Icewm knows several locations to look for configuration
information, themes and customization; put together these
locations are called the resource path.
The resource path contains the following
directories:
- $HOME/.icewm
user's personal customization. This location can
be customized by setting the $ICEWM_PRIVCFG environment variable.
- /etc/X11/icewm
system-wide customized defaults
- /usr/share/icewm OR /usr/local/share/icewm
compiled-in default directory
with default files
The directories are searched in the above order, so any file located
in the system/install directory can be overridden by the user by creating
the same directory hierarchy under $HOME/.icewm.
To customize icewm yourself, you should create the $HOME/.icewm directory and copy
the files that you wish to modify (preferences, winoptions),from /etc/X11/icewm,
/usr/share/icewm or /usr/local/share/icewm and then modify as you like.
To customize the default themes, you should create the $HOME/.icewm/themes directory
and copy all the theme files there and then modify as necessary.