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From: abm@alan.aux.apple.com (Alan Mimms)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,ba.windows.x,comp.windows.misc,comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Frequently Asked Questions about X with Answers 2/3 [long monthly posting]
Message-ID: <11925@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 31 Jan 91 17:43:37 GMT
References: <1991Jan30.222144.1546@lta.com>
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|>	Apple's MacX runs on MacPlus or newer machines with >= 2MB of memory
|>and system software 6.0.4 or later. It is an "X11R3.5" server that includes 
|>support for an optional built-in ICCCM-compliant window manager, X11R4 fonts 
|>and colors, a built-in BDF font compiler, and built-in standard colormaps,
|>andit supports the X11R4 notion "all visuals that make sense" for color
|>displays. 
|>Version 1.0 started shipping at the end of May.  Versions 1.1 is shipping
|>now. [1/91]

Yes it has, and the "X11R3.5" stuff above is now no longer true: MacX 1.1
is fully X11R4-based.  It now supports full ICCCM-compatible cut and paste
of text AND graphics between the Macintosh and X11 worlds, contains support
for the SHAPE extension (including SHAPEd windows on the Macintosh desktop),
and is between two and three times faster for most color operations than
MacX 1.0.

If you're interested in details, send me e-mail.

-- 

Alan Mimms (alan@apple.com, ...!apple!alan)   | My opinions are generally
A/UX X group                                  | pretty worthless, but
Apple Computer                                | they *are* my own...
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