01-24-2012
These "best" questions can lead to problems. Can you please reformat it into what YOUR requirements are, e.g., smallest memory footprint, etc.
BTW you've already limited things by saying no Debian family. Limit it some more.
If this thread turns into what I'm afraid it will become, one of the mods will close the thread.
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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-keybindings Disable keybindings for the desktop window manger.
enable-keybindings Enable 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-message Executable 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 |Volitile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gnome-window-properties(1), metacity(1), metacity-theme-viewer(1), metacity-window-demo(1), attributes(5)
NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2006.
SunOS 5.11 6 Sep 2004 metacity-message(1)