X11.app on top of X11R6.9
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#45 X11.app on top of X11R6.9
This patch provides a working version of X11.app on top of the
Darwin DDX from the X11R6.8.1 release of the X.Org Foundation.
This allows you to use the X11.app UI but get the advantages of
the newer extensions and bug fixes in X11R6.8.1.
Directions: There are actually two patches. You should apply
x11app.diff in xc/programs/Xserver and then unpack apple.tgz in
Xserver/hw/darwin. The tarball will create a new darwin/apple
directory for X11.app support.
Limitations: Of course this does not make the Darwin DDX grow
features it does not support. So the X11.app built this way does not
have an identical feature set to the standard X11.app. The main
features that Darwin DDX is missing are rootless full screen
support and the option to track Aqua keyboard layout changes as
they occur. Lines using unsupported features in darwin/apple are
commented out with DARWIN_DDX_MISSING.
This is a just a proof of principle exercise at this point. If we
decide to support X11.app in the X.Org tree this would get cleaned
up quite a bit.
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The top of the X.Org tree now includes the option to track Aqua keyboard
layout changes. Thus XDarwin and this X11.app can now support this
feature. A new version of the patch is attached which supports it for
X11.app. I have also fixed a bug with mouse clicks getting lost and
updated the patch so it works with the top of the tree as of today.
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Here is a newer version of the patch which fixes the following bugs
discovered by Robert Delius Royar:
- Scroll wheel works
- Preferences are handled correctly
Make sure you apply this patch to the top of the X.Org tree as it will not
work in the X.Org X11R6.8.1 branch. To apply the patch do the following:
1. From xc/programs/Xserver do "patch -p0 < x11app.diff"
2. From xc/programs/Xserver/hw/darwin do "gnutar zxf apple.tgz"
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What's the status of this item? Has/will this be integrated into the tree?
Does the patch need updating for CVS changes? Is anyone "maintaining"
the patch?
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>What's the status of this item?
It should still work. Not much has happened with it.
>Has/will this be integrated into the tree?
I have not checked it in because I'm not sure about the future for it. So
far I've gotten very limited feedback on it. In the long term its not clear
whether the best option is to:
1. Drop this and let Apple continue to worry about merging changes from
X.Org and XFree86 into their codebase at their own pace.
2. Drop the XDarwin UI and use this as the standard UI for X.Org and
XFree86.
3. Maintain both.
4. Agree on the best features from XDarwin and X11.app and merge
them into one app. To make this worthwhile requires buy in from Apple.
Feedback on how useful this and what is an ideal long term solution is
welcome.
>Does the patch need updating for CVS changes?
I haven't tried it recently, but if it needs updating the changes should be
trivial at this point.
>Is anyone "maintaining" the patch?
I've moved on to working on other issues. I'll fix major problems in the
patch as I become aware of them. Post Tiger the issue of what to do long
term will likely come back to the fore as something to focus on.
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On tree integration: I am definitely in favour of integration into the tree,
for a few reasons:
1) Apple will maintain X11.app, so it will always exist and there will
always be users for it who will ask for help, and who will want X11.app,
but with a more recent Xorg.
2) I think it is better than XDarwin. XDarwin looks and feels not-mac-like
(the not-mac-like-ness of X notwithstanding).
3) Integration also means that changes and fixes can be done
immediately, which the users will like, and which Apple will like (less
work for them), so they are more likely to submit patches instead of
doing a patched build themselves.
4) Adding useful-but-not-cludgey features to X11 that already exist in
XDarwin (I don't know of any, but that's not the point) should and would
happen if and only if X11.app is in the tree. This also means that Apple
will pick any so-added features/options.
$0.02
JP
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hi,
w/ the 6.8.2 release, is there anything further on this?
altho the patches herein *apply* w/o error to both the 6.8.2 release and
the latest CVS head, i'm back to not getting _any_ XDarwin.app/X11.app
built ...
thx,
richard
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Ping!
Once again, I think this should be integrated into the tree. I would love to
get an x11.app built along with my first build of 6.9/7.0!
Torry: What say you? :-)
JP
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In .../apple/dri_glx.c, __driConfigOptions is declared as static, though in
extras/Mesa/include/GL/internal/dri_interface.h it is not (its declared with
extern, then used in .../glx/dri_glx.c). This causes the build on 6.8.2 to fail.
:-!
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In .../darwin/quartz/applewm.c, appleWMProcs is declared as static,
though in .../darwin/quartz/applewmExt.h it it not. This causes the build to
fail. :-!
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The static/extern issue is fixed in the top of the tree.
The "problem" with integrating this into the tree is that it was just a proof of
principle and it is definitely not the way I would do things for a real release.
It could be worth cleaning up and getting ready in time for the 6.9 release,
however.
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hi torrey,
has X11.app integration jumped to a fresher/different thread? are these
patches still relevant? any pointers?
i've built XOrg v6.8.99.8 on OSX 10.4.1 with no immediately apparent build
errors, but on XDarwin start i'm getting:
2005-05-29 23:50:50.483 XDarwin[20695] Unable to load nib file: MainMenu,
exiting
and i was wondering whether troubleshooting XDarwin is worthwhile/valid if
X11.app integration is to supercede soon ...
richard
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hi,
are these patches still necessary/appropriate/superceded for latest versions,
e.g. >= v6.8.99.14?
thx,
richard
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hi,
are these patches still necessary/appropriate/superceded for latest versions,
e.g. >= v6.8.99.14?
thx,
richard
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I have been looking seriously at X11.app integration into the X.Org tree again,
and as a first step I have updated this patch so it applies and builds on top of
the Monolithic X11R6.9 tree.
To apply this patch do the following:
1. From xc/programs/Xserver do "patch -p0 <
x11app.diff"
2. From xc/programs/Xserver/hw/darwin do "gnutar zxf
apple.tgz"
3. Build and install X.Org as usual.