<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Hi all,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have a system set up this way: kernel 2.6.31.5-127.fc12, no desktop environment (no gnome or kde), metacity 2.28.0-14.fc12.i686 (installed by yum), and my own application (full-screen) which may generate some dialogs when certain operations are performed.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I could not change settings (such as num_workspaces, action_right_click_titlebar) for matacity. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> `gconftool-2 --type=int --set /schemas/apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces 1` reported no errors or warnings, in fact, nothing.<o:p></o:p> `gconftool-2 --get /schemas/apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces` would return the value I had set (in this case, 1).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> However, right click on the titlebar of a modal dialog would still show the menu item of “Move to Another Workspace” and “Workspace 2/3/4” on a menu one level down.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Similarly for action_right_click_titlebar<o:p></o:p> `gconftool-2 --type =string --set /schemas/apps/metacity/general/action_right_click_titlebar none` reported nothing.<o:p></o:p> `gconftool-2 --get /schemas/apps/metacity/general/action_right_click_titlebar` would return the value I had set (“none”)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> However, right click on the titlebar of a modal dialog would still prompt a menu, as if no change has been made on action_right_click_titlebar.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <pre>I could tell metacity was involved in the running of the application from the cursor - when metacity was started before the application started the cursor for the root window would be XC_left_ptr, otherwise it would be a black “X”.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>However, as gnome (or any other desktop environment) was not running, I am not sure if gconftool-2 can enforce the settings on metacity.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Another issue, which may be related is<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Changing the theme of metacity by <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>`gconftool-2 --type=string /schemas/apps/metacity/general/theme Nodoka` (Nodoka is only used as an example, using any other theme would give the same result).<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>or changing a particular value of a theme by editing the XML file (/usr/share/themes/Nodoka/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>would not make any difference whatsoever in appearance (e.g. titlebar’s width, height, padding height, etc)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Any advice on how I can apply changes on metacity, or at least how to set num_workspaces = 0 and action_right_click_titlebar = none?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Thanks very much!<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Huaxin<o:p></o:p></pre> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>