icehelp(1)

icehelp1

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.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13
  6. Arch

--bugs until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --copying until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --display until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --faq until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --help until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --icewm until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --manual until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --sync until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --theme until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --version until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --website until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -B until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -C until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -V until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -b until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -d until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -f until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -g until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -h until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -i until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -m until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -s until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -t until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -w until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Bugs

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

Author

Brian Bidulock <mailto:[email protected]>.

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.

From icewm 4.1.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.