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metacity-message

metacity-message(1)						   User Commands					       metacity-message(1)

NAME

       metacity-message - send messages to the desktop window manager

SYNOPSIS

       metacity-message [disable-keybindings] [enable-keybindings] [reload-theme] [restart] [toggle-verbose]

DESCRIPTION

       You  can  use  the  metacity-message application to communicate with the desktop window manager to perform the following tasks: restart the
       window manager, reload the current window border theme, enable and disable keybindings, and enable debugging messages.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       disable-keybindiDisable keybindings for the desktop window manger.

       enable-keybindinEnable keybindings for the desktop window manger.

       reload-theme    Reload the current window border theme.

       restart	       Restart the desktop window manager.

       toggle-verbose  Enable debugging messages for the desktop window manager.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Restarting the Window Manager

       example% metacity-message restart

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/metacity-messagExecutable to communicate with the desktop window manager

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-wm		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       metacity(1), metacity-properties(1), metacity-theme-viewer(1), metacity-window-demo(1)

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    6 Sep 2004						       metacity-message(1)

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