Apple X11 quietly updated to 0.2

[dstorey]

I notice Apple has quietly updated X11 (http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/download/)

New in X11 v0.2

Support for Gnome, KDE hints

Application windows now cascade instead of piling on top of each if they do not have an explicit placement policy

Added /usr/include/X11 and /usr/lib/X11 symlinks

Menu in the Dock now shows a list of X11 windows.

Support for Copy & Paste working with other window managers.

No-click-to-focus option : “defaults write com.apple.x11 wm_ffm true”

Support for move window events from CodeTek's VirtualDesktop

Support to respect the Mac OS X's International keyboard mapping.

Keymappings from /System/Library/Keyboards.

Support for -iconic. E.g. xterm -iconic now puts the xterm into the Dock on launch.

New preference options to control xauth usage

Bug fixes and other feature enhancements

I think despite the lack of publicity (maybe because of early beta stage) that X11 is an important technology for Apple to gain a larger market percentage through switchers. Unix switchers that is ;-). Maybe it would be a good idea to have a swtcher campaign for unix guys when this is more mature, obviously not on tv like the present commercials but in other avenues.

[edesignuk]

Old news (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19756) :)

[mnkeybsness]

i didn't know it was updated...would have helped if that first time it was posted it was put in the right discussion topic

i notice big improvements already while working with x11...keep it coming apple!

[dstorey]

Originally posted by mnkeybsness
i didn't know it was updated...would have helped if that first time it was posted it was put in the right discussion topic


Yeah I nver noticed it either, thought i was just being blind...oh well at least i'm not the only one.

[Taft]

Anyone had success with -iconic?

I can't get the dang thing working.

Taft