metacity allows the user to configure the window button layout in the /apps/metacity/general/button_layout gconf key (defaulting to the compiz button order of :minimize,maximize,close, but also allowing things like osX style close,minimize,maximize:, etc). It'd be nice if compiz's gnome-window-decorator could do the same.
Sorry about the phenomenal bug spam, guys. Adding xorg-team@ to the QA contact so bugs don't get lost in future.
g-w-d in HEAD contains this feature.
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