glfs/gnome/core/metacity.xml

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY metacity-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/metacity/2.34/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY metacity-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/metacity/2.34/metacity-&metacity-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY metacity-md5sum        "d505e2d7936bd9b11a3f48470a616767">
  <!ENTITY metacity-size          "1.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY metacity-buildsize     "60 MB">
  <!ENTITY metacity-time          "0.7 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><application>Metacity</application> is the fallback window manager for
    <application>GNOME</application>, used if the video driver does not provide
    hardware acceleration. It is conventionally run from <command>gnome-session</command>,
    which will start the necessary <application>GNOME</application> daemons.</para>

    &lfs70_checked;

    <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="GConf"/>,
    <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
    <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/>,
    <xref linkend="zenity"/>, and
    <xref linkend="libcanberra"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="startup-notification"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Additional Runtime Dependency</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="notification-daemon"/>.</para>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure \
    --prefix=/usr \
    --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=$GNOME_SYSCONFDIR/gconf/schemas &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_SYSCONFDIR/gconf/schemas</option>:
    this will install the schema files are installed into the correct location.</para>

    <para><option>--enable-static=no</option>: This switch prevents the static
    libraries being installed.</para>

    <!-- now enabled by default, apparently
    <para><option>\-\-enable-compositor</option>: You must use this parameter
    (and have <application>libcm</application> installed) to build the
    <application>Metacity</application> composite manager.</para>-->

  </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/metacity-private,
        share/{doc/metacity-&metacity-version;,
        gnome/{help/creating-metacity-themes/C,wm-properties},metacity/icons,
        themes/{AgingGorilla/metacity-1,Atlanta/metacity-1,Bright/metacity-1,
        Crux/metacity-1,Esco/metacity-1,Metabox/metacity-1,
        Simple/metacity-1}}}</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 the <application>GNOME</application> fallback window manager,
          used when the video driver does not support acceleration.</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>