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janderson
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posted October 29, 2001 01:37 PM      Profile for janderson   Email janderson   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Just curious, is it possible to use Aqua as a window manager for XDarwin instead of Windowmaker or Fvwm...etc.

-Joe


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danchr
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posted November 03, 2001 12:33 PM      Profile for danchr     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
No.

Simply because it is two very different technologies you're mentioning. You can get XDarwin to display windows as windows in Aqua, but you cannot use Aqua/Finder as a so-called X-Server (which is what XFree86/XDarwin is). Aqua renders macintosh windows using the Carbon and Cocoa specifications. XDarwin uses a UNIX protocol called X11 to specify who the windows look. Unlike Aqua & Finder, the X system can enable you to run applications on a foreign host, but see the X-Windows on your own computer.


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