This section is a collection of questions on subjects that go beyond simply using IceWM.
For most users, nothing. Both commands were meant for GNOME integration as alternative commands that would be run when users initiated a logout or logout cancel. Since GNOME did not seem to incorporate this feature, they generally go unused.
If you are running IceWM with the
"TaskBarDoubleHeight"
option set, a blank field in
the task bar occurs. It is a command line interface.
In this field you can enter commands to start programs. If you click
inside the field and enter xclock
the X clock is
started.
If you click on it and simply press "Ctrl-Enter"
an XTerm is being started.
If you enter a non-X command and press
"Ctrl-Enter"
an that command is being executed in
an XTerm.
What if you are running an application and need to use a keystroke that is grabbed by IceWM?
Marko suggests the following workaround:
He advises that this will only work if
"ScrollLock"
is set up as a modifier.
Here is how to use the X11 xmodmap
utility to setup ScrollLock
as
a modifier (from Marco Molteni):
$ xmodmap -pm
xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x71)
mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4 Super_L (0x73), Super_R (0x74)
mod5
mod3
is free, so we bind the ScrollLock
key to it:
$ xmodmap -e "add mod3 = Scroll_Lock"
this invocation of xmodmap
should be put in the script that starts the
window manager, for example $HOME/.xinit
or $HOME/.xsession
, see
Howto make IceWM default WM for more detailed info
about startup of WM or use IceWM's
startup.Screen locking is something you should do whenever you leave your machine (even at home and even for only a few seconds - just imagine a cat pushing the enter button at the wrong moment). It should be a habit like logging out root as soon as possible.
With IceWM screen locking is very easy: If you press
Ctrl-Alt-Del
a menu pops up offering you the following tasks:
"W"
orkstation"L"
ogout"C"
ancel"R"
estart icewm"b"
oot"d"
ownThe letters that are emphasized in this FAQ are underlined in real
life. The meaning of this emphasis is that you may e. g. press
"W"
to lock your workstation.
Another possibility (this is the one I prefer because I once to often
pressed "L"
in order to lock my machine) is to
press "ENTER".
The result is the same because the
button that is active by default is "Lock
Workstation".
A more obvious reason for using "ENTER"
in place
of "W"
is that it is easier to type in:
"Del"
and "ENTER"
are next to
each other.
You could as well use your mouse to click on "Lock Workstation" but if you are already using your keyboard to evoke the menu why not use the keyboard to select from it?
If you prefer to use your mouse to lock the screen you may add the
following entry to your $HOME/.icewm/toolbar
prog xlock xlock xlock
You could as well add that line
$HOME/.icewm/menu
or
$HOME/.icewm/programs
but that's not a good
idea: Screen locking is often done in a hurry and if you have to scan
through a menu this will increase the chance that you will not lock
your machine at all.
How to define a different lock command is described in section Setting the lock command
Of course not. This is where the more complicated desktop environments like
GNOME, KDE or xfce join the game. IceWM still is only a window manager...
but of course you can always start your favorite apps upon X start-up/login
using the .xinitrc
or .xsession
files. Or use IceWM as the
window manager instead of the default GNOME/KDE wm.
Sure, but not from IceWM. Again, this is desktop environment work, but usually done by the respective file managers, since they already know about MIME types, file endings and such. IceWM users usually use idesk, dfm, rox, kfm or gmc, where idesk, dfm and rox are better suited for work on smaller (older) machines than the other two.
Usually this is because it's the wrong image format. It can happen when IceWM is compiled only with libXpm. With imlib, IceWM is able to read most of the often used image formats like png, gif, jpeg, instead of just xpm images with libXpm. Another reason can be, that the theme defines another image or color.
No. At this time IceWM handles only default sizes of icons. For menu and taskbar it is 16x16 pixels, for quickswitch it uses 32x32 pixels.