Graphical Environment Guide
Chapter 16, Customizing the Desktop with rules

Chapter 16

Chapter 16<P> Customizing the Desktop with rules Customizing the Desktop with rules

The behavior and appearance of the Desktop are not fixed, and are determined by files which you can alter to provide a different behavior or appearance. These files are called the Desktop ``rule files''. Each rule file consists of a sequence of ``rule clauses''.

For maximum flexibility, the physical appearance and design of the Desktop can also be altered by changing the characteristics specified in the Desktop resource files. See Appendix B, ``Desktop resources'' for more information.

Specifically, this chapter describes: