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[6732c094] | 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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[feeb99a] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[3116315] | 7 | <!ENTITY metacity-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/metacity/2.18/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY metacity-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/metacity/2.18/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY metacity-md5sum "7928172bf41f6b63976a62554a699674">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY metacity-size "1.9 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY metacity-buildsize "61 MB">
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[c8f6d07f] | 12 | <!ENTITY metacity-time "0.6 SBU">
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[3116315] | 13 |
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[feeb99a] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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[8a69010] | 16 | <sect1 id="metacity" xreflabel="Metacity-&metacity-version;">
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[6671555] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="metacity.html" ?>
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[587ebea] | 18 |
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[6671555] | 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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[851cc10] | 23 |
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[6671555] | 24 | <title>Metacity-&metacity-version;</title>
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[feeb99a] | 25 |
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[6671555] | 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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[cbc7604b] | 31 | <title>Introduction to Metacity</title>
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[6671555] | 32 |
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[cbc7604b] | 33 | <para>The <application>Metacity</application> package contains a window
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| 34 | manager. This is useful for organizing and displaying windows.</para>
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[feeb99a] | 35 |
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[6671555] | 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-http;"/></para>
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| 40 | </listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &metacity-md5sum;</para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download size: &metacity-size;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &metacity-buildsize;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated build time: &metacity-time;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | </itemizedlist>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Metacity Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[c8f6d07f] | 61 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
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[35dc583b] | 62 | <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/></para>
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[6671555] | 63 |
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| 64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[35dc583b] | 65 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
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[c8f6d07f] | 66 | (recommended if you are installing <application>GNOME</application>-2),
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| 67 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>
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| 68 | (recommended if you are installing <application>GNOME</application>-2),
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| 69 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>, and
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[3116315] | 70 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/libcm/">libcm</ulink>*</para>
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[6e34843] | 71 |
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[3116315] | 72 | <para>* Xorg <application>X</application> installations only.
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| 73 | <application>libcm</application> is used to build the
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| 74 | <application>Metacity</application> composite manager and it also requires
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| 75 | <application>libXcomposite</application> >= 2.0. Xorg ships with
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| 76 | (XFree86 does not) the required <application>libXcomposite</application>
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| 77 | and there is not a stand-alone version that works.</para>
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[903ec33f] | 78 |
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[c5c2654] | 79 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 80 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/metacity"/></para>
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| 81 |
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[6671555] | 82 | </sect2>
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[feeb99a] | 83 |
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[6671555] | 84 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 85 | <title>Installation of Metacity</title>
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[feeb99a] | 86 |
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[3116315] | 87 | <!-- <para><application>Metacity</application> will look for an
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[6e34843] | 88 | <application>X Render</application> <application>pkg-config</application>
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| 89 | file. If you use <application>XFree86</application> as your
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| 90 | <application>X</application> Window system, ensure this file exists
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[3116315] | 91 | (<filename>/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc</filename>).</para> -->
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[6e34843] | 92 |
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[6671555] | 93 | <para>Install <application>Metacity</application> by running the following
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| 94 | commands:</para>
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[feeb99a] | 95 |
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[3116315] | 96 | <screen><userinput>./configure \
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| 97 | --prefix=/usr \
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| 98 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/metacity \
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| 99 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 100 | --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas &&
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[6671555] | 101 | make</userinput></screen>
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[feeb99a] | 102 |
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[35dc583b] | 103 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 104 |
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[6671555] | 105 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[851cc10] | 106 |
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[6671555] | 107 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[69e285d] | 108 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version; &&
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| 109 | install -v -m644 README rationales.txt doc/*.txt \
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[3116315] | 110 | /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version;</userinput></screen>
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[6671555] | 111 |
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| 112 | </sect2>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 115 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 116 |
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[3116315] | 117 | <para><option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas</option>:
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| 118 | Omit this parameter if you are not installing
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| 119 | <application>Metacity</application> for a GNOME-2 installation.</para>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <para><option>--enable-compositor</option>: You must use this parameter
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| 122 | (and have <application>libcm</application> installed) to build the
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| 123 | <application>Metacity</application> composite manager.</para>
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[6671555] | 124 |
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| 125 | </sect2>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <sect2 role="configuration" id="metacity-config">
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| 128 | <title>Configuring Metacity</title>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <sect3>
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| 131 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <para>To automatically start the <application>Metacity</application>
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| 134 | window manager when you issue the <command>startx</command> command,
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| 135 | append to (or create) <filename>.xinitrc</filename> using the command
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| 136 | below (not required if you are installing
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| 137 | <application>Metacity</application> for a
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| 138 | <application>GNOME-2</application> installation). Ensure
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| 139 | you backup your current <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> before
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| 140 | proceeding:</para>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-config">
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| 143 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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| 144 | </indexterm>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <screen><userinput>cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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| 147 | <literal>xterm &
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| 148 | exec metacity</literal>
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| 149 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | </sect3>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | </sect2>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 156 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <segmentedlist>
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| 159 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 160 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 161 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <seglistitem>
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[35dc583b] | 164 | <seg>metacity, metacity-message, metacity-theme-viewer
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[cbc7604b] | 165 | and metacity-window-demo</seg>
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[c5c2654] | 166 | <seg>libmetacity-private.{so,a}</seg>
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[c8f6d07f] | 167 | <seg>/usr/include/metacity-1,
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[35dc583b] | 168 | /usr/lib/metacity,
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[6671555] | 169 | /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version;,
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[35dc583b] | 170 | /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties,
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[cbc7604b] | 171 | /usr/share/metacity and
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[3116315] | 172 | the following subdirectories of /usr/share/themes/:
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| 173 | AgingGorilla Atlanta Bright Crux/metacity-1 Esco Metabox
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| 174 | Simple/metacity-1}</seg>
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[6671555] | 175 | </seglistitem>
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| 176 | </segmentedlist>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <variablelist>
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| 179 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 180 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 181 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <varlistentry id="metacity-prog">
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| 184 | <term><command>metacity</command></term>
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| 185 | <listitem>
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| 186 | <para>is a window manager used mainly by
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| 187 | <application>GNOME</application>.</para>
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| 188 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-prog">
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| 189 | <primary sortas="b-metacity">metacity</primary>
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| 190 | </indexterm>
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| 191 | </listitem>
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| 192 | </varlistentry>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <varlistentry id="metacity-theme-viewer">
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| 195 | <term><command>metacity-theme-viewer</command></term>
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| 196 | <listitem>
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| 197 | <para>allows you to preview any installed
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| 198 | <application>Metacity</application> theme. When designing a new
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| 199 | <application>Metacity</application> theme, you can use
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| 200 | <command>metacity-theme-viewer</command> to measure the performance
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| 201 | of a window frame option, and to preview the option.</para>
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| 202 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-theme-viewer">
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| 203 | <primary
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| 204 | sortas="b-metacity-theme-viewer">metacity-theme-viewer</primary>
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| 205 | </indexterm>
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| 206 | </listitem>
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| 207 | </varlistentry>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <varlistentry id="metacity-window-demo">
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| 210 | <term><command>metacity-window-demo</command></term>
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| 211 | <listitem>
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| 212 | <para>demonstrates various kinds of windows that window managers and
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| 213 | window manager themes should handle.</para>
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| 214 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-window-demo">
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| 215 | <primary sortas="b-metacity-window-demo">metacity-window-demo</primary>
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| 216 | </indexterm>
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| 217 | </listitem>
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| 218 | </varlistentry>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | </variablelist>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | </sect2>
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[587ebea] | 223 |
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[6671555] | 224 | </sect1>
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