icewm

[Collins]

On Mon, 09 Sep 2002 06:26:41 -0700 Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com>
wrote:
> m.w.chang wrote:
> > 
> > it's really simple and nice. good enough for me.
> > can I say that icewm being simpler than xfce?
> > icewm doens't seem to be using gtk...
> > 
> > I would submit a how-to but it would be deceptively simple...
> > 
> 
> Indeed, icewm is my choice, and Libranet Linux uses it for the
> default. Have you tried iceme, the menu edit utility? Very easy
> control of menu and toolbar contents. Or just edit a text file.
> And icepref is a thorough configuration utility.
> Ice is fast and easy. Some might not like having a taskbar/toolbar
> on screen, but I think it's hideable. And there are a zillion themes
> 
> included in libranet, and switching to othere wm's is an included
> option 
>   on the menu.
> 
> I'm happy to see someone else who likes it. Although xfce is still
> hard to beat.
> 

I'm pretty much an xfce biggot, but I tinker with icewm occasionally. 
Two things appear to be missing (possibly stupidity on my part)

1) Is there any way to get a "run" utility, i.e. a function under ice
wm that allows you to run an arbitrary program (with/or without
starting from a terminal session)?   Obviously there is 'program &'
from a terminal session.

2) Is there a way to have a list of programs started automatically
when icewm comes up?

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