IceWM FAQ
Josef 'Jupp' Schugt,
jupp@themes.org
Monday, 2000/01/17, 22:32 UTC
This is the FAQ for the IceWM window manager in its version of Monday, 2000/01/17, 22:32 UTC. It is available from
http://icewmfaq.cjb.net/
http://jupp.tux.nu/
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