Re: X11 for dummies...
Re: X11 for dummies...
- Subject: Re: X11 for dummies...
- From: Eric Hoch <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:53:54 +0100
- Organization: de.OpenOffice.org
Hi,
and sorry for the late answer but having at least three
high-traffic mailinglists and the OpenOffice ones I only sparely
fly over this list here.
> OpenOffice may or may not "require X11", i.e., Apple's X11. I'm
> not sure. It does require X Windows. You have a choice of either
> of two implementations of X Windows for OS X. Either Apple's,
> which they call "X11", or the one that consists of XDarwin and
> XFree86. I don't know which one works better with Open Office.
For me as a german nativ speakter and so writer XDarwin together
with Xfree86 works better then Apple's X11 mainly because of the
better support of german umlaute and other special chars. I wasn't
able to have Apple's X11 behave like I need it. It messed up too
many chars and and the control key which is needed in
OpenOffice.org. Under Xfree86 and XDarwin. I have the
deutsch.keymapping, a .xmodmap which tells X apps where to find the
EuroSign and at on a german keyboard and no trouble. Under X11 even
when I selected German in the Menu I sometimes was able to use
special chars and EuroSing, sometimes not.
Other users tell me on their machines it is just the other way
round. Big trouble with XDarwin and no problem with X11. So it is
up to you to download both X's and try which one do you like most
and which satisfies your needs.
>> If so should I disable or remove this so I can run X11?
>
> No, not necessary. The Terminal application is independent of X11.
>
>> By removing the Terminal will I be sacrificing anything and using X11?
>
> Removing Terminal would be sacrificing a lot.
>
>> I need help getting this X11 application to open up with Open
>> Office on my Mac. I've installed the Open Office application
>> already on the Mac.
>>
>> Also when I open X11 it open up in a full screen version and I
>> do know how to adjust that to a smaller screen can anyone help
>> with that?
>
> I don't believe this is the default configuration for Apple's
> X11. So you must have changed something. What matters is whether
> OpenOffice requires that X windows be in fullscreen mode (i.e.,
> having a root window). Unfortunately, I don't know whether or not
> it matters to OpenOffice. (But I doubt it.) You can't adjust
> fullscreen mode to use a smaller screen; X Windows is not
> designed to do that.
OpenOffice.org starts in both modes fullscreen or rootless so you
pretty sure messed up something in your configuration since Apple's
X11 only provides fullscreen mode since 1.0 delivered with Jaguar
or beeing avaible as source some time earlier but without the
quarz-wm windowmanager.
>> Can anyone help?
Not with the last problem.
Regards,
Eric Hoch
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