source: x/wm/metacity.xml@ 87a2e7c

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  <!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>

<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>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"/> and <xref linkend="GTK2"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, 
<xref linkend="GConf"/>, 
<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 
downloaded from <ulink 
url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~randy/xrender.pc"/>.</para>

<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 &amp;&amp;
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>
<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>

<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>

<para>The <application>Metacity</application> package contains 
<command>metacity</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>metacity</title>
<para><command>metacity</command> is a window manager used mainly by 
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>