1METACITY(1)                 General Commands Manual                METACITY(1)
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NAME

6       METACITY - minimal GTK2 Window Manager
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SYNOPSIS

9       metacity [--display=DISPLAY] [--replace] [--sm-client-id=ID] [--sm-dis‐
10       able] [--sm-save-file=FILENAME] [--version] [--help]
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DESCRIPTION

13       This manual page documents briefly metacity.
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15       metacity is a minimal X window manager aimed at nontechnical users  and
16       is  designed  to integrate well with the GNOME desktop.  metacity lacks
17       some features that may be expected by traditional UNIX or other techni‐
18       cal  users;  these users may want to investigate other available window
19       managers for use with GNOME or standalone.
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OPTIONS

22       --display=DISPLAY
23              Connect to X display DISPLAY.
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25       --replace
26              a window manager which  is  running  is  replaced  by  metacity.
27              Users  are encouraged to change the GNOME window manager by run‐
28              ning the new WM with the --replace or -replace option, and  sub‐
29              sequently saving the session.
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31       --sm-client-id=ID
32              Specify a session management ID.
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37       --sm-save-file=FILENAME
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40       --version
41              Print the version number.
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43       -?, --help
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CONFIGURATION

47       metacity  configuration  can  be  found  under Preferences->Windows and
48       Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts on the menu-panel. Advanced  configura‐
49       tion  can  be  achieved directly through gconf editing (gconf-editor or
50       gconftool-2).
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SEE ALSO

53       metacity-message(1)
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AUTHOR

56       The original manual page was written by Thom May <thom@debian.org>.  It
57       was  updated by Akira TAGOH <tagoh@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux
58       system (with permission to use by others), and  then  updated  by  Luke
59       Morton and Philip O'Brien for inclusion in metacity.
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