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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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[35fd944b] | 7 | <!ENTITY metacity-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/metacity/&gnome-old-version;/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY metacity-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/metacity/&gnome-old-version;/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
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[8df1ced] | 9 | <!ENTITY metacity-md5sum "9d87e390cf9979978f2290aebc41f83b">
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[1bc4ab8f] | 10 | <!ENTITY metacity-size "2.2 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY metacity-buildsize "56 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY metacity-time "0.5 SBU">
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[fd7e0ed6] | 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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[a7f10539] | 36 | &lfs65_checked;
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[1bc4ab8f] | 37 |
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[6671555] | 38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-http;"/></para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &metacity-md5sum;</para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download size: &metacity-size;</para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &metacity-buildsize;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Estimated build time: &metacity-time;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | </itemizedlist>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Metacity Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[1bc4ab8f] | 63 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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| 64 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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[8df1ced] | 65 | <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/>,
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| 66 | <xref linkend="zenity"/>, and
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| 67 | <xref linkend="libcanberra"/></para>
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[6671555] | 68 |
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| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[35dc583b] | 70 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
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[01aae08] | 71 | (recommended if you are installing <application>GNOME</application>-2)</para>
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[6e34843] | 72 |
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[c5c2654] | 73 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 74 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/metacity"/></para>
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| 75 |
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[6671555] | 76 | </sect2>
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[feeb99a] | 77 |
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[6671555] | 78 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 79 | <title>Installation of Metacity</title>
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[feeb99a] | 80 |
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[6671555] | 81 | <para>Install <application>Metacity</application> by running the following
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| 82 | commands:</para>
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[feeb99a] | 83 |
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[3116315] | 84 | <screen><userinput>./configure \
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| 85 | --prefix=/usr \
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| 86 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/metacity \
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| 87 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 88 | --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas &&
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[6671555] | 89 | make</userinput></screen>
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[feeb99a] | 90 |
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[35dc583b] | 91 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 92 |
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[6671555] | 93 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[851cc10] | 94 |
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[6671555] | 95 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[69e285d] | 96 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version; &&
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| 97 | install -v -m644 README rationales.txt doc/*.txt \
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[3116315] | 98 | /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version;</userinput></screen>
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[6671555] | 99 |
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| 100 | </sect2>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 103 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 104 |
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[3116315] | 105 | <para><option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas</option>:
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| 106 | Omit this parameter if you are not installing
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| 107 | <application>Metacity</application> for a GNOME-2 installation.</para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para><option>--enable-compositor</option>: You must use this parameter
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| 110 | (and have <application>libcm</application> installed) to build the
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| 111 | <application>Metacity</application> composite manager.</para>
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[6671555] | 112 |
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| 113 | </sect2>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <sect2 role="configuration" id="metacity-config">
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| 116 | <title>Configuring Metacity</title>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <sect3>
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| 119 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <para>To automatically start the <application>Metacity</application>
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| 122 | window manager when you issue the <command>startx</command> command,
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| 123 | append to (or create) <filename>.xinitrc</filename> using the command
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| 124 | below (not required if you are installing
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| 125 | <application>Metacity</application> for a
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| 126 | <application>GNOME-2</application> installation). Ensure
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| 127 | you backup your current <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> before
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| 128 | proceeding:</para>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-config">
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| 131 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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| 132 | </indexterm>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <screen><userinput>cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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| 135 | <literal>xterm &
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| 136 | exec metacity</literal>
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| 137 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | </sect3>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | </sect2>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 144 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <segmentedlist>
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| 147 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 148 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 149 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <seglistitem>
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[1bc4ab8f] | 152 | <seg>metacity, metacity-dialog, metacity-message, metacity-theme-viewer
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[cbc7604b] | 153 | and metacity-window-demo</seg>
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[c5c2654] | 154 | <seg>libmetacity-private.{so,a}</seg>
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[1bc4ab8f] | 155 | <seg>/usr/{include/metacity-1/metacity-private,lib/metacity,
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| 156 | share/{doc/metacity-&metacity-version;,
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| 157 | gnome/{help/creating-metacity-themes/C,wm-properties},metacity/icons,
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| 158 | themes/{AgingGorilla/metacity-1,Atlanta/metacity-1,Bright/metacity-1,
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| 159 | Crux/metacity-1,Esco/metacity-1,Metabox/metacity-1,
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| 160 | Simple/metacity-1}}}</seg>
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[6671555] | 161 | </seglistitem>
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| 162 | </segmentedlist>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <variablelist>
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| 165 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 166 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 167 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <varlistentry id="metacity-prog">
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| 170 | <term><command>metacity</command></term>
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| 171 | <listitem>
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| 172 | <para>is a window manager used mainly by
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| 173 | <application>GNOME</application>.</para>
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| 174 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-prog">
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| 175 | <primary sortas="b-metacity">metacity</primary>
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| 176 | </indexterm>
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| 177 | </listitem>
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| 178 | </varlistentry>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <varlistentry id="metacity-theme-viewer">
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| 181 | <term><command>metacity-theme-viewer</command></term>
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| 182 | <listitem>
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| 183 | <para>allows you to preview any installed
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| 184 | <application>Metacity</application> theme. When designing a new
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| 185 | <application>Metacity</application> theme, you can use
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| 186 | <command>metacity-theme-viewer</command> to measure the performance
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| 187 | of a window frame option, and to preview the option.</para>
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| 188 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-theme-viewer">
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| 189 | <primary
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| 190 | sortas="b-metacity-theme-viewer">metacity-theme-viewer</primary>
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| 191 | </indexterm>
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| 192 | </listitem>
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| 193 | </varlistentry>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <varlistentry id="metacity-window-demo">
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| 196 | <term><command>metacity-window-demo</command></term>
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| 197 | <listitem>
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| 198 | <para>demonstrates various kinds of windows that window managers and
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| 199 | window manager themes should handle.</para>
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| 200 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-window-demo">
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| 201 | <primary sortas="b-metacity-window-demo">metacity-window-demo</primary>
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| 202 | </indexterm>
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| 203 | </listitem>
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| 204 | </varlistentry>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | </variablelist>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | </sect2>
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[587ebea] | 209 |
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[6671555] | 210 | </sect1>
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