source: gnome/core/gnome-session.xml@ ed9b56b8

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  <!ENTITY gnome-session-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-session/&gnome-version;/gnome-session-&gnome-session-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gnome-session-md5sum "cbeb2db49dac11bf8088e6b025265fff">
  <!ENTITY gnome-session-size "796 KB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-session-buildsize "11 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-session-time "0.2 SBU">
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<sect1 id="gnome-session" xreflabel="GNOME Session-&gnome-session-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gnome-session.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>GNOME Session-&gnome-session-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gnome-session">
    <primary sortas="a-GNOME Session">GNOME Session</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to GNOME Session</title>

    <para>The <application>GNOME Session</application> package contains
    the <application>GNOME</application> session manager.</para>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GNOME Session Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GNOME Session</title>

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome  &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>

    <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch puts
    <application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in
    <filename class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename> instead of
    <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>

    <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch puts
    configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename>
    instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>gnome-session, gnome-session-properties, gnome-session-remove,
        gnome-session-save, gnome-smproxy, and gnome-wm</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="gnome-session-prog">
        <term><command>gnome-session</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>starts up the <application>GNOME</application> desktop.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-session gnome-session-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-session">gnome-session</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gnome-session-utils">
        <term><command>gnome-session-*</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>session utilities includes a configuration program and
          other session management related utilities.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-session gnome-session-utils">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-session-*">gnome-session-*</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gnome-smproxy">
        <term><command>gnome-smproxy</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>handles basic session management for applications that
          do not support XSM.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-session gnome-smproxy">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-smproxy">gnome-smproxy</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gnome-wm">
        <term><command>gnome-wm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>uses the <envar>$WINDOW_MANAGER</envar> environment variable
          to allow a user to define a window manager of choice. If no
          <envar>$WINDOW_MANAGER</envar> is defined, <command>gnome-wm</command>
          defaults to <command>metacity</command> as the default window
          manager.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-session gnome-wm">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-wm">gnome-wm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>