I looked into fixing the grow-box problem 6 months ago.  I came to the
conclusion that I need access to libXplugin.  Since I don't have access to
libXplugin I can't fix it.  Only Apple can fix it.

I will try to find the time to investigate this again.

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Jeremy Sequoia <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> Sent from my iPhone...
>
> On Dec 14, 2014, at 13:54, Erik Olson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > What API are you missing?  Everything you need should be doable in
> quartz-wm
>
> libXplugin
>
>
> What about libXplugin?  What API are you missing that you feel is missing?
>  quartz-wm should be able to handle resize in X11 just like other window
> managers deal with edge resize.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Jeremy Sequoia <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone...
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2014, at 12:26, Erik Olson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > isn’t it time to modernize resize for X11 (possibly via quartz-wm) to
>>> be like everything else, and not just the old lower-right-corner-only?
>>> Yeah, patches are certainly welcome from anyone who wants to tackle
>>> issues like this.
>>
>>
>> I looked into this.  Not sure it is possible for me (or us) to fix this.
>> Might require access to Apple-only API parts.
>>
>>
>> What API are you missing?  Everything you need should be doable in
>> quartz-wm.
>>
>> I agree that the window growbox needs to be removed for two reasons.  One
>> is so that it matches the look and feel of Lion (and newer OS versions).
>> The second reason is more important, the growbox causes X11 graphical
>> glitches.  I will post an email to this list that demonstrates this bad
>> behavior.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> > On Dec 7, 2014, at 05:33, Richard L. Hamilton <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Since all support prior to Lion has been dropped,
>>>
>>> Really?  That's news to me.
>>>
>>> > isn’t it time to modernize resize for X11 (possibly via quartz-wm) to
>>> be like everything else, and not just the old lower-right-corner-only?
>>>
>>> Yeah, patches are certainly welcome from anyone who wants to tackle
>>> issues like this.
>>>
>>> > While support for OS versions that still did it the old way remained,
>>> it was perhaps valid to say that doing it both ways was too many #ifdefs.
>>>
>>> #ifdef's are compile-time mechanisms.  The same binary runs on multiple
>>> OS versions, so it would need to be a runtime check if you wanted to
>>> support multiple styles.  Personally, I'd prefer to see the edge-resize
>>> even on Snow Leopard because the grab handle can block content.
>>>
>>> > But that no longer applies, and the inconsistency, inconvenience, and
>>> wasted space at the bottom of X11 windows is a bit annoying.
>>>
>>> Yep.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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