source: x/wm/metacity.xml@ feeb99a

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!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-size          "1.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY metacity-buildsize     "39.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY metacity-time          "0.49 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="metacity" xreflabel="Metacity-&metacity-version;">
<?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>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">libXcomposite</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">xrender</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/xlibs">libXdamage</ulink>
</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>Configuring <application>Metacity</application></title>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>Be sure to 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 GNOME.
</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>