What tools do you use to configure IceWM & where do you store configs

[Jonathan183]

OK I have two questions ...

Where do you store config files for IceWM ?

What tools do you use to configure IceWM ?

I know there are quite a few options ... for me I currently have
/etc/icewm with
preferences
menu
toolbar
keys
I set these up for all users (only 5)
I create ~/.icewm and symlink to the files in /etc/icewm
For each user in ~/.icewm I create a prefsoverride with wallpaper information

I use menumaker to create the menu.
I copy /usr/share/icewm preferences and toolbar files to /etc/icewm and manually modify them just uncommenting things I change from defaults - like increasing icon and font size and mouse focus.

When I first started using IceWM I used a GUI tool in icewm-utils and had separate config files in each user ~/.icewm folder, but I kept spotting things to change and copying toolbar and menu information to each user soon became a pain

How do you setup your icewm configuration ?

[jayd512]

Personally, I have the ~/.icewm directory, with preferences, keys, menu, startup and toolbar entries.
I edit them by hand. In fact, I've never used the GUI tools that are available for it.

[Jonathan183]

Hi jayd512 - did you start with templates from /usr/share/icewm, create them from scratch or copy them from somewhere on the net like here ?

[jayd512]

When IceWM gets installed, you already have a preferences entry. It's the default one in your home folder.
I made a few minor edits to that. The other files (menu, keys, etc.) I just typed out long-hand from scratch.

[oz]

My config files for IceWM go into ~/.icewm, and I use an .xinitrc file to start X rather than any display manager. My backgrounds/wallpapers are started using feh rather than icewmbg. Not being a fan of any of the helper tools for IceWM, all of my configs are done manually, and I've always been happier with that outcome. I generally use the following config files in my IceWM setups:

keys
menu
preferences
theme
toolbar
winoptions
prefoverride
startup

I've grown especially fond of using the prefoverride file.

[Dapper Dan]

Hi Jonathan183. Here's how I do mine...

Link

[fratermus]

Where do you store config files for IceWM ?

~/.icewm

What tools do you use to configure IceWM ?

vi

[jayd512]

Hi Jonathan183. Here's how I do mine...

Link

After I signed out last night, I thought about that thread. Ya beat me on linking to it.

[Dapper Dan]

After I signed out last night, I thought about that thread. Ya beat me on linking to it.

It took me a few "Googles" to find it! Jonathan183, there are "GUI" configuration tools for IceWM but in my experience, most fall short. The only one I ever used for a while was IceCC.

[jayd512]

While I never actually used any of the config tools, I did do some reading about them.
It just seemed simpler to me to edit the files manually.
No need to learn about an application to make a menu entry when a few keystrokes does the job nicely.