icehelp(1)

ICEHELP(1) User Commands ICEHELP(1)

NAME

 icehelp - a very simple HTML browser

SYNOPSIS

icehelp [OPTIONS] FILENAME

DESCRIPTION

icehelp is a very simple HTML browser, which is used by icewm(1) to display the IceWM Manual and the manpages.

The document can be navigated by cursor keys, navigation keys and a scrollbar. To find text, hit "Ctrl+F" for a search window. Hit the "F3" function key to repeat a search.

The top right corner shows a button, which opens a menu. This menu can also be opened by a right mouse button click.

ARGUMENTS

FILENAME
Specifies the file to browse. It can also be the URL of a website.

OPTIONS

SPECIFIC OPTIONS

-B
Display the IceWM icewmbg manpage.
-b, --bugs
Display the IceWM bug reports (primitively).
-f, --faq
Display the IceWM FAQ and Howto.
-g
Display the IceWM Github website.
-i, --icewm
Display the IceWM icewm manpage.
-m, --manual
Display the IceWM Manual (default).
-s
Display the IceWM icesound manpage.
-t, --theme
Display the IceWM themes Howto.
-w, --website
Display the IceWM website.

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

Please report bugs at <https://github.com/ice-wm/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.

2026-01-07 icewm 4.0.0