1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY metacity-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/metacity/2.34/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.xz">
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8 | <!ENTITY metacity-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/metacity/2.34/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.xz">
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9 | <!ENTITY metacity-md5sum "d505e2d7936bd9b11a3f48470a616767">
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10 | <!ENTITY metacity-size "1.9 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY metacity-buildsize "60 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY metacity-time "0.7 SBU">
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13 |
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="metacity" xreflabel="Metacity-&metacity-version;">
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17 | <?dbhtml filename="metacity.html" ?>
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18 |
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19 | <sect1info>
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20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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22 | </sect1info>
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23 |
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24 | <title>Metacity-&metacity-version;</title>
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25 |
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26 | <indexterm zone="metacity">
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27 | <primary sortas="a-metacity">Metacity</primary>
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28 | </indexterm>
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29 |
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30 | <sect2 role="package">
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31 | <title>Introduction to Metacity</title>
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32 |
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33 | <para><application>Metacity</application> is the fallback window manager for
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34 | <application>GNOME</application>, used if the video driver does not provide
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35 | acceleration. It is conventionally run from <command>gnome-session</command>,
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36 | which will start the necessary <application>GNOME</application> daemons.</para>
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37 |
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38 | &lfs70_checked;
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39 |
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40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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42 | <listitem>
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43 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-http;"/></para>
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44 | </listitem>
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-ftp;"/></para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &metacity-md5sum;</para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>Download size: &metacity-size;</para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &metacity-buildsize;</para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>Estimated build time: &metacity-time;</para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | </itemizedlist>
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61 |
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62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Metacity Dependencies</bridgehead>
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63 |
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64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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65 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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66 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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67 | <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/>,
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68 | <xref linkend="zenity"/>, and
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69 | <xref linkend="libcanberra"/></para>
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70 |
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71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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72 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="startup-notification"/></para>
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73 |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Additional Runtime Dependency</bridgehead>
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75 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="notification-daemon"/>.</para>
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76 |
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77 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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78 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/metacity"/></para>
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79 |
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80 | </sect2>
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81 |
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82 | <sect2 role="installation">
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83 | <title>Installation of Metacity</title>
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84 |
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85 | <para>Install <application>Metacity</application> by running the following
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86 | commands:</para>
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87 |
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88 | <screen><userinput>./configure \
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89 | --prefix=/usr \
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90 | --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=$GNOME_SYSCONFDIR/gconf/schemas &&
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91 | make</userinput></screen>
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92 |
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93 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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94 |
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95 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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96 |
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97 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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98 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version; &&
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99 | install -v -m644 README rationales.txt doc/*.txt \
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100 | /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version;</userinput></screen>
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101 |
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102 | </sect2>
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103 |
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104 | <sect2 role="commands">
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105 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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106 |
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107 | <para><option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=$GNOME_SYSCONFDIR/gconf/schemas</option>:
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108 | this will install the schema files are installed into the correct location.</para>
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109 |
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110 | <para><option>--enable-static=no</option>: This switch prevents the static
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111 | libraries being installed.</para>
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112 |
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113 | <!-- now enabled by default, apparently
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114 | <para><option>\-\-enable-compositor</option>: You must use this parameter
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115 | (and have <application>libcm</application> installed) to build the
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116 | <application>Metacity</application> composite manager.</para>-->
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117 |
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118 | </sect2>
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119 |
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120 | <!-- no longer correct, but retained as a comment, at least until gnome-session
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121 | has been updated.
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122 | <sect2 role="configuration" id="metacity-config">
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123 | <title>Configuring Metacity</title>
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124 |
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125 | <sect3>
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126 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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127 |
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128 | <para>To automatically start the <application>Metacity</application>
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129 | window manager when you issue the <command>startx</command> command,
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130 | append to (or create) <filename>.xinitrc</filename> using the command
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131 | below (not required if you are installing
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132 | <application>Metacity</application> for a
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133 | <application>GNOME-2</application> installation). Ensure
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134 | you backup your current <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> before
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135 | proceeding:</para>
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136 |
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137 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-config">
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138 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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139 | </indexterm>
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140 |
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141 | <screen><userinput>cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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142 | <literal>xterm &
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143 | exec metacity</literal>
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144 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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145 |
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146 | </sect3>
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147 |
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148 | </sect2>-->
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149 |
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150 | <sect2 role="content">
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151 | <title>Contents</title>
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152 |
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153 | <segmentedlist>
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154 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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155 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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156 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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157 |
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158 | <seglistitem>
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159 | <seg>metacity, metacity-message, metacity-theme-viewer, and
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160 | metacity-window-demo</seg>
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161 | <seg>libmetacity-private.{so,a}</seg>
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162 | <seg>/usr/{include/metacity-1/metacity-private,
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163 | share/{doc/metacity-&metacity-version;,
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164 | gnome/{help/creating-metacity-themes/C,wm-properties},metacity/icons,
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165 | themes/{AgingGorilla/metacity-1,Atlanta/metacity-1,Bright/metacity-1,
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166 | Crux/metacity-1,Esco/metacity-1,Metabox/metacity-1,
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167 | Simple/metacity-1}}}</seg>
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168 | </seglistitem>
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169 | </segmentedlist>
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170 |
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171 | <variablelist>
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172 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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173 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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174 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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175 |
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176 | <varlistentry id="metacity-prog">
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177 | <term><command>metacity</command></term>
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178 | <listitem>
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179 | <para>is the <application>GNOME</application> fallback window manager,
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180 | used when the video driver does not support acceleration.</para>
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181 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-prog">
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182 | <primary sortas="b-metacity">metacity</primary>
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183 | </indexterm>
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184 | </listitem>
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185 | </varlistentry>
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186 |
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187 | <varlistentry id="metacity-theme-viewer">
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188 | <term><command>metacity-theme-viewer</command></term>
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189 | <listitem>
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190 | <para>allows you to preview any installed
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191 | <application>Metacity</application> theme. When designing a new
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192 | <application>Metacity</application> theme, you can use
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193 | <command>metacity-theme-viewer</command> to measure the performance
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194 | of a window frame option, and to preview the option.</para>
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195 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-theme-viewer">
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196 | <primary
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197 | sortas="b-metacity-theme-viewer">metacity-theme-viewer</primary>
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198 | </indexterm>
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199 | </listitem>
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200 | </varlistentry>
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201 |
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202 | <varlistentry id="metacity-window-demo">
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203 | <term><command>metacity-window-demo</command></term>
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204 | <listitem>
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205 | <para>demonstrates various kinds of windows that window managers and
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206 | window manager themes should handle.</para>
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207 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-window-demo">
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208 | <primary sortas="b-metacity-window-demo">metacity-window-demo</primary>
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209 | </indexterm>
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210 | </listitem>
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211 | </varlistentry>
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212 |
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213 | </variablelist>
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214 |
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215 | </sect2>
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216 |
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217 | </sect1>
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