ICEWM-STARTUP(5) Standards, Environments and Macros ICEWM-STARTUP(5)

icewm-startup - icewm startup configuration file

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

The startup file contains commands to be executed on icewm startup. This is an executable script. Typically the commands tweak X11 settings and launch some applications that always need to be active. It is run by icewm-session(1) when icewm starts.

#!/bin/bash
xset r rate 250 32
flameshot &
volumeicon &
redshift-gtk &
picom -b

Remember to "chmod +x ~/.icewm/startup". The first line must be a hash-bang, followed by the path of your script interpreter or shell.

Locations for the startup file are as follows:

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

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

icewm-session(1), icewm-shutdown(5).

Brian Bidulock <mailto:bidulock@openss7.org>.

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

2024-06-16 icewm 3.6.0