icwm configuration

[gosia]

I've just noticed

/home/leaf/.icewm/prefernces

Is that just a typo? It's called preferences.

/home/leaf/.icewm/preferences

[Richard]

Good eye
You're right.
Did you find it?
/home/leaf/.icewm/preferences
or however you set the username.

Changes in /home/leaf/.icewm/*
have priority over those in /use/share/icewm/*

Within the preferences in your home are quite a few comments. When you get questions 2 & 3 working, we'll fix the first question.

IceWM is a window manager, as you know.
If you are forced to use it; I'd like to understand why.

I use both MX & antiX on my 32 bit EeePC w 1 GB RAM.


Writing on phone is error prone.

[gosia]

no way has been proffered to add the file manger to the bar

File ~/.icewm/toolbar

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progr "Title" Icon  <program> <option>

if no icon, then a -
option is optional

my file ~/.icewm/toolbar

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# This is a default toolbar definition file for IceWM
# Place your personal variant in $HOME/.icewm directory.
prog XTerm xterm x-terminal-emulator
prog  "WWW" iceweasel x-www-browser
prog  "File Manager"  - pcmanfm

[leaf]

I have done those things place the files in all the place from the .icewm to my home directory . no effect .

That is why I mentioned that it says in the icewm instruction that it is put together in some distro in a way that will not allow you to change it . is that the case with mx all though the key board binding worked .

I read all the instruction before I posted posting is a last resort not the first thing I do .

has any one managed to move the panel here ?

as to why I would use it why is is it in the repository ?

I find the large theme it has make it easy to read the menu and would like to run plank across the bottom of the screen . on the side it get to large and covers up stuff even on auto hide .this dose not work well why is the panel configured at the bottom of the screen ? but none of this is Jermaine as to how to move the panel . it is just trying to drag the suspect of topic ..

has any one here used icewm ?

has any one managed to move the panel ?

has any one managed to add to the tool bar ?

how was this done ?

same question as the start . no answers yet

[PPC]

hi!
answers to your questions:

has any one here used icewm ?
Yes, all the time, in antiX. Very low RAM usage. I prefer JWM....

has any one managed to move the panel ?
No, I never tried to do it...

has any one managed to add to the tool bar ?
Yes, all the time.

how was this done ?
As far as I know there is no GUI way to do it. You have to Edit iceWM config "toolbar" file usually in your home folder, in a hidden folder called .icewm. As exemplified above... another Example: add a line beginning with "prog"; space; " ; name; " ; space; icon's complete address; space; executable's complete address...

Like this: prog "Terminal" /usr/share/icons/Faenza/apps/24/terminal.png xfce4-terminal

Save the changes, if you have to, restart icewm. Note: iceWM works that way in antiX, I'm assuming, it behaves the same if installed in another distro, like MX...

Also: it's not my business, and it's off-topic, but, if you want to try IceWM why not try antiX? It's MX's slimmer "cousin". I use it on a netbook, and MX on my more powerful desktop. I have them both configured to look almost the same...

P.

[gosia]

I understand your impatience, but please, I don't understand your reaction.

no answers yet

Weren't those answers (not just my answer)?
posting.php?mode=reply&f=108&t=51265#pr512696
All this works for me without any problems (MX-18), so it has nothing to do with the fact that it doesn't work for some distributions.
You can use

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icewm --directories

see which directories are taken into account for your configuration and in what order. I don't think it looks any different for you.
But try it out for yourself if it's different for you.

has any one here used icewm ?
has any one managed to move the panel ?
has any one managed to add to the tool bar ?

Yeah, I did that all.




PS. You can use antix, but everything also works in MX. I use Icewm in MX.

[anticapitalista]

I agree with gosia - you were given the answers from him/her.

has any one here used icewm ? Yes on MX-18.3 running live
has any one managed to move the panel ? Yes to the top by editing the file mentioned by gosia
has any one managed to add to the tool bar ? Yes by editing the file mentioned by gosia

[PPC]

Because this is not marked as solved (and taking some notes on adding icons on antiX IceWM):

How to add a quick launch icon to your IceWM toolbar:

1-in your file manager navigate to the hidden folder /home/USERNAME/.icewm/ and click the "toolbar" file. (Note: instead of Username, you should use your real user name, of course)

2- Add a line like this to the end of that file:

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prog "File manager" /usr/share/icons/Papirus/16x16/categories/thunar.svg exo-open --launch FileManager %u

This should start yout default file browser.
If you simply want to run thunar, it's even simpler:

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prog "File manager" /usr/share/icons/Papirus/16x16/categories/thunar.svg thunar

3- Save your "toolbar" text file (File menu- Save)

4- Now restart IceWM to execute the changes to the toolbar (Menu- logout arrow to the right - Restart IceWM). It's almost instant and you should see the icon of the app you want on the toolbar.

You can add any application you want to the toolbar, adapting this process to a new app name, icon location and executable file...

P.