I haven't run X11 on my Mac for a long time, but I used to run other window managers (it's currently set up to run blackbox, but I think before I switch to bb I ran metacity via ssh, or maybe xfwm via ssh). They work but I remember there were issues, related to how they interacted with window focus I think, but this was so long ago I don't really remember.
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 08:59:04PM -0700, Stephen Rector via X11-users wrote: > > IIRC, some time back there were other X11 WM which did work with OS-X - I can > remember Oroborus as one of these (I go all the way back to the OS-X public > beta). It's not clear to me if I can go to MacPorts and just try to install > one of these - such as fvwm2. I think that trying this exposes some hooks > into the Mac OS that cause problems. In searching, I don't see any references > newer than 2004, about Macs being used with X11 WM other than xquartz-wm. > BTW, thanks for clarifying the difference between XQuartz and quartz-wm. I'm > guessing those "hooks" live in the Xorg libraries. > > > On May 17, 2021, at 8:39 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <jerem...@apple.com> > > wrote: > > > > This is a long-standing request. Someone would need to implement this > > change in quartz-wm. However, it would probably be better effort to > > instead bring up a compositing window manager to sit on top of Xorg, > > replacing XQuartz and quartz-wm. > > > >> On May 13, 2021, at 13:13, Stephen Rector via X11-users > >> <x11-users@lists.apple.com <mailto:x11-users@lists.apple.com>> wrote: > >> > >> I submitted this as an issue on the XQuartz github site, but re-stating > >> the desire for this feature here. Not sure what the roadblocks would be. > >> > >> I would like to see window behavior in XQuartz conform to both MacOS and > >> most Linux WM's, in terms of more flexible window resizing. I would like > >> to be able to resize a window from all four corners and all four sides. > >> The lower right tab is a relic whose time has past, I hope. Makes it hard > >> to go back and forth between environments when XQuartz's behavior is so > >> different from the standard everywhere else. -- Ambrose Li <ambrose...@gmail.com> | Time zone: GMT-4 (Eastern) ambroseli.ca “All models are wrong” — George Box _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list (X11-users@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
