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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 win‐
       dow 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 win‐
			       dow 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		     │gnome/window-manager/metacity │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
       │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)

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