source: archive/gnome/metacity.xml@ 48b59802

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY metacity-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/metacity/2.34/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY metacity-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/metacity/2.34/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY metacity-md5sum        "6d89b71672d4fa49fc87f83d610d0ef6">
  <!ENTITY metacity-size          "1.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY metacity-buildsize     "45 MB">
  <!ENTITY metacity-time          "0.4 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="metacity" xreflabel="Metacity-&metacity-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="metacity.html" ?>

  <sect1info>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Metacity-&metacity-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="metacity">
    <primary sortas="a-metacity">Metacity</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Metacity</title>

    <para>
      <application>Metacity</application> is the fallback window manager for
      <application>GNOME</application>, used if the video driver does not provide
      hardware acceleration. It is conventionally run from <command>gnome-session</command>,
      which will start the necessary <application>GNOME</application> daemons.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &metacity-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &metacity-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &metacity-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &metacity-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Metacity Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
      <xref linkend="libcanberra"/>,
      <xref linkend="yelp-xsl"/> and
      <xref linkend="zenity"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="notification-daemon"/> and
      <xref linkend="polkit-gnome"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/metacity"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Metacity</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Metacity</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          metacity, metacity-message, metacity-theme-viewer and
          metacity-window-demo
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libmetacity-private.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/metacity-1,
          /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties,
          /usr/share/help/*/creating-metacity-themes,
          /usr/share/metacity,
          /usr/share/themes/AgingGorilla/metacity-1,
          /usr/share/themes/Atlanta/metacity-1,
          /usr/share/themes/Bright/metacity-1,
          /usr/share/themes/Crux/metacity-1,
          /usr/share/themes/Esco/metacity-1,
          /usr/share/themes/Metabox/metacity-1 and
          /usr/share/themes/Simple/metacity-1
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="metacity-prog">
        <term><command>metacity</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the <application>GNOME</application> fallback window manager,
            used when the video driver does not support acceleration.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-metacity">metacity</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="metacity-theme-viewer">
        <term><command>metacity-theme-viewer</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            allows you to preview any installed
            <application>Metacity</application> theme. When designing a new
            <application>Metacity</application> theme, you can use
            <command>metacity-theme-viewer</command> to measure the performance
            of a window frame option, and to preview the option.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-theme-viewer">
            <primary
            sortas="b-metacity-theme-viewer">metacity-theme-viewer</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="metacity-window-demo">
        <term><command>metacity-window-demo</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            demonstrates various kinds of windows that window managers and
            window manager themes should handle.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-window-demo">
            <primary sortas="b-metacity-window-demo">metacity-window-demo</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>