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The simplest things are the most important to know! Sometimes, a string is just a string, give or take a null.
 

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metacity-window-demo(1) 					   User Commands					   metacity-window-demo(1)

NAME
metacity-window-demo - demonstrate the different types of windows that the window manager can manage SYNOPSIS
metacity-window-demo DESCRIPTION
You can use the metacity-window-demo application to demonstrate the different types of windows that the window manager can manage, and show how each window is themed. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the Window Demonstration example% metacity-window-demo 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-windowExecutable to launch window manager demonstration 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-message(1), metacity-properties(1), metacity-theme-viewer(1) NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004. SunOS 5.10 6 Sep 2004 metacity-window-demo(1)
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