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Re: Generic rootless


Harold,

> I did a quick build test of the generic rootless code.  hw/xwin builds 
> fine, but nothing is getting built in miext/rootless, nor has rootless 
> extension been added to the XWin.exe link command (so there are 
> unresolved references to rootless* symbols).  I am guessing that you had 
> to modify Xserver/Imakefile or config/cf/cygwin.*, but forgot to send a 
> diff for those.  Could you send that diff please?
Sorry. I forgot it.

> Is the next step in this to pull the multi-window window manager back 
> out of XWin.exe and make it a stand-alone executable, like XDarwin?  Or, 
> is our current setup with the integrated multi-window wm the best solution?
If possible, stand-alone executable seems better.
I read OroborOSX source some month ago. But I didn't know MacOS API so
I couldn't understand it. But I felt it is implemented Aqua like skin.
Their site say new v0.9 have many new features. I will read it.
I want someone who is familiar with XDarwin to comment.


By the way, Greg Parker's xroot.c is very useful when I use rootless mode.
http://sealiesoftware.com/

Kensuke Matsuzaki

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