Re: source drop: xorg-server-1.2a2
Re: source drop: xorg-server-1.2a2
- Subject: Re: source drop: xorg-server-1.2a2
- From: Craig Loomis <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:23:02 -0400
This version actually fixes or changes more than that. I am running
with +xinerama enabled and Spaces turned on, so this report isn't for
the simplest configuration.
Some good changes:
- The menubars for some X apps would often be all white. Not anymore.
- If the mouse was moved into an X window, it would sometimes jump
to the top-left of the menubar [(0,0) on the display?]. Fixed.
- If a window was moved from one Space to another, it would
actually be copied, with both instances live in a half-dead way. Not
anymore.
One not-so-good change (at least I don't remember seeing this
before):
- If a window is moved using the Spaces overview (F8), even within
a Space, the mouse position inside that X window gains some offset
(i.e. clicks appear somewhere wrong). I'm going to say it's as if the
Spaces-applied display-to-window offset was not being taken out.
A net gain, I say. Thank you Ben, the XDarwin maintainer.
- craig
On Oct 31, 2007, at 7:53 AM, Ben Byer wrote:
I'll try to do this as I have time. To answer the question that I
know I will be asked -- no, I can't comment as to if or when these
changes might make it into an official update. I can, however, say
that I would like for them to, and that the more testing these
patches receive, the more compelling a case I can make toward that
end.
So, this is not an official Apple release -- this is from Ben, the
XDarwin maintainer.
xorg-server-1.2a2 contains fixes for the following issues:
* Yellow / invisible cursor on Intel platform
* Unable to drag windows between screens
* X11 apps don't "honor" the menu bar (meaning you can drag them
underneath)
* Badly-formatted .xinitrc warning message
* Customized Apps menu items with arguments did not work
* Modifier keys (shift, control, etc) would get stuck if you switch
away from X11 while holding down the key. If you still see this
problem with anything other than Spaces (which is an entirely more
complicated problem), please let me know.
* "Fake mouse button" fix -- this only fixes a subtle bug with
button 2 (Command-ciick). When I run xev and option-click in the
box, it shows that the server is interpreting this as button 3. I
would expect this to let me paste into an xterm, but that doesn't
work, and I don't know why, so I can't fix it. Any insight into
this would be appreciated.
git revision history: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/xserver.git;a=log;h=xorg-server-1.2-apple
source tarball: xorg-server-1.2a2.tar.bz2
Xquartz binary: Xquartz-1.2a2.bz2
You can install the binary with something like:
$ cd /tmp
$ curl -LO http://people.freedesktop.org/~bbyer/x11app/xorg-server-1.2a2/Xquartz-1.2.0a2.bz2
$ bunzip2 Xquartz-1.2a2.bz2
$ sudo mv /usr/X11/bin/Xquartz /usr/X11/bin/Xquartz.old
$ sudo cp Xquartz-1.2a2 /usr/X11/bin/Xquartz
Then, (re)start X11.app.
Ben Byer
CoreOS / BSD Technology Group, XDarwin maintainer
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