Re: Announcing 1.2a7 (many bug fixes!)
Re: Announcing 1.2a7 (many bug fixes!)
- Subject: Re: Announcing 1.2a7 (many bug fixes!)
- From: Craig Loomis <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:53:48 -0500
Hey, this is getting pretty useable! From my point of view, if
something like the current version showed up in a proper Software
Update, I think most anyone in my world who was satisfied with X11
life under Tiger could work under Leopard. Obviously there are still
bugs to be fixed and features to be added/polished, but the system is
now definitely something I can recommend to others.
This is a big deal for some of us: thank you very much for hustling
these changes through!
[ I just noticed that "most anyone" would not include the poor
troglodytes who must work in 8-bit mode. "xterm -bg red -fg blue" (or
any other color) gives a white-on-white window, except that the mouse
cursor is blue-on-red. ]
- craig
On Nov 7, 2007, at 7:23 AM, Ben Byer wrote:
I'm pleased to announce that I've posted source and binaries on http://www.x.org/wiki/XDarwin
for Xquartz 1.2a7. Since 1.2a6,
the following issues have been resolved:
* JIS (Japanese) keyboards are now correctly detected by X11.
* Xvfb and Xnest now compile cleanly; I have not tested them, but
binaries are available at http://people.freedesktop.org/~bbyer/x11app/
* The "offset-pointer"/"ghost window" bug with Spaces has been
resolved correctly (this is my second attempt). This means you can
now use the F8 function to zoom out and drag a window from one Space
to another with your mouse. Unfortunately, due to a known issue in
Spaces itself, you can not drag X11 windows to the edge of the
screen to move them to the next screen.
* A focus problem was fixed -- previously, clicking on an X11 window
that was behind an Aqua window would not always bring the X11 window
to the foreground (but clicking on any other X11 window usually
would.) I'm sure I'll be proven wrong, but at the moment I have
fixed all of the focus problems that I know about.
Older fixes:
* 1.2a6 contained a speed fix for apps such as the Gimp and rdesktop
* 1.2a5 contained a first attempt at a fix for the "offset-pointer"
Spaces bug, but it was flawed.
* 1.2a4 fixed a SafeAlphaComposite bug that caused some GTK apps to
crash with a BadMatch error in 24-bit mode. It also fixed the focus
issue that made it difficult to bring any X11 apps to the foreground
(workaround was to click the X11 Dock icon, twice)
* 1.2a3 and earlier fixed:
"fake mouse button support" -- e.g. Option-click to middle-click
Crashes in Damage code due to Rootless conflict (need -
DROOTLESS_WORKAROUND)
custom entries in the Applications menu would not work if they
contained spaces (arguments) due to a lack of proper string escaping
The formatting in the .xinitrc warning message was fixed
We now release all modifier keys if X11 is deactivated -- this
should fix "stuck shift / capslock" issues
Crashes in QueryFontReply
PseudoramiX support was enabled by default, which allows windows to
be dragged between displays in multiple-display setups. It also
prevents X11 windows from being dragged behind the X11.app menu bar.
The "yellow cursor on Intel" bug was fixed.
Ben Byer
CoreOS / BSD Technology Group, XDarwin maintainer
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