# Xsnow: available menus

### Recurring buttons

The following buttons are available on most menus:

* __Defaults:__ Default settings for the current menu.
* __Vintage:__ Vintage settings (i.e. like in the original xsnow-1.42
  version for the current menu). 
* __All defaults:__ Default settings for all menus. 
* __All vintage:__ Vintage settings for all menus.
* __Hide menu:__ Minimize/Iconify the menu.
* __Quit xsnow:__ Stop the program.

When you hover any button, an help text is shown.

### Main menu

![The welcome menu showing some general information. Note the button 
__Donate__: this will lead you to the PayPal site where you can
donate a few bucks to support the development of Xsnow.](YYYdZZZ/xsnow/01-main.png)

### Snow menu

![Here the preferences for snow are set.
In vintage-mode, Rick-made snowflakes are shown. By default,
you will see randomly formed flakes.](YYYdZZZ/xsnow/02-snow.png)

### Santa menu

![Here you choose your favorite Santa, with or without Rudolph 
(_the red nosed reindeer_). You can also choose for a slower or speedier
Santa. Also you can choose for a train with Christmas' presents](YYYdZZZ/xsnow/03-Santa.png)

### Scenery menu

![Choose here the scenery for the lower part of the screen. In 
vintage mode, only the Xmas tree is selected, the color of which you can
set.](YYYdZZZ/xsnow/04-scenery.png)

### Celestials menu

![Here you choose and influence items that have their place in the sky, more
or less. In vintage mode, all but the wind is gone. You can choose
to have an halo around the moon. For the aurora (northern light) 
you can set where it will appear (left, middle, right) and you can specify
the width, height, speed and brightness. 
To mimic the long exposure times and time lapses that are generally
used when taking pictures and films, crank up speed and 
brightness.](YYYdZZZ/xsnow/05-celestials.png) 

### Birds menu

![The birds originate from a separate project of mine, hence the overwhelming
number of settings. In short: the birds are attracted to each other in space
and velocity. Also they try to go to the 'attraction point'. If you are interested 
in this simulation, you can choose for 'birds only' and fiddle with the
parameters. In vintage mode, there are no birds.](YYYdZZZ/xsnow/06-birds.png)

### Settings menu

![Here you set some global settings, some of which are to compensate 
for misbehaviour of xsnow or window managers. Moreover, you can opt for 
the standard theme colors for the menus (_Menu colors_), let xsnow run on all your workspaces
or on only one (_On all workspaces_)
and let the animations take place over your windows (_Below windows_). The latter
will not always work, so you will be asked for a confirmational click.
<br><br>After _Xscreensaver_ you can set the background to be used when Xsnow is 
started by Xscreensaver (for details see the 
[man page](../man_page)).](YYYdZZZ/xsnow/07-settings.png)
