metacity

I know what you’re thinking: you thought this blog was dead. Well, I have to apologise for the lack of attention to Metacity recently. I’ve been trying to rectify this, and I’ll try to keep it up. There have been things sucking up my time, but they are mostly over now. I’ve closed a few [...]

I know what you’re thinking: you thought this blog was dead. Well, I have to apologise for the lack of attention to Metacity recently. I’ve been trying to rectify this, and I’ll try to keep it up. There have been things sucking up my time, but they are mostly over now. I’ve closed a few … Continue reading Trees

In the beginning, Metacity stored keybindings in GConf.  There was one GConf key for each action, and the string value gave the key bound to it.  If it was undefined or “disabled”, there would be no key bound to that action. In 2005 , GNOME bug 164831 raised the point that other platforms used several keybindings [...]

In the beginning, Metacity stored keybindings in GConf.  There was one GConf key for each action, and the string value gave the key bound to it.  If it was undefined or “disabled”, there would be no key bound to that action. In 2005 , GNOME bug 164831 raised the point that other platforms used several … Continue reading Moving to GSettings

In the beginning, Metacity stored keybindings in GConf.  There was one GConf key for each action, and the string value gave the key bound to it.  If it was undefined or “disabled”, there would be no key bound to that action. In 2005, GNOME bug 164831 ... [More] raised the point that other platforms used several keybindings … Continue reading Moving to GSettings [Less]

Most themes place the icon of the current application somewhere on the titlebar. Some operating systems (notably OS X) allow you to drag this icon as if it was the very file which is being viewed in that window. This behaviour has been suggested for ... [More] Metacity in the past. One of the two main problems … Continue reading Come calm content serene and sweet [Less]

Most themes place the icon of the current application somewhere on the titlebar. Some operating systems (notably OS X) allow you to drag this icon as if it was the very file which is being viewed in that window. This behaviour has been suggested for Metacity in the past. One of the two main [...]

Back in 2005, a Metacity crash when running certain SDL apps was reported in GNOME bug 169684. This bug remains at “critical”, but there has been no new comment on it for five years. Nobody appears to be experiencing the same problem now. Gentle ... [More] reader, do you have any experience in SDL? Can you tell … Continue reading Are there any SDL people out there? [Less]

Back in 2005, a Metacity crash when running certain SDL apps was reported in GNOME bug 169684. This bug remains at “critical”, but there has been no new comment on it for five years. Nobody appears to be experiencing the same problem now. Gentle reader, do you have any experience in SDL? Can you [...]

Although it’s common for Metacity themes to have centred titles, there are still several themes which have the title justified to the left or right. GNOME bug 612940 makes the not unreasonable suggestion that the justification should be swapped when ... [More] the system is running in a language such as Hebrew, Arabic, or Urdu which is … Continue reading Justified and ancient [Less]