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IceWM(1) | Window Manager | IceWM(1) |
NAME¶
icewm - lightweight X11 window managerDESCRIPTION¶
IceWM is lightweight X11 window manager. The goal of IceWM is to provide a small, fast and familiar window manager for the X11 window system. Compatibility with the window manager is desired and will be implemented where appropriate.OPTIONS¶
For most of the parts use option- -h, --help
- to see all of the options.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶
ICEWM_PRIVCFG=PATHDirectory to use for user private
configuration files, "$HOME/.icewm/" by default.
Name of the X server to use, depends on Xlib
by default. See X(1).
Location of your mailbox. If the schema is
omitted the local "file" schema is assumed.
FILES¶
IceWM looks for its configuration files in the following directories, in the following order:User-specific configurations
System-wide customized defaults
Default installation settings
global keybindings to launch applications (not
window manager related)
menu of startable applications; usually
customized by the user
general settings - paths, colors,
fonts...
settings that should override the themes
automatically generated menu of startable
applications (this should be used for wmconfig, menu or similar packages,
perhaps as a part of the login or X startup sequence)
currently selected theme
quick launch application icons on the
taskbar
application window options
commands to execute on IceWM startup
commands to execute on IceWM shutdown
icons used for applications (usually XPM files
*_16x16.xpm and *_32x32.xpm)
pictures of digits for clocks displayed in
taskbar
icons used for different states of
mailbox
pictures to customize look of the
taskbar
directory to store themes
EXAMPLES¶
Examples of above configuration files you can find in default installation path or in system-wide customizable defaults.SEE ALSO¶
xinit(1), X(1),AUTHORS¶
The original version of IceWM was designed and implemented in 1997 by Marko Macek, in year 2001 it was maintained by Mathias Hasselmann then again Marko Macek took over.BUG REPORTS¶
If you find a bug in IceWM please use bug reporting system on http://sourceforge.net/projects/icewm/ to report it.COPYING¶
IceWM is released under GNU Library General Public License.July 20 2005 | Adam Pribyl |