[Xquartz-dev] question Quartz-WM options

[Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia]

On Oct 2, 2012, at 8:17 PM, Ken Thomases <ken at codeweavers.com> wrote:

> On Oct 2, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 2, 2012, at 2:50 PM, Shane Dobbins <shanedobbins at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Q2:
>>> I like to update the screen resize functionality and add the native full screen support for 10.7+ users.  Would this be part of the Window Manager or a part of the Xquartz?  
>> 
>> It should be there already.  Is it not?  I don't have a retina mac, but I believe it should be supported.  What is the output of 'xrandr' on your retina MBP?
> 
> I think you've misunderstood his request.  He's looking for the new-since-Lion full-screen mode, where an app (or, actually, an individual window) goes full-screen to a new "space", and you can swipe back and forth.  Doesn't have anything to do with HiDPI, Retina displays, or xrandr.

Ah yeah.  I quickly read "native full resolution" instead of "native full screen" ... ><

> I would say that's pretty hard to fit into the paradigm of an X server, which serves many clients and is not dedicated to a single app or window.

Yeah, it would be quite difficult to do for a given window.  It would be possible for the rooted mode, and that should probably be possible without any additional support from Xplugin.