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-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 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




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     >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



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWgnome-wm                
    
     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.




















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