To get background images (aka backdrops) on your screens, use the Background module. The Module command should come after the Screen command, and the initstring should be the filename of the picture. Example:
Screen "Workbench Screen"
Module "Background" "~/megumin.png"
The Background module is really a shell script that requires the program 'display' from imagemagick package. Currently, it doesn't support any standard imagemagick parameters.
Same as the Background module, but stretches your backdrop to size of your screen. Example:
Screen "Workbench Screen"
Module "Background_stretch" "~/megumin.png"
Please note that this module will just stretch or downscale the image (depending on the size of the image) to your display ratio. If you don't want your image to look ugly, try the next module..
Same as the Background_stretch, but it cares about your display ratio. For example, if you've got a 16:9 screen but your backdrop image is 4:3, it will get stretched, but it will still be displayed as a 4:3 picture. The remaining part of the screen will be used to show the same image, but repeated.
With the Keyboard module, you can bind window manager functions to keys on the keyboard. The initstring should consist of keybindings on the form
modifiers<keysym>:where:func
Modifiers is 0 or more of: Shift Control Meta Lock Mod1 Mod2 Mod3 Mod4 Mod5 Button1 Button2 Button3 Button4 Button5
The modifiers listed must be pressed together with the key to activate the binding.
Keysym is a standard X keysym name, like F1 or Prior.
where is either "all", or one or more of window, frame, icon, root separated with '|' (bar). This controls in what areas of the screen that the key will be active.
The function to perform when the key is pressed. Currently the following are defined:
rotatescreens - Move the frontmost screen to the back front - Move the window in which the key is pressed to the front back - Move the window in which the key is pressed to the back iconify - Iconify the window in which the key is pressed
Module "Keyboard" "\
Meta<F1>:window|frame:front\
Meta<F2>:window|frame:iconify\
Meta<F3>:window|frame:back"
This binds the keys Meta-F1, Meta-F2 and Meta-F3 to front, back and iconify respectively. The will only have effect inside windows and in window frames. (These are the only places that front/iconfy/back has effect anyway.)
This is an april fools joke module, but at least it's a starting point for building out an icon on the desktop!
Module "Filesystem" "/path/to/open"
This is a simple prototype launcher program that will place an icon on the current workbench screen so it can be double clicked to run.
The module must be placed after the Screen definition you wish for it to show up in.
The format is:
Module "Launcher" "(<label>) (<icon>) (<command and args>)"
The icon is one of the .info icons in the amiwm IconDir.