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

# setstyle(1)

set style related options for Window Maker or loads a theme

## NAME

setstyle - set style related options for Window Maker or loads a theme

## SYNOPSIS

**setstyle** \[*options*\] *stylefile*\|*themepack*

## DESCRIPTION

**setstyle** reads the file *stylefile* and writes its contents to the *WMWindowMaker* domain, effectively setting the Window Maker style. If the supplied path is a directory (*themepack*), it will be treated as a theme pack and it will be loaded appropriately.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  print a help message with the list of options.

- **--ignore** *keyword*

  ignore the attribute named *keyword* from the style file. You can specify this option as many times as needed. You may find a non-exhaustive list of the keywords from the [**getstyle**(1)](/getstyle/1.md) man page.

- **--no-cursors**

  ignore cursor definition options from the style file (*NormalCursor*, *ArrowCursor*, *MoveCursor*, *ResizeCursor*, *TopLeftResizeCursor*, *TopRightResizeCursor*, *BottomLeftResizeCursor*, *BottomRightResizeCursor*, *VerticalResizeCursor*, *HorizontalResizeCursor*, *WaitCursor*, *QuestionCursor*, *TextCursor*, *SelectCursor*).

- **--no-fonts**

  ignore font related options from the style file (*IconTitleFont*, *ClipTitleFont*, *MenuTextFont*, *MenuTitleFont*, *WindowTitleFont*).

- **--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/WindowMaker

  This is the actual file that's written.

## SEE ALSO

[**getstyle**(1)](/getstyle/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\>.