Re: X11 for Mac OS X v1.0 to ship in Panther
Re: X11 for Mac OS X v1.0 to ship in Panther
- Subject: Re: X11 for Mac OS X v1.0 to ship in Panther
- From: Phillip Pi <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:56:41 -0700 (PDT)
Haroon, excellent news! What about Jaguar? I don't think I am going to
upgrade to Panther for a while or never (probably wait for the next major
version).
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I just sort of slip off to the side, and then suddenly run up and kick
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Haroon Sheikh wrote:
> At Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference, Apple announced that the 1.0
> version of X11 for Mac OS X will ship as part of Panther, Mac OS X
> v10.3. The X11 SDK will be an optional install as part of Apple's new
> Xcode developer environment.
>
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/xcode.html
>
> Version 1.0 includes numerous enhancements and bug fixes, including:
>
> - Based on XFree86 4.3
> - Full screen mode, enabling X11 root window
> - Pseudo-color support - can now run X11 in 256 color mode
> - Improved Aqua User Interface
> - Launch X11 applications from the finder
> - Improved keyboard shortcuts
> - Improved Dock Menu
> - Works with Panther's Expose and Fast User switching
> - /usr/bin/open-x11 will start X11.app if not already running
>
> Panther is currently available as a Developer Preview for Apple
> Developer Connection members with a seed key. All future X11 for Mac
> OS X releases from Apple will only support Panther or later.
>
> A big thank you to all the beta testers of X11 for Mac OS X Public
> Beta. Developers with access to Panther can continue to log bug reports
> at http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter.
>
> Yours truly,
> The X11 for Mac OS X Team
>
> Other high-level changes include:
> - NEW: X11.app is now located in /Applications/Utilities
> - NEW: X11 and the SDK are currently optional installs in Panther
> - NEW: command line preference to set option as meta key (see man
> Xquartz)
> - FIX: X11 leaves orphans and zombies
> - FIX: X11 presents quit warning even when all windows closed
> - FIX: X11 won't recognize 2nd screen if already started
> - FIX: geometry problems introduced in Beta 3.
> - FIX: X11 does not properly quit
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