metacity(1)                                                        User Commands                                                       metacity(1)

NAME

       metacity, metacity--theme-viewer - GNOME desktop window manager, theme viewer for the metacity window manager themes

SYNOPSIS

       metacity [--sm-disable] [--sm-save-file=filename] [--display=display] [--replace] [--version]

       metacity-theme-viewer [theme-name]

DESCRIPTION

       metacity  is a fully integrated window manager that uses GTK+ for UI elements. metacity communicates closely with the panel and other desk-
       top elements. To configure metacity, use the GNOME preferences dialogs.

       metacity-theme-viewer is an application for testing and displaying metacity themes.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       --display=displaSpecify the remote X Display to be used by the window manager, where display is in the following format:

                       hostname:displaynumber.screennumber

       --help          Display detailed usage message. You can also use -? to specify this option.

       --replace       A metacity started with the ---replaceoption will replace an existing metacity.

       --sm-disable    Disable the connection to the session manager.

       --sm-save-file=fSpecifies the session management file to be used. By default, the $HOME/.metacity/sessions file is used.

       --version       Display the version information for the metacity command.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       -theme-name     Specifies the theme that metacity should use. If no theme is specified on the metacity-theme-viewer command line,  metacity
                       loads the Crux theme. An error message is displayed if the theme does not exist.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Starting metacity From the Command Line When a metacity is Already Running

       example% metacity --replace

       Example 2: Starting metacity With a Non-Default Session Management File

       example% metacity --sm-save-file=filename

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       The command-line executable for the application.

       /usr/bin/metacity--themeTheecommand-line executable for the application.

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.

NOTES

       Written by Laszlo Kovacs, Sun Microsystems  Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.10                                                          2 Oct 2003                                                         metacity(1)