[Xquartz-dev] Bugfixes for 2.5.1 rc1 Xorg 1.8.1 (Re:Bugfixes for 2.5.0_rc1)

[Jeremy Huddleston]

On Jun 7, 2010, at 02:46, Eeri Kask wrote:

> Am 06/05/2010 04:00 PM, Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu at apple.com> schrieb:
>>> Unfortunately I still don't catch the idea why Xquartz has to fiddle
>>> with the keyboard from the moment on while executing .xinitrc,  the
>>> above suggestion really is no solution to the "not yet identified"
>>> problem.  :-)
>> 
>> 
>> What behavior are you suggesting is "not yet identified" ?  The keyboard layout can be changed through OSX international settings, and X11 will update the keyboard layout when it detects that.
> 
> 
> The problem of Xquartz ignoring or destroying xmodmap settings
> called in .xinitrc while executing this file on server startup.


This is by design.  Put your xmodmap settings into ~/.Xmodmap


>> You can toggle the alt key mode (mode_switch versus alt) in X11's preferences in the latest 2.5.1 rc (I forget which beta got that change, but I think it was beta2).
> 
> 
> The "About X11" says  "XQuartz 2.5.1_rc1 (xorg-server 1.8.1)"  and I
> have to admit I don't find this setting in "Preferences" (under
> Cmd-,) here under Leopard 10-5-8.  Probably I am looking in the
> wrong place?

It's just in the English localizations.  See the screenshot.  (You can turn it on in the English locale, then switch back and it will remain in effect)


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>>> Now again, having observed 2.5.1 rc1 it looks like it is the
>>> AppleWM-XPlugin issue, and occurs on XShape'd clients.
>>> I.e. if running on a blank server without quartz-wm, or more
>>> precise, without AppleWM-shadows by XAppleWMFrameDraw(), all seems
>>> well, i.e. nothing unusual.
>>> 
>>> For the sake of simplicity I'll attach a small demo program to this
>>> posting which shows a rectangular semitransparent frame inside the
>>> test window if running under quartz-wm and this client is not
>>> focused.  If this test client *is* focused, the surrounding shadow
>>> is gone (btw. why?) and the transparent inner frame is gone too.
>>> 
>>> Further, under quartz-wm, if this test client is focused, the upper
>>> corners appear rounded, if not focused, rectangular.  (Looking
>>> closely it looks like here *all* X-clients shaped or not show these
>>> rectangular/rounded upper edges artefacts.)  Can you confirm this?
>> 
>> 
>> Weird.  Can you please file a bug report at http://xquartz.macosforge.org or http://bugreport.apple.com (please attach your sample code)?
> 
> 
> Is it correct you could not confirm these artefacts?

I saw no artifacts, but I did see the shadowing problem.  Please open a bug report for that, so it doesn't get lost in email.

Thanks,
Jeremy