Hi Matt, Great news, I am waiting for some feedback on other enhancements made recently, but I'll try to release some new binary packages today.
I'll also try to take a look at the 'Command-' window switching issue. As for the benefits of a native version: most people seem to prefer not having to run an X11 server. (when used via winswitch, the dock should contain a nice icon for the xpra client and it would also be named "xpra" instead of "python") Cheers Antoine On 05/19/2011 06:06 AM, Matt Tennant wrote: > Hi Antoine, > > Much improved! That version seems to be working fine for me on ubuntu > 10.04, and I no longer have the "stuck alt key" issue. And it looks like > the terminals have more a native look to them as well. This is great. > > Now for my Mac, I followed the instructions at > http://winswitch.org/dev/macosx.html. I replaced 0.0.7.19 with 0.0.7.21-rc2 > where applicable, and chose to use python 2.6.6. I completed the jhbuild > and gtk-osx steps as you indicated (they took a long time, but seemed to > succeed). I then guessed that I still needed to do the xpra portion of the > "Build Protocol Support" section. That seemed to work just fine as well. I > noticed that it installed the xpra executable at ~/gtk/inst/bin/xpra, so I > updated my attach script to point to that. I attached, and it starts fine. > Looking good at this point. > > I have one annoyance now, though. On the Mac, I haven't found a way to > switch between the X windows using the keyboard. Before, when I compiled > xpra and ran through X11, I was able to switch between X windows with > 'Command-`' (while within the X11 application). Other than that, I see no > difference from before except that the running application is now "python" > rather than "X11". I have to admit, I don't see what the extra hour or more > of setup time got me. Should I expect a speed improvement? If there is no > compelling reason to stick with this, I expect I will switch back to running > in X11 so that I can switch between windows without the mouse. Ironically, > I was hoping that a "native version of xpra" would allow me to switch > between X windows with the native Mac 'Command-tab' keys, but instead I lost > what was working. > > Overall, the 'stuck key' fix removes a significant issue. Good work! > Matt > > > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Antoine Martin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> (snip) >>> It appears to 'xpra start :7' ok, with some scary messages >> (..) >> Most of these messages are normal, there is one strange thing though: >> your system seems to report that randr is enabled on the Xvfb screen!? >> That is only meant to be possible when using Xdummy in place of Xvfb. >> What distro and version are you using? What package does Xvfb come from? >> Can you start an Xvfb display and see if xrandr really is listed as a >> supported extension? >> >> (snip) >>> Then I try to attach with 'xpra attach :7', and nothing shows up. >>> The log, however, shows an actual python stack trace (see [3]) >> That's the code trying to use randr and finding out that it isn't >> available the hard way... I've just updated the source to cope with this >> situation better (it will just continue using a screen that is bigger >> than needed - which is fine): >> http://winswitch.org/src/xpra-0.0.7.21-rc2.tar.bz2 >> >>> I plan to just compile the same xpra-0.0.7.20 source on my Mac >> (snip) >> If you want a native version of xpra (one that does not use the X11 >> server), you should be able to follow the instructions found here: >> http://winswitch.org/dev/macosx.html >> All you need from this page is the jhbuild section + gtk-osx >> Or if you don't mind running via an X server, you can just build >> directly from the source I linked above (does not work with trunk). >> Note that the code assumes that you don't want to build the server on >> OSX, since there are very few useful apps you could actually run on it. >> I've never even tried to build the server on OSX (although it should be >> possible). >> >>> It felt like we were talking about application Foo and the page was >>> for downloading application Bar >> Yes, sorry about that, I should have made it clearer: the repository >> includes xpra packages and you don't have to install the rest if you >> don't want to. >> >> Cheers >> Antoine >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Parti-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.partiwm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/parti-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ Parti-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.partiwm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/parti-discuss
