Re: Xquartz (non-) usability. Drawing speed. Startup etc
Re: Xquartz (non-) usability. Drawing speed. Startup etc
- Subject: Re: Xquartz (non-) usability. Drawing speed. Startup etc
- From: Mick Mueck via X11-users <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 20:01:19 -0500
G'Day Alain,
Is there an English version of that website? I've just assumed for years now
that X11 is either effectively abandoned or on below-minimum life support. So
sad...
Regards,
Mick
> On 2020.0104, at 19:40, Filhol Alain via X11-users
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I thought it might be a good time to ask whether there will ever be an
>> update for XQuartz? (I really hope so!)
> Here the answer:
> <https://www.macg.co/macos/2019/07/xorg-bientot-abandonne-et-avec-lui-x11-sur-mac-106945
>
> <https://www.macg.co/macos/2019/07/xorg-bientot-abandonne-et-avec-lui-x11-sur-mac-106945>>
> Alain
>
>
>
>> On 5 Jan 2020, at 00:30, Ward, Mark Daniel via X11-users
>> <email@hidden <mailto:email@hidden>> wrote:
>>
>> I use XQuartz 2.7.11 daily too, now with Catalina... but I worry that it
>> hasn't been updated since 2016.
>>
>> Since there has been a flurry of emails on this email list in the last
>> few days, I thought it might be a good time to ask whether there will
>> ever be an update for XQuartz? (I really hope so!)
>>
>> Warmest regards,
>>
>> Mark Daniel Ward, Ph.D.
>>
>> Director of The Data Mine
>> Purdue University
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>> West Lafayette, IN 47906-4206
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>>
>> On 1/4/20 4:51 PM, Tom Lane via X11-users wrote:
>>> JF Mezei via X11-users <email@hidden> writes:
>>>> I am running the "Apple suppoted" older version on High Sierrs
>>>> XQuartz 2.7.11 (xorg-server 1.18.4)
>>> Yeah, that one still works pretty well for me on Catalina.
>>> I am using a slightly modified X11 server with it too, to fix
>>> the focus problems that were such a hassle a few years ago.
>>> Beyond having to reinstall that stuff after any OS upgrade,
>>> it hasn't broken yet.
>>>
>>>> Apart from a few hiccups here and there, it works. For instance, after
>>>> I turn the TV on or off and the Mac insists on flashing the screens
>>>> multiple times, the Xterm windows always end up on top.
>>> Yeah, I do notice the X11 windows forcing themselves to front in
>>> certain circumstances, but it's not been a huge problem for me.
>>>
>>>>> Lots of things don't really work well
>>>>> 1) I have to run /opt/local/bin/Xquartz manually from a terminal, then
>>>>> start quartz-wm from the
>>>>> xterm it fires up.
>>> Hm, nope, clicking the XQuartz dock icon works fine for me.
>>>
>>> regards, tom lane
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