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NAME
icewm-programs - icewm programs configuration file
SYNOPSIS
$ICEWM_PRIVCFG/programs
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/programs
$HOME/.icewm/programs
/etc/icewm/programs
/usr/share/icewm/programs
DESCRIPTION
The
programs file is an automatically generated menu configuration
file of installed programs. This file should be automatically
generated by xdg_menu, wmconfig (Redhat), menu (Debian), or icewm-
menu-fdo, perhaps as part of the login or X startup sequence.
FORMAT
The format of the file contains one of the following line syntax:
prog [
"]
title[
"]
icon program options Specifies a program to execute when the menu item is selected.
restart [
"]
title[
"]
icon program options Specifies a program to replace the window manager when the menu
item is selected. This is for launching other window managers
from within
icewm(1).
runonce [
"]
title[
"]
icon "[
res_name][
.res_class]
" program options Specifies a program to execute when the menu item is selected;
however, if a window of the specified
res_name and
res_class is
present, the program will not be run again.
menu [
"]
title[
"]
icon { # contained items
} Specifies a sub-menu. The lines that appear between the braces
can be any menu item described here.
menufile [
"]
title[
"]
icon [
"]
filename[
"]
Specifies a file from which to collect sub-menu items (lines) and
place them at this point in the menu.
menuprog [
"]
title[
"]
icon program options Specifies a program that will print sub-menu items on standard
output and will be collected and placed in the sub-menu at this
point.
menuprogreload [
"]
title[
"]
icon timeout program options Similar to
menuprog, but after at least
timeout seconds the menu
is regenerated.
include [
"]
filename[
"]
Read additional entries from the file
filename includeprog program options Read additional entries from the output of
program options.
separator A separator for menu items.
Where
prog,
restart,
runonce,
menu,
menufile,
menuprog,
menuprogreload,
include,
includeprog,
separator These are literal string keywords.
[
"]
title[
"]
This is the
title string associated with the menu item that is
displayed in the menu. When the
title contains spaces, the title
must be surrounded by double quotes ("""), although the
title may
always be surrounded by double quotes if preferred.
icon Is the name of the icon file (with or without extension) or the
full path to an icon file.
"[
res_name][
.res_class]
" res_name is the resource name of a window launched by
program and
res_class is the resource class of the window. Only one of
res_name or
res_class need be specified. This is used to
identify whether the program is already running and is for use
with the
runonce keyword.
program options program is the name of the executable or full path to the
executable file that will be run in response to selecting the
menu item. When used with the
menuprog keyword, the
program must
print on standard output the contents of the menu and is used for
dynamic menus.
options is the options and arguments passed to the
program verbatim.
filename filename is the name of the file relative to one of the
icewm(1) configuration directories, or the full path to a file. The file
is used with the
menufile keyword and specifies the file from
which to read further menu items.
EXAMPLES
Following is the example
programs file that ships with
icewm(1):
# This file is intended to be customized by the distributions.
# (they should place it in /etc/X11/icewm)
#
# mostly obsolete, fixme
menu Editors folder {
prog fte fte fte
prog vim vim gvim
prog xemacs xemacs xemacs
prog emacs emacs emacs
prog NEdit nedit nedit
prog xedit xedit xedit
prog Lyx emacs lyx
}
menu "WWW" folder {
prog Netscape netscape netscape
prog Mozilla mozilla mozilla
prog Galeon galeon galeon
prog Arena arena arena
prog Lynx lynx xterm -e lynx
prog Links lynx xterm -e links
}
menu "Document Viewers" folder {
prog "Acrobat Reader" pdf acroread
prog "DVI Previewer" xdvi xdvi
prog "Ghostview" ghostview gv
}
menu Graphics folder {
prog Gimp gimp gimp
prog XV xv xv
prog XPaint xpaint xpaint
prog XFig xfig xfig
}
menu Games folder {
prog "Koules for X" koules xkoules -f
prog Xboing xboing xboing
prog Xboard xboard xboard
prog XGalaga xgalaga xgal
prog XDemineur xdemineur xdemineur
prog "Tux Racer" tuxracer tuxracer
}
menu System folder {
prog "Control Panel" redhat control-panel
}
menu Utilities folder {
prog XPlayCD xplaycd xplaycd
prog XMixer xmixer xmixer
prog Clock xclock xclock
prog Magnify xmag xmag
prog Calculator xcalc xcalc
prog Colormap xcolormap xcmap
prog Clipboard xclipboard xclipboard
prog xkill bomb xkill
prog xload xload xload
prog xosview xosview xosview
separator
prog "Screen Saver" xlock xlock -nolock
prog "Screen Lock" xlock xlock
}
menu "Window Managers" folder {
restart icewm - icewm
restart metacity - metacity
restart wmaker - wmaker
restart fluxbox - fluxbox
restart blackbox - blackbox
restart enlightenment - enlightenment
restart fvwm2 - fvwm2
restart fvwm - fvwm
restart sawfish - sawfish
restart sawfish2 - sawfish2
}
FILES
Locations for the
programs file are as follows:
$ICEWM_PRIVCFG/programs
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/programs
$HOME/.icewm/programs
/etc/icewm/programs
/usr/share/icewm/programs
The locations are searched in the order listed; the first file found
is read and the remainder ignored.
SEE ALSO
icewm(1),
icewm-menu(5),
icewm-menu-fdo(1).
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.
icewm 3.6.0 2024-06-16 ICEWM-PROGRAMS(5)