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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY icewm-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/icewm/icewm-&icewm-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY icewm-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!--
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10 | <!ENTITY icewm-download-ftp "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/icewm-&icewm-version;.tar.gz">
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11 | -->
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12 | <!ENTITY icewm-md5sum "6d61aced3bd20b9e7caeb7e8380368c8">
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13 | <!ENTITY icewm-size "888 KB">
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14 | <!ENTITY icewm-buildsize "33 MB">
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15 | <!ENTITY icewm-time "0.3 SBU">
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16 | ]>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1 id="icewm" xreflabel="IceWM-&icewm-version;">
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="icewm.html" ?>
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20 |
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21 | <sect1info>
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22 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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23 | <date>$Date$</date>
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24 | </sect1info>
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25 |
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26 | <title>IceWM-&icewm-version;</title>
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27 |
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28 | <indexterm zone="icewm">
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29 | <primary sortas="a-icewm">icewm</primary>
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30 | </indexterm>
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31 |
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32 | <sect2 role="package">
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33 | <title>Introduction to IceWM</title>
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34 |
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35 | <para><application>IceWM</application> is a window manager with the goals of
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36 | speed, simplicity, and not getting in the user's way.</para>
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37 |
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38 | &lfs76_checked;
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39 |
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40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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42 | <listitem>
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43 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&icewm-download-http;"/></para>
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44 | </listitem>
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&icewm-download-ftp;"/></para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &icewm-md5sum;</para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>Download size: &icewm-size;</para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &icewm-buildsize;</para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>Estimated build time: &icewm-time;</para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | </itemizedlist>
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61 |
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62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">IceWM Dependencies</bridgehead>
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63 |
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64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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65 | <para role="required">
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66 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/> and
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67 | <xref linkend="gdk-pixbuf"/>
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68 | </para>
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69 |
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70 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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71 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/icewm"/></para>
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72 |
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73 | </sect2>
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74 |
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75 | <sect2 role="installation">
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76 | <title>Installation of IceWM</title>
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77 |
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78 | <note>
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79 | <para>This version of <application>IceWM</application> is nominally a
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80 | development release, but it provides a stable working environment and can
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81 | be built without using obsolete libraries.</para>
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82 | </note>
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83 |
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84 | <para>Install <application>IceWM</application> by running the following
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85 | commands:</para>
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86 |
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87 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/^LIBS/s/\(.*\)/\1 -lfontconfig/' src/Makefile.in &&
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88 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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89 | make</userinput></screen>
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90 |
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91 | <para>This package does not have a working testsuite.</para>
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92 |
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93 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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94 |
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95 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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96 | make install-docs &&
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97 | make install-man &&
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98 | make install-desktop</userinput></screen>
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99 |
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100 | </sect2>
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101 |
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102 | <sect2 role="commands">
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103 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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104 |
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105 | <para><parameter>sed -i '/^LIBS/s/\(.*\)/\1 -lfontconfig/' src/Makefile.in</parameter>:
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106 | this fixes the build with recent versions of <application>binutils</application>.
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107 | </para>
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108 |
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109 | </sect2>
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110 |
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111 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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112 | <title>Configuring IceWM</title>
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113 |
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114 | <sect3 id="icewm-config">
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115 | <title>Config Files</title>
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116 |
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117 | <para><filename>~/.icewm/keys</filename>,
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118 | <filename>~/.icewm/menu</filename>, and
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119 | <filename>~/.icewm/preferences</filename>, and
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120 | <filename>~/.icewm/toolbar</filename>, and
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121 | <filename>~/.icewm/winoptions</filename>. The default versions are installed
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122 | in <filename class="directory">/usr/share/icewm/</filename> and will be used
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123 | if you have not copied them to <filename class="directory">~/.icewm</filename>.
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124 | </para>
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125 |
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126 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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127 | <primary sortas="e-AA.icewm-keys">~/.icewm/keys</primary>
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128 | </indexterm>
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129 |
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130 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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131 | <primary sortas="e-AA.icewm-menu">~/.icewm/menu</primary>
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132 | </indexterm>
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133 |
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134 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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135 | <primary sortas="e-AA.icewm-preferences">~/.icewm/preferences</primary>
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136 | </indexterm>
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137 |
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138 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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139 | <primary sortas="e-AA.icewm-toolbar">~/.icewm/toolbar</primary>
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140 | </indexterm>
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141 |
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142 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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143 | <primary sortas="e-AA.icewm-winoptions">~/.icewm/winoptions</primary>
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144 | </indexterm>
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145 |
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146 | </sect3>
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147 |
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148 | <sect3>
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149 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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150 |
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151 | <para>If <application>IceWM</application> is the only Window Manager
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152 | you want to use, you can start it with an <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
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153 | file in your home folder. Be sure to backup your
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154 | current <filename>.xinitrc</filename> before proceeding.</para>
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155 |
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156 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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157 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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158 | </indexterm>
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159 |
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160 | <screen><userinput>echo icewm-session > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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161 |
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162 | <para>Now create the <application>IceWM</application> configuration
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163 | files:</para>
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164 |
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165 | <screen><userinput>mkdir -v ~/.icewm &&
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166 | cp -v /usr/share/icewm/keys ~/.icewm/keys &&
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167 | cp -v /usr/share/icewm/menu ~/.icewm/menu &&
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168 | cp -v /usr/share/icewm/preferences ~/.icewm/preferences &&
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169 | cp -v /usr/share/icewm/toolbar ~/.icewm/toolbar &&
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170 | cp -v /usr/share/icewm/winoptions ~/.icewm/winoptions</userinput></screen>
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171 |
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172 | <para>You can now edit these files to meet your requirements. In particular,
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173 | review the <filename>preferences</filename> file. You can use
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174 | <command>Logout -> Restart-IceWM</command> on the main menu to load your
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175 | changed preferences, but changes to the background only take effect when
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176 | <application>IceWM</application> is started.</para>
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177 |
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178 | <para>The syntax of the menus is explained in the help files, which you
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179 | can access by running <command>help</command> from the menu, but some of
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180 | the detail is out of date and the default selections in the menus (a few
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181 | old applications on the main menu, everything else on the
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182 | <command>Programs</command> menu) will benefit from being updated to meet
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183 | your needs. The following examples are provided to encourage you to think
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184 | about how you wish to organise your menus. Please note the following:</para>
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185 |
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186 | <itemizedlist>
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187 | <listitem>
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188 | <para>If a program listed in the menu has not been installed, it will
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189 | not appear when the menu is displayed. Similarly, if the program
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190 | exists but the specified icon does not, no icon will be displayed in the
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191 | menu.</para>
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192 | </listitem>
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193 | <listitem>
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194 | <para>The icons can be either <filename>.xpm</filename> or
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195 | <filename>.png</filename> files, and there is no need to specify the
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196 | extension. If the icon is located in the "library"
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197 | (<filename class="directory">/usr/share/icewm/icons</filename>) there is
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198 | no need to specifiy the path.</para>
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199 | </listitem>
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200 | <listitem>
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201 | <para>Most programs are in sub-menus, and the main menu will always append
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202 | entries for <literal>windows, help, settings, logout</literal> at the
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203 | bottom.</para>
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204 | </listitem>
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205 | <listitem>
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206 | <para>An icon for <application>firefox</application> was copied to the
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207 | library directory and given a meaningful name. The icon for
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208 | <application>xine</application> is <filename>xine.xpm</filename> which
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209 | was installed to a pixmap directory.</para>
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210 | </listitem>
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211 | <listitem>
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212 | <para>The default toolbar is not altered.</para>
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213 | </listitem>
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214 | </itemizedlist>
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215 |
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216 | <para>It is unlikely that these examples meet your desires, but if you wish
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217 | to use them run the following commands:</para>
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218 |
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219 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > ~/.icewm/menu << "EOF"
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220 | <literal>prog Urxvt xterm urxvt
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221 | prog GVolWheel /usr/share/pixmaps/gvolwheel/audio-volume-medium gvolwheel
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222 | separator
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223 | menufile General folder general
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224 | menufile Multimedia folder multimedia
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225 | menufile Tool_bar folder toolbar</literal>
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226 | EOF &&
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227 | >cat > ~/.icewm/general << "EOF"
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228 | <literal>prog Firefox firefox firefox
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229 | prog Epiphany /usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/apps/web-browser epiphany
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230 | prog Midori /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/midori midori
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231 | separator
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232 | prog Gimp /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gimp gimp
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233 | separator
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234 | prog Evince /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/evince evince
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235 | prog Epdfview /usr/share/epdfview/pixmaps/icon_epdfview-48 epdfview</literal>
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236 | EOF &&
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237 | >cat > ~/.icewm/multimedia << "EOF"
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238 | <literal>prog Audacious /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/audacious audacious
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239 | separator
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240 | prog Parole /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/parole parole
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241 | prog Totem /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/totem totem
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242 | prog Vlc /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/vlc vlc
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243 | prog Xine /usr/share/pixmaps/xine xine</literal>
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244 | EOF &&</userinput></screen>
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245 |
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246 | <para>If you wish to put icons on your desktop, you will need to install a
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247 | program such as <xref linkend="rox-filer"/> which provides a pinboard. If you
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248 | do that you will no longer be able to access the menu by right-clicking on the
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249 | desktop, you will have to use the <application>IceWM</application> button. To
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250 | ensure that the <application>rox</application> pinboard is running, the
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251 | following commands will put it in the startup file:</para>
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252 |
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253 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > ~/.icewm/startup << "EOF"
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254 | <literal>rox -p Default &
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255 | EOF &&
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256 | chmod +x ~/.icewm/startup</literal></userinput></screen>
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257 |
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258 | <tip>
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259 | <para>There are a number of keyboard shortcuts in
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260 | <application>IceWM</application>:</para>
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261 | <itemizedlist>
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262 | <listitem>
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263 | <para>Ctrl + Alt + F<replaceable>N</replaceable> : go to
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264 | <filename>tty<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.</para>
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265 | </listitem>
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266 | <listitem>
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267 | <para>Ctrl + Alt + <replaceable>N</replaceable> : go to desktop
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268 | number <replaceable>N</replaceable></para>
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269 | </listitem>
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270 | <listitem>
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271 | <para>Ctrl + Alt + Space : open a box on the taskbar where you can
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272 | key in the name of an application and run it.</para>
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273 | </listitem>
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274 | </itemizedlist>
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275 | </tip>
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276 |
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277 | </sect3>
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278 |
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279 | </sect2>
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280 |
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281 | <sect2 role="content">
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282 | <title>Contents</title>
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283 |
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284 | <segmentedlist>
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285 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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286 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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287 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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288 |
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289 | <seglistitem>
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290 | <seg>icehelp, icesh, icewm, icewm-session, icewm-set-gnomewm, icewmbg,
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291 | icewmhint, icewmtray</seg>
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292 | <seg>None</seg>
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293 | <seg>/usr/share/doc/icewm-&icewm-version;, /usr/share/icewm and ~/.icewm</seg>
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294 | </seglistitem>
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295 | </segmentedlist>
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296 |
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297 | <variablelist>
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298 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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299 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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300 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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301 |
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302 | <varlistentry id="icehelp">
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303 | <term><command>icehelp</command></term>
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304 | <listitem>
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305 | <para>is used to display the html manual.</para>
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306 | <indexterm zone="icewm icehelp">
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307 | <primary sortas="b-icehelp">icehelp</primary>
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308 | </indexterm>
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309 | </listitem>
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310 | </varlistentry>
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311 |
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312 | <varlistentry id="icesh">
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313 | <term><command>icesh</command></term>
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314 | <listitem>
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315 | <para>is a command-line window manager which can be used in
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316 | <filename>~/.icewm/startup</filename>.</para>
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317 | <indexterm zone="icewm icesh">
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318 | <primary sortas="b-icesh">icesh</primary>
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319 | </indexterm>
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320 | </listitem>
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321 | </varlistentry>
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322 |
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323 | <varlistentry id="icewm-prog">
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324 | <term><command>icewm</command></term>
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325 | <listitem>
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326 | <para>is the window manager.</para>
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327 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-prog">
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328 | <primary sortas="b-icewm">icewm</primary>
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329 | </indexterm>
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330 | </listitem>
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331 | </varlistentry>
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332 |
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333 | <varlistentry id="icewm-session">
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334 | <term><command>icewm-session</command></term>
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335 | <listitem>
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336 | <para>runs icewmbg, icewm, icewmtray, startup, shutdown (i.e. startup
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337 | and shutdown scripts are run if installed).</para>
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338 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-session">
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339 | <primary sortas="b-icewm-session">icewm-session</primary>
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340 | </indexterm>
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341 | </listitem>
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342 | </varlistentry>
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343 |
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344 | <varlistentry id="icewm-set-gnomewm">
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345 | <term><command>icewm-set-gnomewm</command></term>
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346 | <listitem>
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347 | <para>is a script to set the <application>GNOME</application> to
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348 | <application>icewm</application> using <application>gconftool</application>.
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349 | </para>
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350 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-set-gnomewm">
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351 | <primary sortas="b-icewm-set-gnomewm">icewm-set-gnomewm</primary>
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352 | </indexterm>
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353 | </listitem>
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354 | </varlistentry>
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355 |
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356 | <varlistentry id="icewmbg">
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357 | <term><command>icewmbg</command></term>
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358 | <listitem>
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359 | <para>is used to set the background, according to the various
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360 | <literal>DesktopBackground</literal> settings in the preferences.</para>
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361 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewmbg">
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362 | <primary sortas="b-icewmbg">icewmbg</primary>
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363 | </indexterm>
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364 | </listitem>
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365 | </varlistentry>
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366 |
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367 | <varlistentry id="icewmhint">
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368 | <term><command>icewmhint</command></term>
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369 | <listitem>
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370 | <para>is used internally.</para>
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371 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewmhint">
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372 | <primary sortas="b-icewmhint">icewmhint</primary>
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373 | </indexterm>
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374 | </listitem>
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375 | </varlistentry>
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376 |
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377 | <varlistentry id="icewmtray">
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378 | <term><command>icewmtray</command></term>
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379 | <listitem>
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380 | <para>provides the tray.</para>
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381 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewmtray">
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382 | <primary sortas="b-icewmtray">icewmtray</primary>
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383 | </indexterm>
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384 | </listitem>
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385 | </varlistentry>
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386 |
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387 | </variablelist>
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388 |
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389 | </sect2>
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390 |
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391 | </sect1>
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