http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/
Apple updated their public beta version of X11 either yesterday or the
day before. X11 is a UNIX type of OS that many, many, many powerful
programs run under.
Using X11 from Apple allows you to directly run these programs in OS-X
without having to rebuild them specifically for OS-X.
What this email was referring to was how to modify the windows so that
they look like OS-X styled windows rather than those, well shall we say
"less than esthetically pleasing" or perhaps "visually challenged" X11
windows that have been around for years and years.
Jerry
On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 07:33 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote:
> Pray tell, what are you talking about?
>
> Tuesday, February 11, 20037:22 PMJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com
>
>> If you've tried the new version of Apple's X11, you might be wondering
>> what happened to the aqua windows you are used to... because the new
>> version looks just like X11 (the flat ugly shade of green border, no
>> candy colored buttons etc.). This is because the new X11 version is
>> using the twm window manager.
>>
>> You can change X11 to use the quartz window manager and get back those
>> gummy-bear drops by editing the xinitrc file. You just have to find
>> it.
>>
>> If you have used a X11 non-Apple type program before (oh, say XFree86
>> or the like) then your xinitrc file will most likely be in the ~/
>> directory. So fire up Terminal and do the following:
>> cd ~/ and press the return key.
>> ls -la and press the return key.
>>
>> A directory listing should show up. One of the files should be there
>> called .xinitrc
>> [this step is necessary to make sure the file is in this directory. If
>> it is not then skip down to the version for new Apple X11 users]
>>
>> sudo pico .xinitrc and press the return key.
>>
>>
>> If you have only used the Apple X11 programs, then fire up Terminal
>> and
>> do the following:
>> cd /etc/X11/xinit/ and press the return key.
>> sudo pico xinitrc and press the return key.
>>
>> Please note the differences between the two types there! Apple's stock
>> new version does not have the . in the name.
>>
>>
>> Pico should start up and let you make the editing changes you need to
>> make.
>>
>> Move the cursor to the front of the line that has: twm &
>> and put a # at the very front so that the line looks like:
>> # twm &
>>
>> Go to the end of the line and press return and type in the following
>>
>> quartz-wm &
>>
>> So that the two lines look like:
>> # twm &
>> quartz-wm &
>>
>> Then hold down the control key and type o then hit return <--- this,
>> in UNIX lingo, would be called type cntl+o
>> Then type cntrl+x
>> Now start X11 running and you have "aqua-fied" X11 Windows again. If
>> you don't like the way they look, move the # from the line # twm & to
>> the line quartz-wm & save and restart X11 and you are back to the
>> older
>> X11 environment.
>>
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> p.s. There are lots of other things you can do in this initrc file,
>> but
>> that's for another email. Maybe someone else would like to share some
>> thoughts on that...
>>
>>
>>
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