1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/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 "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/metacity/2.8/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY metacity-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/metacity/2.8/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY metacity-md5sum "c49e4b5575503975516159780855e317">
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10 | <!ENTITY metacity-size "2.1 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY metacity-buildsize "46.9 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY metacity-time "0.41 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="metacity" xreflabel="Metacity-&metacity-version;">
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16 | <sect1info>
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17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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19 | </sect1info>
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20 | <?dbhtml filename="metacity.html" ?>
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21 | <title>Metacity-&metacity-version;</title>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2>
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24 | <title>Introduction to <application>Metacity</application></title>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The <application>Metacity</application> package contains a window
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27 | manager. This is useful for organizing and displaying windows.</para>
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28 |
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29 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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30 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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31 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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32 | url="&metacity-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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34 | url="&metacity-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &metacity-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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36 | <listitem><para>Download size: &metacity-size;</para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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38 | &metacity-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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40 | &metacity-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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41 | </sect3>
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42 |
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43 | <sect3><title><application>Metacity</application> dependencies</title>
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44 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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45 | <para><xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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46 | <xref linkend="GConf"/> and
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47 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/></para>
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48 | </sect4>
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49 |
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50 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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51 | <para><xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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52 | <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">Xrender</ulink>* and
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53 | <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">libXcomposite</ulink>**
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54 | </para>
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55 |
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56 | <para>* <filename class='libraryfile'>libXrender</filename> is included in a
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57 | <acronym>BLFS</acronym> <application>X</application> Window System
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58 | installation, but the pkgconfig <filename>.pc</filename> file
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59 | <application>Metacity</application> looks for is not installed. Satisfy the
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60 | requirement by installing an <filename>xrender.pc</filename> file into
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61 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig</filename> which can be
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62 | downloaded from <ulink
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63 | url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~randy/xrender.pc"/>.</para>
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64 |
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65 | <para>** <application>libXcomposite</application> can optionally be used, but
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66 | here's what the <application>Metacity</application> package maintainer
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67 | has to say about it in the configure script if the package is found:
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68 | <quote>Not building compositing manager by default now, must enable explicitly
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69 | to get it. And it doesn't work, so don't bother unless you want to hack on
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70 | it...</quote></para>
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71 | </sect4>
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72 | </sect3>
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73 |
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74 | </sect2>
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75 |
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76 | <sect2>
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77 | <title>Installation of <application>Metacity</application></title>
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78 |
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79 | <para>Install <application>Metacity</application> by running the following
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80 | commands:</para>
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81 |
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82 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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83 | --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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84 | make &&
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85 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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86 |
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87 | </sect2>
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88 |
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89 | <sect2>
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90 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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91 |
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92 | <para><option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=/etc/gnome/gconf/schemas</option>:
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93 | Use this option if you have the
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94 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym>-2</application>
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95 | <application>GConf</application> package installed.</para>
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96 |
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97 | </sect2>
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98 |
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99 | <sect2>
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100 | <title>Configuring <application>Metacity</application></title>
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101 |
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102 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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103 |
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104 | <para>To automatically start the <application>Metacity</application> window
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105 | manager when you issue the <command>startx</command> command, append to (or
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106 | create) <filename>.xinitrc</filename> using the command below. Ensure you
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107 | backup your current <filename>.xinitrc</filename> before proceeding.</para>
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108 |
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109 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"</command>
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110 | xterm &
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111 | exec metacity
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112 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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113 | </sect3>
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114 |
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115 | </sect2>
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116 |
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117 | <sect2>
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118 | <title>Contents</title>
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119 |
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120 | <para>The <application>Metacity</application> package contains
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121 | <command>metacity</command>.</para>
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122 |
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123 | </sect2>
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124 |
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125 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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126 |
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127 | <sect3><title>metacity</title>
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128 | <para><command>metacity</command> is a window manager used mainly by
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129 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>.</para>
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130 | </sect3>
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131 |
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132 | </sect2>
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133 |
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134 | </sect1>
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135 |
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