[feeb99a] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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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[35dc583b] | 7 | <!ENTITY metacity-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/metacity/&gnome-version;/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY metacity-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/metacity/&gnome-version;/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY metacity-md5sum "4caabbd7a3ae14ec5ccf6ada2d466049">
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[69e285d] | 10 | <!ENTITY metacity-size "1.6 MB">
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[35dc583b] | 11 | <!ENTITY metacity-buildsize "50.3 MB">
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[69e285d] | 12 | <!ENTITY metacity-time "0.5 SBU">
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[feeb99a] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[8a69010] | 15 | <sect1 id="metacity" xreflabel="Metacity-&metacity-version;">
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[6671555] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="metacity.html" ?>
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[587ebea] | 17 |
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[6671555] | 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[76a39aa] | 21 | <keywordset>
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| 22 | <keyword role="package">metacity-&metacity-version;.tar</keyword>
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[3f5f915] | 23 | <keyword role="ftpdir">metacity</keyword>
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[76a39aa] | 24 | </keywordset>
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[6671555] | 25 | </sect1info>
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[851cc10] | 26 |
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[6671555] | 27 | <title>Metacity-&metacity-version;</title>
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[feeb99a] | 28 |
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[6671555] | 29 | <indexterm zone="metacity">
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| 30 | <primary sortas="a-metacity">Metacity</primary>
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| 31 | </indexterm>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect2 role="package">
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[cbc7604b] | 34 | <title>Introduction to Metacity</title>
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[6671555] | 35 |
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[cbc7604b] | 36 | <para>The <application>Metacity</application> package contains a window
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| 37 | manager. This is useful for organizing and displaying windows.</para>
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[feeb99a] | 38 |
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[6671555] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-http;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &metacity-md5sum;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download size: &metacity-size;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &metacity-buildsize;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated build time: &metacity-time;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | </itemizedlist>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Metacity Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[35dc583b] | 64 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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[6671555] | 65 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>, and
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[35dc583b] | 66 | <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/></para>
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[6671555] | 67 |
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| 68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[35dc583b] | 69 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
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| 70 | (recommended if you are installing <application>GNOME</application>-2) and
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[6e34843] | 71 | <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">libXcomposite</ulink>*</para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <para>* <application>libXcomposite</application> can optionally be used,
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[6671555] | 74 | but here's what the <application>Metacity</application> package maintainer
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[bed3771] | 75 | has to say about it in the <command>configure</command> script if the
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| 76 | package is found: <quote>Not building compositing manager by default now,
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| 77 | must enable explicitly to get it. And it doesn't work, so don't bother
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| 78 | unless you want to hack on it...</quote></para>
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[903ec33f] | 79 |
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[6671555] | 80 | </sect2>
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[feeb99a] | 81 |
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[6671555] | 82 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 83 | <title>Installation of Metacity</title>
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[feeb99a] | 84 |
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[6e34843] | 85 | <para><application>Metacity</application> will look for an
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| 86 | <application>X Render</application> <application>pkg-config</application>
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| 87 | file. If you use <application>XFree86</application> as your
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| 88 | <application>X</application> Window system, ensure this file exists
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| 89 | (<filename>/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc</filename>). Instructions to
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| 90 | create this file have just recently been added to the BLFS book, so you may
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| 91 | need to go back to the <application>XFree86</application> section to create
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| 92 | it.</para>
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| 93 |
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[6671555] | 94 | <para>Install <application>Metacity</application> by running the following
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| 95 | commands:</para>
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[feeb99a] | 96 |
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[35dc583b] | 97 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 98 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/metacity \
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| 99 | --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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[6671555] | 100 | make</userinput></screen>
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[feeb99a] | 101 |
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[35dc583b] | 102 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 103 |
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[6671555] | 104 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[851cc10] | 105 |
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[6671555] | 106 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[69e285d] | 107 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version; &&
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| 108 | install -v -m644 README rationales.txt doc/*.txt \
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[6671555] | 109 | /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | </sect2>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 114 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 115 |
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[35dc583b] | 116 | <para>
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| 117 | <option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas</option>:
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[6671555] | 118 | Use this option if you are installing <application>Metacity</application> for
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| 119 | a <application>GNOME-2</application> installation.</para>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | </sect2>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <sect2 role="configuration" id="metacity-config">
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| 124 | <title>Configuring Metacity</title>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <sect3>
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| 127 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <para>To automatically start the <application>Metacity</application>
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| 130 | window manager when you issue the <command>startx</command> command,
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| 131 | append to (or create) <filename>.xinitrc</filename> using the command
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| 132 | below (not required if you are installing
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| 133 | <application>Metacity</application> for a
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| 134 | <application>GNOME-2</application> installation). Ensure
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| 135 | you backup your current <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> before
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| 136 | proceeding:</para>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-config">
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| 139 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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| 140 | </indexterm>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <screen><userinput>cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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| 143 | <literal>xterm &
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| 144 | exec metacity</literal>
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| 145 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | </sect3>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | </sect2>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 152 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <segmentedlist>
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| 155 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 156 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 157 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <seglistitem>
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[35dc583b] | 160 | <seg>metacity, metacity-message, metacity-theme-viewer
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[cbc7604b] | 161 | and metacity-window-demo</seg>
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[6671555] | 162 | <seg>libmetacity-private.[so,a]</seg>
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[35dc583b] | 163 | <seg>&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults[,/schemas]/apps/metacity,
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[6671555] | 164 | /usr/include/metacity-1,
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[35dc583b] | 165 | /usr/lib/metacity,
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[6671555] | 166 | /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version;,
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[35dc583b] | 167 | /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties,
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[cbc7604b] | 168 | /usr/share/metacity and
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[35dc583b] | 169 | /usr/share/themes/[AgingGorilla,Atlanta,Bright,Crux,Esco,Metabox,Simple]/metacity-1</seg>
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[6671555] | 170 | </seglistitem>
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| 171 | </segmentedlist>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <variablelist>
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| 174 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 175 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 176 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <varlistentry id="metacity-prog">
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| 179 | <term><command>metacity</command></term>
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| 180 | <listitem>
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| 181 | <para>is a window manager used mainly by
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| 182 | <application>GNOME</application>.</para>
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| 183 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-prog">
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| 184 | <primary sortas="b-metacity">metacity</primary>
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| 185 | </indexterm>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <varlistentry id="metacity-theme-viewer">
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| 190 | <term><command>metacity-theme-viewer</command></term>
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| 191 | <listitem>
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| 192 | <para>allows you to preview any installed
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| 193 | <application>Metacity</application> theme. When designing a new
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| 194 | <application>Metacity</application> theme, you can use
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| 195 | <command>metacity-theme-viewer</command> to measure the performance
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| 196 | of a window frame option, and to preview the option.</para>
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| 197 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-theme-viewer">
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| 198 | <primary
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| 199 | sortas="b-metacity-theme-viewer">metacity-theme-viewer</primary>
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| 200 | </indexterm>
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| 201 | </listitem>
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| 202 | </varlistentry>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <varlistentry id="metacity-window-demo">
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| 205 | <term><command>metacity-window-demo</command></term>
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| 206 | <listitem>
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| 207 | <para>demonstrates various kinds of windows that window managers and
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| 208 | window manager themes should handle.</para>
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| 209 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-window-demo">
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| 210 | <primary sortas="b-metacity-window-demo">metacity-window-demo</primary>
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| 211 | </indexterm>
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| 212 | </listitem>
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| 213 | </varlistentry>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | </variablelist>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | </sect2>
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[587ebea] | 218 |
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[6671555] | 219 | </sect1>
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