NAME
METACITY - minimal GTK2 Window Manager
SYNOPSIS
metacity [display=DISPLAY] [replace] [sm-client-id=ID] [sm-dis‐
able] [sm-save-file=FILENAME] [sync] [composite] [no-composite]
[no-force-fullscreen] [version] [help]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly metacity.
metacity is a minimal X window manager aimed at nontechnical users and
is designed to integrate well with the GNOME desktop. metacity lacks
some features that may be expected by traditional UNIX or other techni‐
cal users; these users may want to investigate other available window
managers for use with GNOME or standalone.
OPTIONS
display=DISPLAY
Connect to X display DISPLAY.
replace
a window manager which is running is replaced by metacity.
Users are encouraged to change the GNOME window manager by run‐
ning the new WM with the replace or -replace option, and sub‐
sequently saving the session.
sm-client-id=ID
Specify a session management ID.
sm-disable
Disable the session management.
sm-save-file=FILENAME
Load a session from FILENAME.
sync Make X calls synchronous
composite
Turn compositing on
no-composite
Turn compositing off
no-force-fullscreen
Don't make fullscreen windows that are maximized and have no
decorations
version
Print the version number.
-?, help
Show summary of options.
CONFIGURATION
metacity configuration can be found under Preferences->Windows and
Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts on the menu-panel. Advanced configura‐
tion can be achieved directly through gsettings.
SEE ALSO
metacity-message(1)
AUTHOR
The original manual page was written by Thom May . It
was updated by Akira TAGOH for the Debian GNU/Linux
system (with permission to use by others), and then updated by Luke
Morton and Philip O'Brien for inclusion in metacity.
16 May 2013 METACITY(1)