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: "John J. Francini" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:21:43 -0400
One thing to think about re: "waiting for next major version" -- I
think that Apple has invested so much marketing (and mental) capital
in the name "Mac OS X" that there isn't going to be a "Mac OS XI" any
time soon. Besides, Panther's got enough new stuff in it to qualify
as a (near) major release itself, imho.
I know I'll be waiting, $129 in hand, for the new version to come out...
John Francini
At 14:56 -0700 6/24/03, Phillip Pi wrote:
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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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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