Problems with current Apple X11 package
Problems with current Apple X11 package
- Subject: Problems with current Apple X11 package
- From: magenta <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:08:10 -0800
Okay, I just upgraded to Jaguar, and decided that while I was doing that I
should go ahead and try Apple's X11 instead of XDarwin. I have found the
following pros and cons:
Pros:
- The hardware OpenGL is very nice (though its vertex array support seems
broken)
Cons:
- The package doesn't seem to include the Xlib header files, and I
can't find them anywhere on the Apple or OpenDarwin sites
- The X desktop isn't clipped to the actual screen desktop, so my
windows (using pwm) have their title bar obscured by the menu bar
(very annoying)
- X11.app doesn't set my path correctly (whereas XDawin.app did),
or maybe this is an issue with Jaguar vs. 10.1, but in any case it makes
my old .xinitrc fail badly
- It assumes too much about the window manager being quartz-wm, and ends up
integrating very poorly with other WMs which don't have such atrocious
accessibility issues; specifically, window raising and focus are horribly
awkward
It's unfortunate that the mailinglist archives have no search function for
this list, or else I'd have been able to actually see if any of these
issues have been addressed amidst all of the other issues which should be
discussed in a FAQ (one of which I also can't find for this list).
So, is there a package for the header files? If so, where, if not, why
not?
Is there a way to configure the X server to not consider the menu bar as
part of the desktop? If so, where, if not, why not?
Is there a way to configure the initial path of the X server? If so,
where, if not, why not?
Is there a way to configure the window-raise policy of the X server? If
so, where, if not why not?
Thank you.
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