On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 16:35, Samuel M.Smith wrote: > > > > Why would anyone want to this? > > 1) Apple's X11 is rootless only, so this gives the option to run > > fullscreen. > > 2) quartz-wm (the Apple window manager) is fast even if cobbled into a > > standard XFree86 installation, and there are other nice features, too. > > 3) If you build packages from source against xfree86-threaded, they > > frequently don't work with Apple X11, and some packages require > > threaded > > X. This way you can have threaded X with the benefits of Apple X11. > > > I am still a little confused but I feel some light peeking through. > > so ... if I don't need to build any fink packages that need to compile > against > XFree86 Threaded but I do want to use packages that compile or depend on > X Windows and would like to use Apple's Xll instead of XFree86 then I > just delete > my current XFree86 installation and then install Apples including the > sdk? > That's right. Instructions for switching with are available at
http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/inst-xfree86.php#switching-x11 One thing to keep in mind is that Apple's X11 is still in beta, so there are still bugs to be worked out. XDarwin is much more mature and stable. > Then any fink apps that depend on X windows (but not threaded) > will for the most part build OK? Run OK? > There may be packages that won't build--geomview is one that has come up recently. > I assume that with Apple's quartz-wm that you get the benefit of open-gl > graphics even if using the combined XFree86 and X11 approach? > There is some degradation, but it's still noticeably faster. <snip> -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
