X11.app
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| Developer: | Apple Computer |
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| Latest release: | X11 1.1.3 — XFree86 4.4.0 / November 13, 2006 |
| OS: | Mac OS X |
| Genre: | X11 Window Server/compatibility layer |
| License: | Apple Public Source License |
| Website: | http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/ |
X11.app is Apple Computer's implementation of the X Window System for Mac OS X. Apple's implementation of X11 is based on XFree86 and adds support for hardware accelerated 2D graphics, hardware OpenGL acceleration and integration with Aqua, the Mac OS X graphical user interface (GUI). X11.app was initially available as a downloadable public beta for Mac OS X v10.2 and later included as a standard package in Mac OS X v10.3, which can be downloaded from Apple's website. In Mac OS X v10.4, X11.app is an optional install included on the install DVD. There is no official way to install X11.app on 10.4 without the DVD.
As of 2006, Apple's X11.app implemented X11 protocol release 6.6 (X11R6.6). This implementation includes an XFree86 4.4 based X11 window server, Quartz rootless window manager, libraries, and basic utilities such as xterm.[1] "Rootless" means that X window applications show up on the Quartz desktop, appearing like any other windowed Quartz application, not in their own environment such as Virtual PC. The upcoming version of Mac OS X, Leopard, will support a refreshed X11.app based on the more popular X.Org Server rather than on XFree86 [2].
The source code for X11.app is available from Apple under the Apple Public Source License.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Apple Developer - Open Source - Tools - X11; retrieved 2006-09-22.
- ^ "Re: Xorg in Leopard?" by Ben Byer, Apple's CoreOS/BSD Technology Group; retrieved 2007-08-10
[edit] External links
- X11.app website
- X11 at Apple Developer Connection
- Apple Download Website - X11.app for Mac OS X 10.3
- X11.app for Mac OS X 10.4 (unofficial download, without DVD)
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| Architecture | Core Protocol · Xlib · X Window selection · X window manager · X session manager · X display manager · X Toolkit · X Window authorization · Intrinsics · X11 color names |
| Window managers | Compositing · Re-parenting · Tiling |
| Extensions | X Image Extension · X keyboard extension · X video extension · Shape extension · Shared memory extension · GLX · XRender · MPX |
| Notable Implementations | X11.app · X.Org Server · X-Win32 · XFree86 · XDarwin · Xming · Xsun |
| Standards | ICCCM · EWMH · XDS |
| Applications | xterm · Desktop environments |
