Afterstep-1.7.x adds additional configuration capabilities to 1.6.x, a few
of which follow. This breaks x11/ascp, the AfterStep Control Panel.
--New "style definitions" permit consistent color schemes for
several different modules.
--New ".include" file mechanism for Start menu permits setting of
site- and host-wide policies.
Other changes are mostly transparent to the user.
--All intermodule communication now uses socket IO.
--A new libmodule collects methods for same (incomplete).
This is considered to be af development quality, and in spite of the prodigious
version number, is nowhere near cutoff.