[HN Gopher] XQuartz 2.8.0
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XQuartz 2.8.0
Author : jboekesteijn
Score : 72 points
Date : 2021-03-23 19:43 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.xquartz.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.xquartz.org)
| solarkraft wrote:
| Which apps still require XQuartz? I saw it being required by GIMP
| and Inkscape many many years ago, but GTK has added direct Quartz
| support, hasn't it?
| BugsJustFindMe wrote:
| https://wiki.winehq.org/MacOS still has it listed as a
| prerequisite
| jwitthuhn wrote:
| I use it for x forwarding through ssh. That lets me use
| graphical linux programs without needing to run a whole desktop
| environment inside my linux vm.
| alexellisuk wrote:
| Nice to see a new release. The first since 2016.
| sroussey wrote:
| The advantages of Apple Silicon even if you are still on
| Intel...
| GekkePrutser wrote:
| Came here to post this but you beat me to it!
|
| They really had to this time for M1 support. However I do
| wonder how many bugs have been left unfixed during those 5
| years.
| mrtweetyhack wrote:
| X Windows is on the way out
| dang wrote:
| If curious, past threads:
|
| _New Xquartz release with native Apple Silicon support_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25967442 - Jan 2021 (41
| comments)
|
| _Apple Removes X11 in OS X Mountain Lion, Shifts Support to Open
| Source XQuartz_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3606970 -
| Feb 2012 (46 comments)
| stevenhuang wrote:
| When editing LaTex, I have Vim and Zathura open at the same time,
| and whenever I save, Make runs which automatically generates the
| PDF, and Zathura picks up the changes.
|
| That is on standard *nix systems.
|
| I tried but could not reproduce this flow on macOS, since the
| default PDF viewer, Preview, does not pickup file changes without
| having to manually focus the window. And when it does reload the
| file, it insists on always showing a thumbnail overview. Very
| frustrating.
|
| Aside from Preview there seems to be a mess of other free-ware
| PDF viewers on macOS, but nothing simple and open source.
|
| Luckily with XQuartz I was able to run Zathura on macOS and
| continue with my workflow. So thanks, XQuartz!
| coldtea wrote:
| Well, Zathura is available on macOS from brew, so...
|
| https://github.com/zegervdv/homebrew-zathura
| stevenhuang wrote:
| Oh yes, I also forgot to mention I was using macports :)
| BugsJustFindMe wrote:
| Note: The maintainer of XQuartz has been looking for help for a
| long time but the story is buried in an issue comment.
|
| https://github.com/XQuartz/XQuartz/issues/91#issuecomment-80...
| PurpleFoxy wrote:
| Seems unlikely anyone will ever step in here. X11 is dead now.
| Even X11 on Linux has no contributors
| waynecochran wrote:
| Not dead for me. I use it for headless cloud image and video
| processing all the time. Long live xv!
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