1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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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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 | <indexterm zone="metacity">
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24 | <primary sortas="a-metacity">Metacity</primary>
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25 | </indexterm>
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26 |
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27 | <sect2>
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28 | <title>Introduction to <application>Metacity</application></title>
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29 |
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30 | <para>The <application>Metacity</application> package contains a window
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31 | manager. This is useful for organizing and displaying windows.</para>
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32 |
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33 | <sect3>
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34 | <title>Package information</title>
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35 |
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36 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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37 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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38 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&metacity-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &metacity-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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40 | <listitem><para>Download size: &metacity-size;</para></listitem>
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41 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &metacity-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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42 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &metacity-time;</para></listitem>
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43 | </itemizedlist>
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44 | </sect3>
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45 |
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46 | <sect3>
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47 | <title><application>Metacity</application> dependencies</title>
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48 |
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49 | <sect4>
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50 | <title>Required</title>
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51 |
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52 | <para><xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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53 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>, and
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54 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
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55 | </para>
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56 | </sect4>
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57 |
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58 | <sect4>
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59 | <title>Optional</title>
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60 | <para><xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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61 | <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">Xrender</ulink>*, and
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62 | <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">libXcomposite</ulink>**
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63 | </para>
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64 |
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65 | <para>* <filename class='libraryfile'>libXrender</filename> is included in a
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66 | <acronym>BLFS</acronym> <application>X</application> Window System
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67 | installation, but the pkgconfig <filename>.pc</filename> file
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68 | <application>Metacity</application> looks for is not installed. Satisfy the
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69 | requirement by installing an <filename>xrender.pc</filename> file into
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70 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig</filename> which can be
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71 | installed as:</para>
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72 |
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73 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc << "EOF"</command>
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74 | prefix=/usr/X11R6
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75 | exec_prefix=${prefix}
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76 | libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
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77 | includedir=${prefix}/include
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78 |
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79 | Name: Xrender
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80 | Description: X Render Library
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81 | Version: 0.8.3
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82 | Cflags: -I${includedir} -I/usr/X11R6/include
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83 | Libs: -L${libdir} -lXrender -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11
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84 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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85 |
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86 | <para>** <application>libXcomposite</application> can optionally be used, but
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87 | here's what the <application>Metacity</application> package maintainer
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88 | has to say about it in the configure script if the package is found:
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89 | <quote>Not building compositing manager by default now, must enable explicitly
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90 | to get it. And it doesn't work, so don't bother unless you want to hack on
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91 | it...</quote></para>
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92 | </sect4>
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93 | </sect3>
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94 |
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95 | </sect2>
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96 |
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97 | <sect2>
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98 | <title>Installation of <application>Metacity</application></title>
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99 |
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100 | <para>Install <application>Metacity</application> by running the following
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101 | commands:</para>
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102 |
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103 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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104 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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105 |
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106 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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107 |
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108 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
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109 |
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110 | </sect2>
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111 |
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112 | <sect2>
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113 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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114 |
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115 | <para><option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=/etc/gnome/gconf/schemas</option>:
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116 | Use this option if you have the
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117 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym>-2</application>
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118 | <application>GConf</application> package installed.</para>
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119 |
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120 | </sect2>
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121 |
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122 | <sect2 id='metacity-config'>
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123 | <title>Configuring <application>Metacity</application></title>
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124 |
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125 | <sect3>
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126 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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127 |
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128 | <para>To automatically start the <application>Metacity</application> window
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129 | manager when you issue the <command>startx</command> command, append to (or
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130 | create) <filename>.xinitrc</filename> using the command below. Ensure you
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131 | backup your current <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> before proceeding.</para>
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132 |
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133 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-config">
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134 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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135 | </indexterm>
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136 |
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137 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"</command>
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138 | xterm &
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139 | exec metacity
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140 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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141 | </sect3>
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142 |
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143 | </sect2>
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144 |
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145 | <sect2>
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146 | <title>Contents</title>
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147 |
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148 | <segmentedlist>
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149 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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150 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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151 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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152 |
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153 | <seglistitem>
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154 | <seg>metacity</seg>
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155 | <seg>None</seg>
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156 | <seg>None</seg>
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157 | </seglistitem>
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158 | </segmentedlist>
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159 |
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160 | <variablelist>
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161 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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162 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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163 |
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164 | <varlistentry id="metacity-prog">
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165 | <term><command>metacity</command></term>
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166 | <listitem>
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167 | <para>is a window manager used mainly by
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168 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>.
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169 | </para>
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170 | <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-prog">
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171 | <primary sortas="b-metacity">metacity</primary>
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172 | </indexterm>
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173 | </listitem>
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174 | </varlistentry>
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175 |
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176 | </variablelist>
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177 |
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178 | </sect2>
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179 | </sect1>
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180 |
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