| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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 | &lfs78_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>
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| 106 | <parameter>sed -i '/^LIBS/s/\(.*\)/\1 -lfontconfig/'
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| 107 | src/Makefile.in</parameter>: this fixes the build with recent versions of
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| 108 | <application>binutils</application>.
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | </sect2>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 114 | <title>Configuring IceWM</title>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <sect3 id="icewm-config">
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| 117 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <para><filename>~/.icewm/keys</filename>,
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| 120 | <filename>~/.icewm/menu</filename>, and
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| 121 | <filename>~/.icewm/preferences</filename>, and
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| 122 | <filename>~/.icewm/toolbar</filename>, and
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| 123 | <filename>~/.icewm/winoptions</filename>. The default versions are
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| 124 | installed in <filename class="directory">/usr/share/icewm/</filename>
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| 125 | and will be used if you have not copied them to <filename
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| 126 | class="directory">~/.icewm</filename>.
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| 127 | </para>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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| 130 | <primary sortas="e-AA.icewm-keys">~/.icewm/keys</primary>
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| 131 | </indexterm>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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| 134 | <primary sortas="e-AA.icewm-menu">~/.icewm/menu</primary>
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| 135 | </indexterm>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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| 138 | <primary sortas="e-AA.icewm-preferences">~/.icewm/preferences</primary>
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| 139 | </indexterm>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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| 142 | <primary sortas="e-AA.icewm-toolbar">~/.icewm/toolbar</primary>
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| 143 | </indexterm>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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| 146 | <primary sortas="e-AA.icewm-winoptions">~/.icewm/winoptions</primary>
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| 147 | </indexterm>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | </sect3>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <sect3>
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| 152 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <para>If <application>IceWM</application> is the only Window Manager you
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| 155 | want to use, you can start it with an <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file
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| 156 | in your home folder. Be sure to backup your current
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| 157 | <filename>.xinitrc</filename> before proceeding.</para>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-config">
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| 160 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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| 161 | </indexterm>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <screen><userinput>echo icewm-session > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <para>Now create the <application>IceWM</application> configuration
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| 166 | files:</para>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <screen><userinput>mkdir -v ~/.icewm &&
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| 169 | cp -v /usr/share/icewm/keys ~/.icewm/keys &&
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| 170 | cp -v /usr/share/icewm/menu ~/.icewm/menu &&
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| 171 | cp -v /usr/share/icewm/preferences ~/.icewm/preferences &&
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| 172 | cp -v /usr/share/icewm/toolbar ~/.icewm/toolbar &&
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| 173 | cp -v /usr/share/icewm/winoptions ~/.icewm/winoptions</userinput></screen>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <para>You can now edit these files to meet your requirements. In
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| 176 | particular, review the <filename>preferences</filename> file. You can use
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| 177 | <command>Logout -> Restart-IceWM</command> on the main menu to load your
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| 178 | changed preferences, but changes to the background only take effect when
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| 179 | <application>IceWM</application> is started.</para>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <para>The syntax of the menus is explained in the help files, which you
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| 182 | can access by running <command>help</command> from the menu, but some of
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| 183 | the detail is out of date and the default selections in the menus (a few
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| 184 | old applications on the main menu, everything else on the
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| 185 | <command>Programs</command> menu) will benefit from being updated to meet
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| 186 | your needs. The following examples are provided to encourage you to
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| 187 | think about how you wish to organise your menus. Please note the
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| 188 | following:</para>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <itemizedlist>
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| 191 | <listitem>
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| 192 | <para>If a program listed in the menu has not been installed, it will
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| 193 | not appear when the menu is displayed. Similarly, if the program
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| 194 | exists but the specified icon does not, no icon will be displayed in
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| 195 | the menu.</para>
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| 196 | </listitem>
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| 197 | <listitem>
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| 198 | <para>The icons can be either <filename>.xpm</filename> or
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| 199 | <filename>.png</filename> files, and there is no need to specify the
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| 200 | extension. If the icon is located in the "library"
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| 201 | (<filename class="directory">/usr/share/icewm/icons</filename>) there
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| 202 | is no need to specifiy the path.</para>
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| 203 | </listitem>
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| 204 | <listitem>
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| 205 | <para>Most programs are in sub-menus, and the main menu will always
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| 206 | append entries for <literal>windows, help, settings, logout</literal>
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| 207 | at the bottom.</para> </listitem>
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| 208 | <listitem>
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| 209 | <para>An icon for <application>firefox</application> was copied to
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| 210 | the library directory and given a meaningful name. The icon for
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| 211 | <application>xine</application> is <filename>xine.xpm</filename>
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| 212 | which was installed to a pixmap directory.</para>
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| 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 | <listitem>
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| 215 | <para>The default toolbar is not altered.</para>
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| 216 | </listitem>
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| 217 | </itemizedlist>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <para>It is unlikely that these examples meet your desires, but if you
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| 220 | wish to use them run the following commands:</para>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > ~/.icewm/menu << "EOF" &&
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| 223 | <literal>prog Urxvt xterm urxvt
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| 224 | prog GVolWheel /usr/share/pixmaps/gvolwheel/audio-volume-medium gvolwheel
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| 225 | separator
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| 226 | menufile General folder general
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| 227 | menufile Multimedia folder multimedia
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| 228 | menufile Tool_bar folder toolbar</literal>
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| 229 | EOF
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| 230 | cat > ~/.icewm/general << "EOF" &&
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| 231 | <literal>prog Firefox firefox firefox
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| 232 | prog Epiphany /usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/apps/web-browser epiphany
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| 233 | prog Midori /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/midori midori
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| 234 | separator
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| 235 | prog Gimp /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gimp gimp
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| 236 | separator
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| 237 | prog Evince /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/evince evince
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| 238 | prog Epdfview /usr/share/epdfview/pixmaps/icon_epdfview-48 epdfview</literal>
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| 239 | EOF
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| 240 | cat > ~/.icewm/multimedia << "EOF"
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| 241 | <literal>prog Audacious /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/audacious audacious
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| 242 | separator
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| 243 | prog Parole /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/parole parole
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| 244 | prog Totem /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/totem totem
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| 245 | prog Vlc /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/vlc vlc
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| 246 | prog Xine /usr/share/pixmaps/xine xine</literal>
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| 247 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <para>If you wish to put icons on your desktop, you will need to install
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| 250 | a program such as <xref linkend="rox-filer"/> which provides a pinboard.
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| 251 | If you do that you will no longer be able to access the menu by
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| 252 | right-clicking on the desktop, you will have to use the
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| 253 | <application>IceWM</application> button. To ensure that the
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| 254 | <application>rox</application> pinboard is running, the following
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| 255 | commands will put it in the startup file:</para>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > ~/.icewm/startup << "EOF"
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| 258 | <literal>rox -p Default &
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| 259 | EOF &&
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| 260 | chmod +x ~/.icewm/startup</literal></userinput></screen>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <tip>
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| 263 | <para>There are a number of keyboard shortcuts in
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| 264 | <application>IceWM</application>:</para>
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| 265 | <itemizedlist>
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| 266 | <listitem>
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| 267 | <para>Ctrl + Alt + F<replaceable>N</replaceable> : go to
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| 268 | <filename>tty<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.</para>
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| 269 | </listitem>
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| 270 | <listitem>
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| 271 | <para>Ctrl + Alt + <replaceable>N</replaceable> : go to desktop
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| 272 | number <replaceable>N</replaceable></para>
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| 273 | </listitem>
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| 274 | <listitem>
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| 275 | <para>Ctrl + Alt + Space : open a box on the taskbar where you can
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| 276 | key in the name of an application and run it.</para>
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| 277 | </listitem>
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| 278 | </itemizedlist>
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| 279 | </tip>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | </sect3>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | </sect2>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 286 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <segmentedlist>
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| 289 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 290 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 291 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <seglistitem>
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| 294 | <seg>icehelp, icesh, icewm, icewm-session, icewm-set-gnomewm, icewmbg,
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| 295 | icewmhint, icewmtray</seg>
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| 296 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 297 | <seg>/usr/share/doc/icewm-&icewm-version;, /usr/share/icewm and ~/.icewm</seg>
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| 298 | </seglistitem>
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| 299 | </segmentedlist>
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| 300 |
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| 301 | <variablelist>
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| 302 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 303 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 304 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | <varlistentry id="icehelp">
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| 307 | <term><command>icehelp</command></term>
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| 308 | <listitem>
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| 309 | <para>is used to display the html manual.</para>
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| 310 | <indexterm zone="icewm icehelp">
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| 311 | <primary sortas="b-icehelp">icehelp</primary>
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| 312 | </indexterm>
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| 313 | </listitem>
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| 314 | </varlistentry>
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| 315 |
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| 316 | <varlistentry id="icesh">
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| 317 | <term><command>icesh</command></term>
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| 318 | <listitem>
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| 319 | <para>is a command-line window manager which can be used in
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| 320 | <filename>~/.icewm/startup</filename>.</para>
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| 321 | <indexterm zone="icewm icesh">
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| 322 | <primary sortas="b-icesh">icesh</primary>
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| 323 | </indexterm>
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| 324 | </listitem>
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| 325 | </varlistentry>
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| 326 |
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| 327 | <varlistentry id="icewm-prog">
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| 328 | <term><command>icewm</command></term>
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| 329 | <listitem>
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| 330 | <para>is the window manager.</para>
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| 331 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-prog">
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| 332 | <primary sortas="b-icewm">icewm</primary>
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| 333 | </indexterm>
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| 334 | </listitem>
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| 335 | </varlistentry>
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| 336 |
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| 337 | <varlistentry id="icewm-session">
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| 338 | <term><command>icewm-session</command></term>
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| 339 | <listitem>
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| 340 | <para>runs icewmbg, icewm, icewmtray, startup, shutdown (i.e. startup
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| 341 | and shutdown scripts are run if installed).</para>
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| 342 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-session">
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| 343 | <primary sortas="b-icewm-session">icewm-session</primary>
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| 344 | </indexterm>
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| 345 | </listitem>
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| 346 | </varlistentry>
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| 347 |
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| 348 | <varlistentry id="icewm-set-gnomewm">
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| 349 | <term><command>icewm-set-gnomewm</command></term>
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| 350 | <listitem>
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| 351 | <para>is a script to set the <application>GNOME</application> to
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| 352 | <application>icewm</application> using <application>gconftool</application>.
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| 353 | </para>
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| 354 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewm-set-gnomewm">
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| 355 | <primary sortas="b-icewm-set-gnomewm">icewm-set-gnomewm</primary>
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| 356 | </indexterm>
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| 357 | </listitem>
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| 358 | </varlistentry>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | <varlistentry id="icewmbg">
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| 361 | <term><command>icewmbg</command></term>
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| 362 | <listitem>
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| 363 | <para>is used to set the background, according to the various
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| 364 | <literal>DesktopBackground</literal> settings in the preferences.</para>
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| 365 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewmbg">
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| 366 | <primary sortas="b-icewmbg">icewmbg</primary>
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| 367 | </indexterm>
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| 368 | </listitem>
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| 369 | </varlistentry>
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| 370 |
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| 371 | <varlistentry id="icewmhint">
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| 372 | <term><command>icewmhint</command></term>
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| 373 | <listitem>
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| 374 | <para>is used internally.</para>
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| 375 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewmhint">
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| 376 | <primary sortas="b-icewmhint">icewmhint</primary>
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| 377 | </indexterm>
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| 378 | </listitem>
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| 379 | </varlistentry>
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| 380 |
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| 381 | <varlistentry id="icewmtray">
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| 382 | <term><command>icewmtray</command></term>
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| 383 | <listitem>
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| 384 | <para>provides the tray.</para>
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| 385 | <indexterm zone="icewm icewmtray">
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| 386 | <primary sortas="b-icewmtray">icewmtray</primary>
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| 387 | </indexterm>
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| 388 | </listitem>
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| 389 | </varlistentry>
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| 390 |
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| 391 | </variablelist>
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| 392 |
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| 393 | </sect2>
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| 394 |
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| 395 | </sect1>
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