XFree86 4.4.0 Release Candidate 1
XFree86 4.4.0 Release Candidate 1
- Subject: XFree86 4.4.0 Release Candidate 1
- From: "Torrey T. Lyons" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:14:53 -0800
We have a candidate! The first release candidate for XFree86 4.4.0 is
now available. The upcoming 4.4.0 release is expected to be the basis
for future releases of Apple's X11. This release candidate has no
known bugs on Mac OS X, but it needs testing so bug reports are
greatly appreciated. XFree86 4.4.0 provides identical performance to
Apple's X11 on Panther and is fully compatible with quartz-wm. In
addition this release fixes several bugs present in Apple's X11.
Prebuilt binaries for Jaguar and Panther can be downloaded from
<ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/snapshots/4.3.99.901/binaries/>.
Both Panther and Jaguar use the binaries in the Darwin-ppc-7.x
directory. Download all *.tgz files, Xinstall.sh, and extract. Then
run "sudo sh Xinstall.sh" from the directory you downloaded to. This
will install everything for you. Please report any bugs to
email@hidden. (Note if you build XFree86 for yourself that this
release was built from source newer then the xf-4_3_99_901 tag.)
Following is a summary of the most significant differences between
Apple's X11 1.0 and XFree86 4.4.0:
BUG FIXES:
1. Threaded direct GLX works correctly.
2. The X11 GL library does not export all the GLU symbols.
3. All scripts and man pages do not begin with "#pragma" line. This
bug causes various problems including scripts not working for users
with tcsh as their shell and manpage formatting being broken.
4. The Freetype library is fully backwards compatible with earlier
versions. (This was a bug in XFree86 4.3.0, which Apple's X11
inherited.)
FEATURE DIFFERENCES:
(Some of the feature differences represent new features in XFree86
4.4.0, while some are features of Apple's X11 that have not yet been
incorporated in XFree86.)
1. XFree86 supports IPv6.
2. There is no "pseudo-fullscreen" mode. XFree86's fullscreen mode
has a real root window which works with xmag and twm, but you can't
dynamically switch between fullscreen and rootless modes.
3. XFree86 does not track Aqua keyboard layout changes while it is
running. XFree86 reads the Aqua keyboard layout at startup time.
While running, the X11 keymap should be changed with xmodmap.
4. XFree86 is supported back to Mac OS X 10.1.
5. XFree86 only interprets Command key shortcuts if the cursor is in
the menubar.
6. XFree86 does not support changing the screen layout or color depth
while it is running.
7. XFree86 has no "Applications" menu for launching frequently used
X11 clients.
8. Hiding the XFree86 application works when using any window
manager. (Apple's X11 only supports hiding with quartz-wm.)
9. XFree86 supports cut-and-paste between Aqua and X11 windows when
quartz-wm is not running. If quartz-wm is running, XFree86 will let
quartz-wm handle cut-and-paste as it generally does a better job.
10. XFree86 allows arbitrary modifier keys to be used in emulating a
multi-button mouse. These can be specified from the Preferences UI.
--Torrey
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