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<refentry id="metacity-1">

<refmeta><refentrytitle>metacity</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">16 Sep 2008</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<indexterm><primary>metacity</primary></indexterm>

<indexterm><primary>metacity-theme-viewer</primary></indexterm>

<indexterm><primary>GNOME desktop window manager</primary></indexterm>

<indexterm><primary>theme viewer for the <command>metacity</command>

window manager themes</primary></indexterm>

<refnamediv id="metacity-1-name">

<refname>metacity</refname>

<refname>metacity&mdash;theme-viewer</refname>

<refpurpose>

GNOME desktop window manager, theme viewer for the <command>metacity</command>

window manager themes</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="metacity-1-synp">

<title>&synp-tt;</title>

<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-display=<replaceable>display</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-help</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-replace</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-sm-client-id=<replaceable>id</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-sm-disable</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-sm-save-file=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-version</option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis>

<cmdsynopsis>

<command>&cmd;-theme-viewer</command>

<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash"><replaceable>theme-name</replaceable></option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="metacity-1-desc">

<title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para>

<command>&cmd;</command> is a fully integrated window manager that is designed

to integrate well with the GNOME desktop. To configure

<command>&cmd;</command>, use the GNOME preferences dialogs.

</para>

<para>

<command>&cmd;-theme-viewer</command> is an application for testing and

displaying <command>&cmd;</command> themes.

</para>

<para>

Note: The metacity window manager also provides a library called

libmetacity-private. This library is licensed under GPL. Please see the license

file at <filename>/usr/share/doc/SUNWgnome-wm/COPYING.bz2</filename> for

implications when writing a program which uses this library.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="metacity-1-opts">

<title>&opts-tt;</title>

<para>

The following options are supported by <command>metacity</command>:

</para>

<variablelist termlength="wholeline">

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-display=<replaceable>display</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>

Specify the remote X <replaceable>display</replaceable> to be used by the

window manager, where <replaceable>display</replaceable> is in the following

format:</para>

<para>

<replaceable>hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>displaynumber</replaceable>.<replaceable>screennumber</replaceable>

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>?</option>, <option>-help</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Display detailed usage message.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-replace</option></term>

<listitem><para>

A window manager which is running is replaced by <command>&cmd;</command>.

Users are encouraged to change the GNOME window manager by running the

new WM with the <option>-replace</option> option, and subsequently

saving the session.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-sm-client-id=<replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>

Specify a session management <replaceable>id</replaceable>.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-sm-disable</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Disable the session management.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-sm-save-file=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>

Specifies the session management <replaceable>file</replaceable> to be used.

By default, the <filename>$HOME/.metacity/sessions</filename> file is

used.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-version</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Display the version information for <command>&cmd;</command>.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="metacity-1-oper">

<title>&oper-tt;</title>

<para>

The following operands are supported by <command>metacity-theme-viewer</command>:

</para>

<variablelist termlength="short">

<varlistentry>

<term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>theme-name</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>

Specifies the theme that <command>&cmd;-theme-viewer</command> should use. If

no theme is specified on the command line, then

<command>&cmd;-theme-viewer</command> loads the "Atlanta" theme. An error

message is displayed if the specified theme does not exist.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="metacity-1-exam">

<title>&exam-tt;</title>

<example role="example">

<title>Starting &cmd; From the Command Line When a <command>&cmd;</command> is

Already Running</title>

<para>

<screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; <option>-replace</option></userinput></screen></para>

</example>

<example role="example">

<title>Starting &cmd-theme-viewer to view the "Crux" theme</title>

<para>

<screen>example% <userinput>&cmd;-theme-viewer Crux</userinput>

</screen>

</para>

</example>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="metacity-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>

<para>

The following exit values are returned:

</para>

<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow"><varlistentry>

<term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term>

<listitem><para>

Application exited successfully

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term>

<listitem><para>

Application exited with failure

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="metacity-1-file">

<title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>

The following files are used by this application:

</para>

<variablelist termlength="wholeline">

<varlistentry>

<term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term>

<listitem><para>

The command-line executable for the metacity window manager.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;&mdash;theme-viewer</filename></term>

<listitem><para>

The command-line executable for the metacity theme viewer application.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><filename>/usr/share/doc/SUNWgnome-wm/COPYING.bz2</filename></term>

<listitem><para>

Location of license file

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="metacity-1-attr">

<title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>

See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5">

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:

</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row>

<entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry>

<entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><para>Availability</para></entry>

<entry><para>gnome/window-manager/metacity</para></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry>

<entry colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="metacity-1-also">

<title>&also-tt;</title>

<para>

Latest version of the <citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</citetitle> for your platform.

</para>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>metacity-message</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>metacity-window-demo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>bzip2</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

<variablelist termlength="wholeline">

<varlistentry>

<literal>http://www.fsf.org/licensing/</literal>

</varlistentry>

<variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="metacity-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>

Written by Laszlo Kovacs, updated by Halton Huo, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003,

2006, 2007, 2008. Updated by Brian Cameron, Oracle and/or its affiliates,

2011.

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>