source: x/wm/metacity.xml@ c8f6d07f

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY metacity-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/metacity/&gnome-version;/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY metacity-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/metacity/&gnome-version;/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY metacity-md5sum        "a14c4a07e456a2590452d6c9db2e5153">
  <!ENTITY metacity-size          "1.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY metacity-buildsize     "54.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY metacity-time          "0.6 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="metacity" xreflabel="Metacity-&metacity-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="metacity.html" ?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Metacity-&metacity-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="metacity">
    <primary sortas="a-metacity">Metacity</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Metacity</title>

    <para>The <application>Metacity</application> package contains a window
    manager. This is useful for organizing and displaying windows.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <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>Download 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>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Metacity Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
    <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
    (recommended if you are installing <application>GNOME</application>-2),
    <xref linkend="GConf"/>
    (recommended if you are installing <application>GNOME</application>-2),
    <xref linkend="intltool"/>, and
    <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">libXcomposite</ulink>*</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 <command>configure</command> 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>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/metacity"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Metacity</title>

    <para><application>Metacity</application> will look for an
    <application>X Render</application> <application>pkg-config</application>
    file. If you use <application>XFree86</application> as your
    <application>X</application> Window system, ensure this file exists
    (<filename>/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc</filename>).</para>

    <para>Install <application>Metacity</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/metacity \
            --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 README rationales.txt doc/*.txt \
    /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
    <option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas</option>:
    Use this option if you are installing <application>Metacity</application> for
    a GNOME-2 installation.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration" id="metacity-config">
    <title>Configuring Metacity</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 (not required if you are installing
      <application>Metacity</application> for a
      <application>GNOME-2</application> installation). Ensure
      you backup your current <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> before
      proceeding:</para>

      <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
      </indexterm>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; ~/.xinitrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal>xterm &amp;
exec metacity</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>metacity, metacity-message, metacity-theme-viewer
        and metacity-window-demo</seg>
        <seg>libmetacity-private.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/metacity-1,
        /usr/lib/metacity,
        /usr/share/doc/metacity-&metacity-version;,
        /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties,
        /usr/share/metacity and
        /usr/share/themes/{AgingGorilla,Atlanta,Bright,Crux,Esco,Metabox,Simple}</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="metacity-prog">
        <term><command>metacity</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a window manager used mainly by
          <application>GNOME</application>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-metacity">metacity</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="metacity-theme-viewer">
        <term><command>metacity-theme-viewer</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>allows you to preview any installed
          <application>Metacity</application> theme. When designing a new
          <application>Metacity</application> theme, you can use
          <command>metacity-theme-viewer</command> to measure the performance
          of a window frame option, and to preview the option.</para>
          <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-theme-viewer">
            <primary
            sortas="b-metacity-theme-viewer">metacity-theme-viewer</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="metacity-window-demo">
        <term><command>metacity-window-demo</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>demonstrates various kinds of windows that window managers and
          window manager themes should handle.</para>
          <indexterm zone="metacity metacity-window-demo">
            <primary sortas="b-metacity-window-demo">metacity-window-demo</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>