source: x/wm/metacity.xml@ 851cc10

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY metacity-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/metacity/2.8/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY metacity-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/metacity/2.8/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY metacity-md5sum        "c49e4b5575503975516159780855e317">
  <!ENTITY metacity-size          "2.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY metacity-buildsize     "46.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY metacity-time          "0.41 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="metacity" xreflabel="Metacity-&metacity-version;">
<sect1info>
  <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
  <date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="metacity.html" ?>
<title>Metacity-&metacity-version;</title>

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

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Metacity</application></title>

<para>The <application>Metacity</application> package contains a window 
manager. This is useful for organizing and displaying windows.</para>

<sect3>
<title>Package information</title>

<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>
</sect3>

<sect3>
<title><application>Metacity</application> dependencies</title>

<sect4>
<title>Required</title>

<para><xref linkend="intltool"/>, 
      <xref linkend="GConf"/>, and 
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
</para>
</sect4>

<sect4>
<title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, 
      <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">Xrender</ulink>*, and 
      <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">libXcomposite</ulink>** 
</para>

<para>* <filename class='libraryfile'>libXrender</filename> is included in a 
<acronym>BLFS</acronym> <application>X</application> Window System 
installation, but the pkgconfig <filename>.pc</filename> file 
<application>Metacity</application> looks for is not installed. Satisfy the 
requirement by installing an <filename>xrender.pc</filename> file into 
<filename class='directory'>/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig</filename> which can be 
installed as:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
prefix=/usr/X11R6
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
includedir=${prefix}/include

Name: Xrender
Description: X Render Library
Version: 0.8.3
Cflags: -I${includedir} -I/usr/X11R6/include
Libs: -L${libdir} -lXrender  -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para>** <application>libXcomposite</application> can optionally be used, but 
here's what the <application>Metacity</application> package maintainer 
has to say about it in the configure script if the package is found: 
<quote>Not building compositing manager by default now, must enable explicitly 
to get it. And it doesn't work, so don't bother unless you want to hack on 
it...</quote></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Metacity</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>
 
<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=/etc/gnome/gconf/schemas</option>: 
Use this option if you have the 
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym>-2</application> 
<application>GConf</application> package installed.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id='metacity-config'>
<title>Configuring <application>Metacity</application></title>

<sect3>
<title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>To automatically start the <application>Metacity</application> window 
manager when you issue the <command>startx</command> command, append to (or 
create) <filename>.xinitrc</filename> using the command below. Ensure you 
backup your current <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> before proceeding.</para>

<indexterm zone="metacity metacity-config">
   <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
</indexterm>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt;&gt; ~/.xinitrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
xterm &amp;
exec metacity
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
  <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
  <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
  <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
 
  <seglistitem>
    <seg>metacity</seg>
    <seg>None</seg>
    <seg>None</seg>
  </seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
 
<variablelist>
  <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="metacity-prog">
  <term><command>metacity</command></term>
  <listitem>
    <para>is a window manager used mainly by
       <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>.
    </para>
    <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-prog">
      <primary sortas="b-metacity">metacity</primary>
    </indexterm>
  </listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</sect2>
</sect1>