IceWM searches for it's configuration files in the following directories:
$HOME/.icewm
/etc/X11/icewm
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icewm
or /usr/local/lib/X11/icewm
(compilation dependant)IceWM uses the following configuration files:
preferences
- General settings - paths, colors, fonts...
menu
- Menu of startable applications
winoptions
- Application window optionsDefault values are shown following the equal sign.
The following settings can be set to value 1 (enabled) or value 0 (disabled).
Show X (close) button on the title bar.
Enables click to focus mode.
Window is raised when focused.
Window is focused when client area is clicked.
Window is raised when client area is clicked.
Window is raised when titlebar is clicked.
Window is raised when title bar button is clicked.
Window is raised when frame is clicked.
Window is focused after being mapped.
Colormap focus follows pointer.
Window can be resized when maximized.
Move/resize status window is visible when moving/resizing the window.
Pointer is moved in pointer focus move when focus is moved using the keyboard.
Window is immediately moved when dragged, no outline is shown.
Window is immediatelly resized when dragged, no outline is shown.
Task bar is located at top of screen.
Task bar is visible.
The following settings can be set to a numeric value.
Left/right border width.
Top/bottom border height.
Left/right border width of non-resizable windows.
Top/bottom border height of non-resizable windows.
Width of the window corner.
Height of the window corner.
Resistance to move window with mouse outside screen limits.
The following settings can be set to a string value.
Name of the title bar font.
Name of the menu font.
Name of the status display font.
Name of the normal task bar item font.
Name of the active task bar item font.
Color of the active window border.
...
Path to the icewm/lib directory.
Path to the icon directory. Multiple paths can be entered using the colon (:) as the separator.
- configurable window options: - icon set to icon_name all boolean options: set to 0 or 1 - onTop - allWorkspaces - ignoreWinList - ignoreTaskBar - fullKeys window functions - fMove - fResize - fClose - fMinimize - fMaximize - fHide - fShade window decorations - dTitleBar - dSysMenu - dBorder - dResize - dClose - dMinimize - dMaximize - dHide