1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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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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 "&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 "3d3c05c60b70b9d06b30872e756c31ba">
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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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13 |
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="metacity" xreflabel="Metacity-&metacity-version;">
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17 | <?dbhtml filename="metacity.html" ?>
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18 |
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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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23 |
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24 | <title>Metacity-&metacity-version;</title>
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25 |
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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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31 | <title>Introduction to Metacity</title>
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32 |
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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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35 |
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36 | &lfs65_checked;
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37 |
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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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63 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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64 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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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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68 |
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69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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70 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
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71 | (recommended if you are installing <application>GNOME</application>-2)</para>
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72 |
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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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76 | </sect2>
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77 |
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78 | <sect2 role="installation">
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79 | <title>Installation of Metacity</title>
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80 |
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81 | <para>Install <application>Metacity</application> by running the following
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82 | commands:</para>
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83 |
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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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89 | make</userinput></screen>
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90 |
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91 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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92 |
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93 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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94 |
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95 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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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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98 | /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version;</userinput></screen>
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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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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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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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152 | <seg>metacity, metacity-message, metacity-theme-viewer, and
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153 | metacity-window-demo</seg>
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154 | <seg>libmetacity-private.{so,a}</seg>
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155 | <seg>/usr/{include/metacity-1/metacity-private,
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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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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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209 |
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210 | </sect1>
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