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<refmeta><refentrytitle>metacity-message</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="date">6 Sep 2004</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>
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<indexterm><primary>metacity-message</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>
send messages to the desktop window manager</primary></indexterm>
<refnamediv id="metacity-message-1-name"><refname>metacity-message</refname>
<refpurpose>send messages to the desktop window manager</refpurpose></refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv id="metacity-message-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>
<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>
<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash">disable-keybindings</option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash">enable-keybindings</option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash">reload-theme</option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash">restart</option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash">toggle-verbose</option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="metacity-message-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>
<para>You can use the <command>&cmd;</command> application to communicate
with the desktop window manager to perform the following tasks: <?Pub Caret>restart
the window manager, reload the current window border theme, enable and disable
keybindings, and enable debugging messages.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="metacity-message-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>
<para>The following options are supported:</para>
<variablelist termlength="medium">
<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">disable-keybindings</option></term>
<listitem><para>Disable keybindings for the desktop window manger.</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">enable-keybindings</option></term>
<listitem><para>Enable keybindings for the desktop window manger.</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">reload-theme</option></term><listitem>
<para>Reload the current window border theme.</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">restart</option></term><listitem>
<para>Restart the desktop window manager.</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash">toggle-verbose</option></term><listitem>
<para>Enable debugging messages for the desktop window manager.</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="metacity-message-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>
<example role="example">
<title>Restarting the Window Manager</title>
<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; restart</userinput></screen></para>
</example>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="metacity-message-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>
<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>
<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow">
<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application
exited successfully</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application
exited with failure</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="metacity-message-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>
<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>
<variablelist termlength="wide">
<varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term><listitem><para>
Executable to communicate with the desktop window manager</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="metacity-message-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>
<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>
for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>
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<thead>
<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"
valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>SUNWgnome-wm</para></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry
colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volitile</para></entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="metacity-message-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>
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<para>Latest version of the <citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</citetitle>
for your platform.</para>
<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>metacity</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-window-properties</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>metacity-theme-viewer
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>
metacity-window-demo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="metacity-message-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>
<para>Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2006.</para>
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