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Configuration Files
Every file is optional: GemWM and its programs start with their defaults, and
you write only what you change.
Settings
| File |
What |
~/.config/gemwm/config |
GemWM: desktop, keys, layout, highlight, animation, font, clock, battery, AI |
~/.config/gemwm/menu |
the menus and menu apps |
~/.config/gemwm/env |
environment variables for the session (TERMINAL=...) |
/etc/gemwm/greeter.conf |
the login screen’s desktop |
~/.config/gemweb/settings |
GemWeb: home page, search, ad blocking, passwords, zoom |
~/.config/gemmail/settings |
GemMail: the account |
~/.config/gemmail/categories |
GemMail’s AI categories |
~/.config/gemwrite/settings.ini |
GemWrite: your name, the spelling language |
~/.config/foot/foot.ini |
the terminal: your own settings, under its theme |
What GemWM keeps
| Where |
What |
~/.local/state/gemwm.log |
the session’s log |
~/.local/state/gemwm/notifications |
notification history |
~/.local/share/gemweb/ |
GemWeb’s cookies, site data, history and ad-block rules |
~/.local/state/gemweb/zoom |
zoom remembered per site |
~/.cache/gemmail/ |
GemMail’s mail, for offline reading and a quick start |
~/.local/share/gemwm/crossword/ |
crossword puzzles and progress |
~/Pictures/Screenshots/ |
screenshots (or $GEMWM_SCREENSHOT_DIR) |