Command Line Options
icewm supports the following options:
-d, --display=NAME
NAME of the X server to use.
--client-id=ID
Client id to use when contacting session manager.
--sync
Synchronize X11 commands.
-c, --config=FILE
Load preferences from FILE.
-t, --theme=FILE
Load theme from FILE.
--postpreferences
Print preferences after all processing.
-V, --version
Prints version information and exits.
-h, --help
Prints this usage screen and exits.
--replace
Replace an existing window manager.
-r, --restart
Tell the running icewm to restart itself.
--configured
Print the compile time configuration.
--directories
Print the configuration directories.
-l, --list-themes
Print a list of all available themes.
The restart option can be used to reload the IceWM configuration after modifications. It is the preferred way to restart IceWM from the command line or in scripts. To load a different theme from the command line, combine this with the --theme=NAME option like:
icewm -r -t CrystalBlue
The theme name will then be saved to the ‘theme’ configuration file, before restarting IceWM.