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# NAME

     icewm-session - X.Org session manager provider with IceWM

# SYNOPSIS

icewm-session [OPTIONS]

# DESCRIPTION

icewm-session is an implementation of X.Org session manager and can be run from X11 session setup. It runs icewm as default window manager and handles the startup and life cycle control of the WM and all related support applications.

# OPTIONS

## SPECIFIC OPTIONS

-c, --config=FILE

  Let IceWM load preferences from FILE.

-t, --theme=FILE

  Let IceWM load the theme from FILE.

-i, --icewm=FILE

  Use FILE as the IceWM window manager.

-a, --alpha

  Use a 32-bit visual for translucency.

-b, --nobg

  Do not start icewmbg.

-n, --notray

  Do not start icewmtray. This is only applicable if IceWM was explicitly configured to use an external icewmtray process.

-s, --sound

  Also start icesound.

## GENERAL OPTIONS

-d, --display=DISPLAY

  Use DISPLAY to connect to the X server. If this option is missing then DISPLAY is read from the environment variable `DISPLAY`.

--sync

  Use a slower synchronous mode communication with X11 server.

-h, --help

  Print a brief usage statement to stdout and exit.

-V, --version

  Print the program version to stdout and exit.

-C, --copying

  Print copying permissions to stdout for the program and exit.

# BUGS

icewm-session had no known bugs at the time of release. Please report bugs for current versions to the source code repository at https://github.com/bbidulock/icewm/issues.

# AUTHOR

Brian Bidulock mailto:bidulock@openss7.org.

See --copying for full copyright notice and copying permissions.

# LICENSE

IceWM is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License. See the COPYING file in the distribution or use the --copying flag to display copying permissions.

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