ICEWM-STARTUP

Section: Standards,\ Environments\ and\ Macros (5)
Updated: 2021-04-04
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NAME

 icewm-startup - icewm startup configuration file

SYNOPSIS

 $ICEWM_PRIVCFG/startup
 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/startup
 $HOME/.icewm/startup
 /etc/icewm/startup
 /usr/share/icewm/startup

DESCRIPTION

The startup file contains commands to be executed on icewm startup. This is an executable script. Typically the commands tweak X11 settings and launch some applications which always need to be active. It is run by icewm-session(1) when icewm starts.

EXAMPLES

 #!/bin/bash
 xset r rate 250 32
 flameshot &
 volumeicon &
 redshift-gtk &
 picom -b

Remember to "chmod +x ~/.icewm/startup".

FILES

Locations for the startup file are as follows:

 $ICEWM_PRIVCFG/startup
 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/startup
 $HOME/.icewm/startup
 /etc/icewm/startup
 /usr/share/icewm/startup

The locations are searched in the order listed; the first file found is executed and the remainder ignored.

AUTHOR

Brian Bidulock <mailto:bidulock@openss7.org>.

LICENSE

IceWM is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License. See the COPYING file in the distribution.