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)
