<section><title>2. Resources</title>

<section><title>2.1. Where can I find AfterStep resources, or help?</title>
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<varlistentry><term>HTML documentation</term>
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AfterStep 2.0 comes installed with complete set of documentation in HTML format, usually installed at 
/usr/local/share/afterstep/doc/html or /usr/share/afterstep/doc/html .
Same documentation is available online from : 
<ulink url="http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php">http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php</ulink>.
If you find that documentation incomplete in some areas - please feel free to submit any corrections to any of the AfterStep mailing lists.
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<varlistentry><term>WWW Page</term>
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The official AfterStep web page is at <ulink url="http://www.afterstep.org/">http://www.afterstep.org/</ulink>.  This web site
is managed by whoever has write access to AfterStep CVS, and is
kindly hosted by the generous people at <ulink url="http://www.webconquest.com/">Web Conquest</ulink>.
</para>
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<varlistentry><term>FTP site</term>
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<para>
The FTP site, <ulink url="ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/">ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/</ulink>, is the best place to get AfterStep.
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<varlistentry><term>AfterStep applets</term>
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<para>
The applets (asapps) that go with AfterStep are distributed separately.  The applet
distribution is maintained by Albert Dorofeev, (&lt;tigr@tigr.net&gt;).  You can find the
applets at <ulink url="http://www.tigr.net/afterstep/as-apps/">http://www.tigr.net/afterstep/as-apps/</ulink>.
RPMs for many an applet could be found here :<ulink url="http://www.afterstep.org/rpms/">http://www.afterstep.org/rpms/</ulink> 
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<varlistentry><term>Man pages.</term>
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<para>
AfterStep installation comes with set of man pages that attempt to cover all aspects of AfterStep configuration.
<emphasis>Please</emphasis> read the relevent man page before asking a question.  Also note that the
Pager man page is 'man Pager' (note the capitalization).  
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<varlistentry><term>IRC</term>
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There is also #afterstep on freenode.net IRC servers. You can view current activity here : 
<ulink url="http://www.rchitecture.com/~computer/">http://www.rchitecture.com/~computer/</ulink>
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<section><title>2.2. What are the AfterStep mailing lists, and where are their archives?</title>
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There are three AfterStep mailing lists.  as-users, as-devel and as-bugs.</para>
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<varlistentry><term>as-users.</term>
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<para>
as-users is the general AfterStep mailing list, open to all AfterStep questions, concerns
and ideas (<emphasis>NO</emphasis> LiteSTEP, Window Maker, some-x-app questions unless it really does
pertain to AfterStep, please).  
Subscribe by entering your e-mail at : 
<ulink url="http://mail.afterstep.org/mailman/listinfo/as-users/">http://mail.afterstep.org/mailman/listinfo/as-users/</ulink>
</para>
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<varlistentry><term>as-devel.</term>
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<para>
as-devel is the development AfterStep mailing list.  It is used to send notices about commits to CVS repository. 
Subscribe by entering your e-mail at : 
<ulink url="http://mail.afterstep.org/mailman/listinfo/as-devel/">http://mail.afterstep.org/mailman/listinfo/as-devel/</ulink>
</para>
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<varlistentry><term>as-bugs.</term>
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<para>
as-bugs is the AfterStep mailing list for submiting bug reports.  It is geared toward development
questions, ideas and complaints.  Subscribe by entering your e-mail at : 
<ulink url="http://mail.afterstep.org/mailman/listinfo/as-bugs/">http://mail.afterstep.org/mailman/listinfo/as-bugs/</ulink>
</para>
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<para>
The mailing list archives can be read at <ulink url="http://www.tigr.net/afterstep/mail/">http://www.tigr.net/afterstep/mail/</ulink>.
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