1ICEWM-SESSION(1) User Commands ICEWM-SESSION(1)
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6 icewm-session - X.Org session manager provider with IceWM
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9 icewm-session [OPTIONS]
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12 icewm-session is an implementation of a X.Org session manager and can
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17 SPECIFIC OPTIONS
18 -c, --config=FILE
19 Let IceWM load preferences from FILE.
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21 -t, --theme=FILE
22 Let IceWM load the theme FILE.
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24 -i, --icewm=FILE
25 Use FILE as the IceWM window manager.
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27 -o, --output=FILE
28 Redirect all output to FILE.
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30 -a, --alpha
31 Use a 32-bit visual for translucency.
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34 Do not start icewmbg.
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37 Do not start icewmtray. This is only applicable if IceWM was
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43 GENERAL OPTIONS
44 -d, --display=DISPLAY
45 Use DISPLAY to connect to the X server. If this option is missing
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49 Use a slower synchronous mode communication with the X11 server.
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51 -h, --help
52 Give a list of all supported options and exit.
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55 Print the program version and exit.
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58 Print copying permissions and exit.
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61 On startup icewm-session executes the following steps. From the file
62 env in the configuration directory it loads additional environment
63 variables, if that file exists. Then it will start icewmbg to manage
64 root background colors and images. It may also start icesound, if this
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67 If there exists an executable script startup in the configuration
68 directory, it will be executed. It may contain commands to initialize
69 X11 settings with xset, load keyboard configuration, start a
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72 When icewm exits, icewm-session will execute a shutdown script, if it
73 exists in the configuration directory. When this finishes, icewm-
74 session will terminate icewm, icewmbg and icesound. Finally, icewm-
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77 If the icewm process crashes then icewm-session will attempt to restart
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81 starting a terminal, or abort execution of icewm-session.
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85 A space separated list of options which will be added to the
86 command line invocation of icewm. This can be set in the env file.
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89 icewm(1), icewm-env(5), icewm-shutdown(5), icewm-startup(5),
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93 icewm-session had no known bugs at the time of release. Please report
94 bugs for current versions to the source code repository at
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98 Brian Bidulock <mailto:bidulock@openss7.org>.
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100 See --copying for full copyright notice and copying permissions.
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103 IceWM is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License. See
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