IceWM FAQ

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt, jupp@themes.org

1. Recent Changes to FAQ

2. Introduction

• 2.1 What is IceWM?
• 2.2 Where to get it?
• 2.3 Under which operating systems does it run?

3. Installation

• 3.1 How to compile and install IceWM?
• 3.2 How to make IceWM my default window manager?

4. Configuration

• 4.1 How to customize IceWM?
• 4.2 Where are the configuration files?
• 4.3 You mean I have to edit these files?
• 4.4 Which file controls what?
• 4.5 What are the focus models good for?

5. How to...?

• 5.1 Use UseRootButtons and ButtonRaiseMask
• 5.2 Set the mouse button a menu is bound to
• 5.3 Assign an option to a given application
• 5.4 Have windows iconified/maximized as soon they are mapped
• 5.5 Lock the screen

6. How to keep IceWM from...?

• 6.1 Grabbing keystrokes
• 6.2 Setting background color/image

7. Using IceWM

• 7.1 What does Logout(Cancel)Command do?
• 7.2 What is the blank field in the task bar good for?
• 7.3 What image formats can I use with IceWM?
• 7.4 Setting the clock format
• 7.5 Setting the lock command

8. Tools for IceWM

• 8.1 IcePref
• 8.2 IceWMConf

9. Tips and Tricks

• 9.1 Using the CLI (command line interface)
• 9.2 Switching Desktop using keyboard
• 9.3 Moving windows between desktops using keyboard

10. Miscellaneous Questions

• 10.1 How to learn makeing themes for IceWM?

11. Bugs and Problems

• 11.1 IceWM ignores my color settings
• 11.2 Programs are missing in the menus
• 11.3 IceWM maximizes windows over the GNOME panel
• 11.4 The IceWM binaries are very big
• 11.5 Screen locking doesn't work

12. Sources of information

• 12.1 IceWM related Mailing lists
• 12.2 IceWM related web pages