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Enable Metacity compositing via command-line

If you're running GNOME/Metacity, here's a quick command I use to enable/disable Metacity's built-in compositing feature:

gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager --type BOOLEAN "true"

gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager --type BOOLEAN "false"

I can then assign them to keystrokes via System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts.

This is the same method used here: Enable Metacity Compositing in Gnome 2.22.