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Emerald is a Compiz window decorator which can provide fancier window titlebar/border themes, including ones with transparency effects and window button animations.

More information on Emerald can be found at the following links:

  1. Emerald on Wikipedia
  2. Emerald on the Compiz Wiki

The Git repository for Emerald is located here.

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what is the difference between a GTK theme, Metacity theme, and Emerald theme?

I keep seeing themes as being labelled as metacity or GTK or Emerald. From reading in other places, I gather that Metacity is a window manager and changes the window borders, so what is a GTK theme? Isn't GTK a widget toolkit, used for drawing…
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How to have double click on title bar maximize/restore behavior?

After installing Emerald theme manager, double clicking title makes the window roll up and down. How can I restore the normal behavior of maximize/restore?
Riyaz Mohammed Ibrahim
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Can Emerald do translucent (blurred) window borders?

Emerald is a nice window decorator, and I am using it with Compiz. However, I see no option in the Emerald settings to make decorations translucent (i.e. blurred backgrounds), only transparent (see-through). It would be nice to have the content…
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Can the Window Controls (Max, Min, Close) and the Title be moved to the Bottom?

I know I can move them to the left or the right, even on the middle, but I've never seen a window with it's controls and title on the bottom instead on the top. Is it even possible to? Like if I could make a Emerald theme and put them there, or a…
Uri Herrera
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How do I get Compiz, Emerald, and GNOME to work?

I used to run Ubuntu 10.10 on my desktop computer, and I had all sorts of settings configured as I liked. I had to do a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04, so I lost those settings, but it doesn't seem to matter, because, from what I understand, Emerald…
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How can I install Emerald Theme Manager, and switch between Emerald and Metacity themes?

I want to get Emerald Theme Manager to work in Ubuntu 11.10 and activate its themes. Also, I want to be able to switch between Emerald themes and the originally installed (Metacity) themes. How do I do it?
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emerald --replace doesn't do anything

I previously had emerald working with 11.04, as I had compiled from source. This morning, though, I updated a series of packages, and now emerald --replace doesn't work any longer. I know for a fact that it updated the kernel, but I can't seem to…
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Unity is using something that looks like Emerald instead of the correct theme (like Metacity)

I just upgraded my netbook thus: Lucid -> Maverick -> Natty. (I skipped Maverick other than as an upgrade step due to issues with Unity.) Now, I seem to be stuck with something that looks like Emerald but apparently isn't (see note below). Compiz is…
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Problem with /usr/bin/ld: main.o: undefined reference to symbol 'exp@@GLIBC_2.2.5'

During installation Emerald in ubuntu 13.04 when I write "sudo make" I have problem: libtool: link: gcc -g -O2 -pthread -I/usr/include/libwnck-1.0 -I/usr/include/compiz -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/include…
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How to compile & install Emerald window manager in Ubuntu 13.04 64bit?

Please give me directions to compile & install Emerald specifically in Raring Ringtail 64bit edition. I've tried to compile it from the source many times, but had no luck.(Compile log : http://paste.ubuntu.com/5612178/) Thanks in advance!
Naveen
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Will Compiz in Unity use Emerald as its window decorator?

Sorry if that's a dumb question.
erling thalt
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Window Decorations on Gnome Flashback not changing and emerald?

I need some advice on how to change the window decorations in Ubuntu 15.10, when changing them in Tweak Settings only nautilus changes theme, the window decoration on everything else remains the default ubuntu ambiance setting. Also I can't install…
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Compiz and Clearlooks window border breaks active/inactive title bars

When I turn on Compiz with the Compiz tray switcher and I use Clearlooks, Dust Sand, or possibly any title bar style that normally has window icons on right, some window title bars will not change. Instead, they stay selected or unselected…
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How I can install Emerald on 12.10?

How I can install Emerald on Ubuntu 12.10?
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Emerald window decorator fails to start... sometimes

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and I have some weird issues with emerald not starting sometimes, leaving me "chromeless" windows. I can, of course then start emerald with emerald --replace > /dev/null 2>&1 & \ disown $!, but it'd be really nice to just…
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