Hi,
in the long run I expect the Aqua version to replace the X11 one - it
would be a waste of resources to maintain two versions for the same
platform. However it will take quite a while yet for the Aqua port to be
as stable as X11, so this is a decision for the future.
Also, in the end if you want to keep the X11 port, you can certainly
have it, if you're going to support it yourself. Nobody will remove a
port that is still in demand. However wouldn't it be better if MacOSX
supported the Devanagari and Tibetan scripts ? This way the whole
platform would benefit instead of only X11 applications.
Just my 2 cents, pl
Andrew Main wrote:
While I'm certainly looking forward to a real Mac-native version of
OpenOffice -- and Sun's increased involvement certainly is good news --
I'm wondering if the X11 version for Mac will be abandoned once the Aqua
version is complete?
I ask because the X11 version actually provides some advantages for some
Mac users -- specifically those who work with complex Asian scripts such
as Devanagari and Tibetan (this may be true of others as well) for which
the Macintosh and Windows/Linux implementations are different enough
that cross-platform sharing of Unicode-based documents is impossible.
Since OpenOffice in X11 uses Linux/Windows-style OpenType fonts, it's
possible to create documents in that environment that can be shared with
Linux/Windows users -- where documents created in regular Mac OS X apps
(such as Pages, or NeoOffice, or the forthcoming Aqua OpenOffice), which
must use Apple AAT-compatible fonts, cannot be so shared.
Thus, until real cross-platform implementations appear for such scripts
(which doesn't look like anytime soon, unfortunately), OpenOffice in X11
can be a real help for such users, so I wonder if it will continue to be
updated along with the other versions. I'm guessing it's not much
different from the Linux version?
Andrew Main
Santa Fe, N.M., U.S.A.
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