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NAME

icewm-menu - icewm menu configuration file

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

The menu file is responsible for configuring most of the icewm(1) root menu and the start menu.

A menu that gives access to applications; usually customized by the user. The icewm-menu-fdo(1) program generates a default menu that contains most of the systems desktop applications. Similar programs are xdg_menu(1), mmaker(1), xde-menu(1) and xdgmenumaker(1).

FORMAT

The file contains lines with the following syntax:

Where

EXAMPLES

Following is the example menu file that ships with icewm(1):

# This is an example for IceWM's menu definition file.
#
# Place your variants in @CFGDIR@ or in $HOME/.icewm
# since modifications to this file will be discarded when you
# (re)install icewm.
#
prog xterm xterm xterm
prog rxvt xterm rxvt -bg black -cr green -fg white -C -fn 9x15 -sl 500
prog fte fte fte
prog NEdit nedit nedit
prog Mozilla mozilla mozilla
prog XChat xchat xchat
prog Gimp gimp gimp
separator
menuprog "Desktop Apps" folder icewm-menu-fdo
menufile Programs folder programs
menufile Tool_bar folder toolbar

FILES

Locations for the menu file are as follows:

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

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

SEE ALSO

icewm(1), icewm-menu-fdo(1).

AUTHOR

Brian Bidulock.

LICENSE

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

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