---
name: "seticons"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "windowmaker"
version: "0.96.0-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/seticons"
---

# seticons(1)

sets the icon images used in Window Maker

## NAME

seticons - sets the icon images used in Window Maker

## SYNOPSIS

**seticons** *iconsfile*

## DESCRIPTION

**seticons** reads *iconsfile* and writes its contents to the *WMWindowAttributes* domain, effectively setting the icons Window Maker uses for a given class (for example, XTerm, "xterm.XTerm", "rxvt.XTerm", "pine.XTerm", etc)

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  print a help message with the list of options

- **--version**

  print the version of Window Maker from which the program comes

## ENVIRONMENT

- WMAKER\_USER\_ROOT

  specifies the initial path for the Defaults directory. "Defaults/" is appended to this variable to determine the actual location of the databases. If the variable is not set, it defaults to "~/GNUstep"

## FILES

- WMAKER\_USER\_ROOT/Defaults/WMWindowAttributes

  This is the actual file that's written.

## SEE ALSO

[**geticonset**(1)](/geticonset/1.md), [**wmaker**(1)](/wmaker/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This man page was written by Marcelo Magallon \<mmagallo@debian.org\>.

Window Maker was written by Alfredo K. Kojima \<kojima@windowmaker.info\>.