METACITY(1)

NAME
METACITY - minimal GTK3 Window Manager

SYNOPSIS
metacity [--display=DISPLAY] [--replace] [--sm-client-id=ID] [--sm-disable] [--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 technical 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 running the new WM with the --replace or -replace option, and subsequently 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 configuration can be achieved directly through gsettings.

SEE ALSO
metacity-message(1)

AUTHOR
The original manual page was written by Thom May <thom@debian.org>. It was updated by Akira TAGOH <tagoh@debian.org> 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.