[Xquartz-dev] Fully self contained Xquartz.app?

[Jeremy Huddleston]

On Jul 14, 2010, at 02:45, Eeri Kask wrote:

> What is wrong with the current method of installation?  What
> advantage should one expect from being able to move Xquartz.app
> around; do you ever move Xquartz.app around, for what purpose?

You _CAN_ move XQuartz.app around with the current configuration.  We use LaunchServices to locate it.

>> I haven't heard back from Jan about the RandR changes, so I think I'll  
>> just start with her patches and try to get something usable in 2.6.0.   
>> If you're interested in getting RandR working and testing it with  
>> wineskin, that would help out.
> 
> 
> :-)  In temptation to implement recent features please lets not
> loose from sight basic X functionality which has worked 25 years
> elsewhere from being fixed in Xquartz too --- like window borders
> painting, or more complex issues like frequent X-event dispatch
> problems which can be best observed if running something else than
> quartz-wm or no wm at all.
> 
> (Because of the latter (window entry/exit and focus events most
> troublesome) it is hard to use Xquartz for own X11-applications
> development because nobody knows where to look for problems.  In
> this context xcb can be questioned too of course.)  :-(

I don't think I have an open bug report about these entry/exit/focus event issues...