following items:

• view
• layout
• title
• shebang
• time
• date
• "any text"
• battery status
• volume level

Config_backColor_#2=<COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION>;;;;;;;<COLOR_MENU>;<COLOR_MENU>

The background color of bar elements, which are highlighted depending on the status, i. a. the active view, a discharging battery and the sound volume, if it is not muted.

Config_backColor_#3=;;;;;;;ff8040;

The background color of bar elements, which are highlighted depending on the status, i. a. a discharging battery with a battery level lower than 10%.

Config_foreColor_#1=<COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_MENU>;<COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_MENU>;<COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION>;<COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION>

The default forground color of bar elements. Every bar element consists of a progress bar with a background and a foreground; the visible part of the foreground depends on the value of the progress bar.

Config_foreColor_#2=<COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION>;;;;;;;<COLOR_HIGHLIGHT>;<COLOR_HIGHLIGHT>

The foreground color of bar elements, which are highlighted depending on the status, i. a. the active view, a discharging battery and the sound volume, if it is not muted.

Config_foreColor_#3=;;;;;;;<COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION>;

The foreground color of bar elements, which are highlighted depending on the status, i. a. a discharging battery with a battery level lower than 10%.

Config_fontColor_#1=<COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT>;<COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT>;<COLOR_MENUTEXT>;<COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT>;<COLOR_MENUTEXT>;<COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT>;<COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT>;<COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT>;<COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT>

The default font color for the text of bar elements.

Config_fontColor_#2=<COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT>;;;;;;;<COLOR_MENUTEXT>;<COLOR_MENUTEXT>

The font color of bar elements, which are highlighted depending on the status, i. a. the active view, a discharging battery and the sound volume, if it is not muted.

Config_fontColor_#3=;;;;;;;<COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT>;

The fontground color of bar elements, which are highlighted depending on the status, i. a. a discharging battery with a battery level lower than 10%.

The default color values are retrieved from the "Window Color and Appearance" settings.

Config_barTransparency=off

The degree of transparency for the bar. Possible values are off (no transparency) or an integer between 0 (fully transparent) and 255 (opaque). At least on Windows >= 8 with Config_verticalBarPos=tray the bar won't be visible at all, if Config_barTransparency is not set to off.

Config_barCommands=Run, explore doc;Monitor_toggleBar();Reload;ExitApp

The commands seperated by semicolon, which are listed in the command GUI of the bar (#!) and therewith can be selected rather then typed; bug.n functions (as used in the hotkey configuration), the Run and Send command of AutoHotkey can be used here.

Config_readinBat=0

If true (=1), the system battery status is read in and displayed in the status bar. This only makes sense, if you have a system battery (notebook).

Config_readinCpu=0

If true (=1), the current CPU load is read in and displayed in the status bar.

Config_readinDate=1

If true (=1), the current date is read in (format: "WW, DD. MMM. YYYY") and displayed in the status bar.

Config_readinDiskLoad=0

If true (=1), the current disk load (read and write) is read in and displayed in the status bar.

Config_readinMemoryUsage=0

If true (=1), the system memory usage is read in and displayed in the status bar.

Config_readinNetworkLoad=0

If not false (=0) and given an identifying string for the network interface, which should be monitored, the current network load (up and down) is read in and displayed in the status bar.

Config_readinTime=1

If true (=1), the current time is read in (format: "HH:MM") and displayed in the status bar.

Config_readinVolume=0

If true (=1), the current sound volume is read in (format: "VOL: ") and displayed in the status bar.

Config_readinInterval=30000

Time in milliseconds after which the above status values are refreshed.

Windows ui elements

Config_bbCompatibility=0

If true (=1), bug.n looks for BlackBox components (bbLeanBar, bbSlit and SystemBarEx) when calculating the work area. It is assumed that the virtual desktop functionality of BlackBox and NOT bug.n is used (=> Hiding and showing windows is detected and acted upon).

Config_borderWidth=0

If > 0, the window border width is set to the given integer value.

Config_borderPadding=-1

If >= 0, the window border padding is set to the given integer value (only for Windows >= Vista).

Config_showTaskBar=0

If false (=0), the task bar is hidden. It can be made visible or hidden by hotkey (see below).

Config_showBorder=1

If false (=0), the window borders are hidden; therefor windows cannot be resized manually by dragging the border, even if using the according hotkey.

Config_selBorderColor=

Border colour of the active window; format: 0x00BBGGRR (e. g. 0x006A240A, if =0, the system's window border colour is not changed).

Window arrangement

Config_viewNames=1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8;9

The names of the views separated by a semicolon. This variable sets the names of the views shown in the status bar and determines the number of views (Config_viewCount); the total number of names given, i. e. views, should not be exceeded by the configured hotkeys.

Config_layout_#1=[]=;tile
Config_layout_#2=[M];monocle
Config_layout_#3=><>;

The layout symbol and arrange function (the first entry is set as the default layout, no layout function means floating behavior)

Config_layoutCount=3

Total number of layouts defined above.

Config_layoutAxis_#1=1

The layout axis: 1 = x, 2 = y; negative values mirror the layout, setting the master area to the right / bottom instead of left / top.

Config_layoutAxis_#2=2

The master axis: 1 = x (from left to right), 2 = y (from top to bottom), 3 = z (monocle).

Config_layoutAxis_#3=2

The stack axis: 1 = x (from left to right), 2 = y (from top to bottom), 3 = z (monocle).

Config_layoutGapWidth=0

The default gap width in px (only even numbers) used in the "tile" and "monocle" layout, i. e. the space between windows and around the layout.

Config_layoutMFactor=0.6

The factor for the size of the master area, which is multiplied by the monitor size.

Config_areaTraceTimeout=1000

The time in milliseconds, for which the area trace is shown. The area trace indicates the areas in the "tile" layout, which can be used to manually resize and position windows by hotkey. See also View_moveWindow(<n>) and View_traceAreas() in the listing of hotkeys.

Config_continuouslyTraceAreas=0

If true (=1), the area trace is continuously shown over the desktop.

Config_dynamicTiling=1

If true (=1), windows are dynamically tiled i. e. the layout is reset and therewith all windows resized and positioned automatically, if new windows are created or existing destroyed or moved. If false (=0) you may use manual tiling.

Config_ghostWndSubString= (Not Responding)

The text string, which identifies a hung window in its title bar; the german Windows version uses " (Keine Rückmeldung)".

Config_mFactCallInterval=700

The time in milliseconds, in which two consecutive calls to View_setLayoutProperty("MFactor", 0, <d>, <dFact>) have to be made, to accelerate the increasing or decreasing of mfact. See also View_setLayoutProperty("MFactor", 0, <d>, <dFact>) in the listing of hotkeys.

Config_mouseFollowsFocus=1

If true (=1), the mouse pointer is set over the focused window, if a window is activated by bug.n.

Config_newWndPosition=top

The position of a new window in a view; top: at the beginning of the window list and the master area (default), masterBottom: at the end of the master area, stackTop: on top of the stack area, bottom: at the end of the window list and the stack area.

Config_onActiveHiddenWnds=view

The action, which will be taken, if a window e. g. should be activated, but is not visible; view: show the view accordng to the first tag of the window in question, tag: add the window in question to the current visible view, hide: hide the window again ignoring the activation.

Config_shellMsgDelay=350

The time bug.n waits after a shell message (a window is opened, closed or the focus has been changed); if there are any problems recognizing, when windows are opened or closed, try to increase this number.

Config_syncMonitorViews=0

The number of monitors (2 or more), for which views should be activated, when using the accordant hotkey. If set to 1, the views are activated for all monitors. If set to 0, views are activated independently (only on the active monitor).

Config_viewFollowsTagged=0

If true (=1) and a window is tagged with a single tag, the view is correspondingly set to the tag.

Config_viewMargins=0;0;0;0

The margin of a view (around the layout, "monocle" and "tile") as a semicolon separated list of values in px (top;right;bottom;left), which by default can be activated per view with the hotkey WinShiftN (View_toggleMargins). With view margins you may create an empty area on the monitor, which is not occupied by the layout, therewith making a desktop widget visible.

Rules

For a general description of rules and how they can be replaced or added see the specific documentation.

Config_rule_#1=.*;.*;;1;0;0;0;0;0;

By default all windows are managed, not allocated on a specific monitor or view, not floating (i. e. tiled), the window title bar is not visible, the title is not hidden on the bug.n status bar and no window action is taken, when the window first is created.

Config_rule_#2=.*;.*;Window_isChild;0;0;0;1;1;1;

Child windows (style WS_CHILD) will not be managed, are floating and the titles are hidden.

Config_rule_#3=.*;.*;Window_isPopup;0;0;0;1;1;1;

Pop-up windows (style WS_POPUP) will not be managed, are floating and the titles are hidden.

Config_rule_#4=QWidget;.*;;1;0;0;0;0;0;

Windows created by QT (QWidget) have the style WS_POPUP, but should be excluded from the preceding rule.

Config_rule_#5=SWT_Window0;.*;;1;0;0;0;0;0;

Also windows created by Java (SWT) e. g. Eclipse should be excluded from the second rule for the same reason as above.

Config_rule_#6=Xming;.*;;1;0;0;0;0;0;

Also Xming windows should be excluded from the second rule for the same reason as above.

Config_rule_#7=MsiDialog(No)?CloseClass;.*;;1;0;0;1;1;0;
Config_rule_#8=AdobeFlashPlayerInstaller;.*;;1;0;0;1;0;0;

Config_rule_#9=CalcFrame;.*;;1;0;0;1;1;0;

Windows calculator.

Config_rule_#10=CabinetWClass;.*;;1;0;0;0;1;0;

Windows Explorer. If the window's title bar is hidden, it looks distorted.

Config_rule_#11=OperationStatusWindow;.*;;0;0;0;1;1;0;

Windows Explorer dialog.These windows should also be treated as pop-up windows.

Config_rule_#12=Chrome_WidgetWin_1;.*;;1;0;0;0;1;0;

Chrome web browser. If the window's title bar is hidden, it looks distorted.

Config_rule_#13=Chrome_WidgetWin_1;.*;Window_isPopup;0;0;0;1;1;0;

With the preceding rule overriding #2 Chrome pop-up windows would be treated as new main windows.

Config_rule_#14=Chrome_RenderWidgetHostHWND;.*;;0;0;0;1;1;0;

These windows may represent new tabs, which should not be treated as new windows.

Config_rule_#15=IEFrame;.*Internet Explorer;;1;0;0;0;1;0;

Internet Explorer. If the window's title bar is hidden, it looks distorted.

Config_rule_#16=MozillaWindowClass;.*Mozilla Firefox;;1;0;0;0;1;0;

Firefox web browser. If the window's title bar is hidden, it looks distorted.

Config_rule_#17=MozillaDialogClass;.*;;1;0;0;1;1;0;

These windows should also be treated as pop-up windows.

Config_ruleCount=17

This variable will be automatically set to the total number of active rules above.

Configuration management

Config_autoSaveSession=auto

Automatically save the current state of monitors, views, layouts (active view, layout, axes, mfact and msplit) and windows to the configuration files in the data directory of bug.n. Possible values are off, auto and ask.

Config_maintenanceInterval=5000

The interval in milliseconds, in which the session will be automatically saved to especially support the recovery of window states after bug.n unintentionally quits.