Re: announcing Xquartz release 1.2a9
Re: announcing Xquartz release 1.2a9
- Subject: Re: announcing Xquartz release 1.2a9
- From: Dave Williss <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:41:54 -0600
One question though: When will these changes be available through the
automatic Software Updates in Mac OS X?
Updating from a link found on a Wiki is fine for those of us geeky
enough to follow the instructions, but not so good for the average user.
Dave Williss
MicroImages, Inc.
Rich Cook wrote:
I wish all of Apple had this kind of approach to SW releases! As a
user, it's exciting and encouraging to see new features added with
precise details as to what has changed, plus Apple is getting free
labor! Great job, and thank you.
On Nov 13, 2007, at 3:56 AM, Ben Byer wrote:
A new binary release of Xquartz is available at
http://www.x.org/wiki/XDarwin.
Issues addressed since 1.2a8:
* The X11 launcher (/Apps/Utils/X11.app) now supports commands with
arguments, and should respect .Xresources -- credit to Jeremy Huddleston
* The "stuck modifier key" (shift, command, etc) bug has been fixed,
again, and hopefully for good.
* Background updates have been enabled -- for example, this means
that xeyes will continue to follow your mouse cursor even if you
switch focus away from X11.app. (This was a regression from Tiger.)
* Initial attempt at fixing 8-bit mode, but I don't expect it to work
(yet)
* Many build system fixes, courtest of Jeremy
Issues addressed since Leopard 10.5(.0) release:
* "Fake" mouse-buttons now work -- you may (once again) option-click
in a window to paste (emulates middle mouse button)
* PseudoramiX extension now enabled by default; this allows you to
drag windows between displays and prevents you from dragging them
under the menu bar
* customized X11 Applications menu items with arguments now work
* Stuck modifier keys (shift, control, etc)
* Focus issues: X11 windows will now raise when you click on them,
all X11 windows will raise when you switch to X11.app from the dock
or with Cmd-Tab
* Spaces support: You can now drag X11 windows between spaces using
the F8 (Expose) view. A known issue in Spaces prevents X11 windows
from being dragged to another space via the edge of the screen.
* JIS (Japanese) keyboard layouts are now correctly supported.
* Deferred updates were disabled, causing a significant performance
increase in (for example) Gimp and rdesktop
* Yellow / disappearing mouse cursor on Intel machines is fixed
* Xvfb, Xephyr and Xnest are now built
* Spurious "Are you sure you want to quit?" message fixed
* Display configuration changes are now honored -- X11 will detect an
second display when you plug it in
* Rootless pixmap depth corruption was fixed, which should prevent
(most) crashes in Gtk+ apps, particularly Wireshark.
* Oddly formatted xinitrc warning message has been corrected
Known issues: (this is only a partial list!)
* Xquartz can start using 100% cpu in some cases, generally when
started by xauth (as a result of running ssh). Workaround: start X11
manually before using ssh if this problem occurs for you. Also seen
with, for example, Matlab.
* 8-bit color mode doesn't work. Workaround: use Xephyr
* Fullscreen mode doesn't work. Workaround: use Xephyr
* XDMCP doesn't work (because you don't get an X11.app icon in your
Dock if you run Xquartz by itself.) Workaround: use Xephyr :)
* Spaces support is still erratic, although most issues seen are also
seen with other apps
* Rootless code still crashes occasionally (as it did in Tiger)
* Launching X11 from the Dock causes strange behavior. Workaround:
Don't do that, then
* Gimp 2.4rc3 will crash if you click and drag. Fix: install libX11
from http://www.x.org/wiki/XDarwin
* Various X11 application .app bundles are now broken because they
explicitly set $DISPLAY and/or try to launch X11 for you.
* Preferences are not correctly migrated from Tiger
* Font issues have been reported -- usually, this means that some
fonts no longer render correctly (show up as boxes). Problems
displaying fonts remotely have been reported, esp with Emacs.
If you have any more information on what may be causing any of these
issues, please let me know. Enjoy, and thanks for the support.
--
Ben Byer
CoreOS / BSD Technology Group, XDarwin maintainer
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