topic title: Icewm customisation (solved)
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michmanbiker
Joined: 24 May 2017
#1
Hello again. Working hard at setting up my system. Took care of Thunderbird and google calendars, took care of sound and now I need to do two more things:

- Show the network connection status in the taskbar (it was there at one point in time!)
- Try to make my laptop function key work to set brightness, video output, wireless on off, etc..

Your help is appreciated.

Michel
Last edited by michmanbiker on 07 Jun 2017, 13:29, edited 1 time in total.
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michmanbiker
Joined: 24 May 2017
#2
I managed to get the network AND mail icons in the tray using control centre but i would like mail to be Thunderbird and the network to be Wicd I tried changing preferred applications in the control centre but it did not work for the task bar.
anticapitalista
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#3
Edit preferences file in your icewm folder in home directory.

Line 70 - MailCommand="claws-mail"
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michmanbiker
Joined: 24 May 2017
#4
anticapitalista wrote:Edit preferences file in your icewm folder in home directory.

Line 70 - MailCommand="claws-mail"
Worked fine for thundebird what line should I edit to get Wicd instead of terminal? i tried editing line 76 but it did not work

Thanks,

Michel
anticapitalista
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#5
controlcentre -> Session -> User-Desktop -> startup file

simply uncomment wicd entry.

You will probably need a reboot or logout/login
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michmanbiker
Joined: 24 May 2017
#6
anticapitalista wrote:controlcentre -> Session -> User-Desktop -> startup file

simply uncomment wicd entry.

You will probably need a reboot or logout/login
Thanks anti. It worked. Any thoughts on the function key?

By the way, I was a mepis user and I helped out with Arabic translations for Antix at one point in time.

Michel