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Icewm gui menu toolbar configuration

linux-gui-icewm-menu-toolbar-configuration

if you're just interested in quick and dirty usefulness after a default installation (very much my style)

use your favorite text editor to modify the following, then when you use "startx" the changes should be immediately apparent (you can use ctrl+alt+backspace to exit out of your X session back to CLI)


TOOLBAR

mkdir /home/username/.icewm cp /etc/X11/icewm/* /home/username/.icewm

chown -R * /home/username/.icewm

nano /home/username/.icewm/toolbar

prog leafpad /usr/share/pixmaps/leafpad.png leafpad prog xterm xterm x-terminal-emulator prog filezilla /usr/share/pixmaps/filezilla.png filezilla prog opera /usr/share/pixmaps/opera.xpm opera prog rdp /usr/share/pixmaps/rdp-16x16.png rdp

note that you'll need a .png or .xpm to be an icon


HOT KEY MAPPINGS

nano /home/username/.icewm/keys

key "Ctrl+Alt+n" leafpad key "Ctrl+Alt+o" opera key "Ctrl+Alt+m" alsamixer key "Ctrl+Alt+j" xterm


You could learn to modify the menu nano /etc/X11/icewm/menu


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Published

Feb 6, 2010

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linux

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  • configuration 8
  • gui 34
  • icewm 2
  • menu 9
  • toolbar 1