glfs/x/wm/metacity.xml
Wayne Blaszczyk 01aae08ad9 Updated to libgnomeprint-2.18.6 and minor ammendments to zenity, metacity, and libwnck.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/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 "9d87e390cf9979978f2290aebc41f83b">
<!ENTITY metacity-size "2.2 MB">
<!ENTITY metacity-buildsize "56 MB">
<!ENTITY metacity-time "0.5 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>
&lfs65_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">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional"><xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
(recommended if you are installing <application>GNOME</application>-2)</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 \
--libexecdir=/usr/lib/metacity \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/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-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas</option>:
Omit this parameter if you are not installing
<application>Metacity</application> for a GNOME-2 installation.</para>
<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="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-dialog, metacity-message, metacity-theme-viewer
and metacity-window-demo</seg>
<seg>libmetacity-private.{so,a}</seg>
<seg>/usr/{include/metacity-1/metacity-private,lib/metacity,
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 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>