| Re: Installing IDL 6.0 on Mac OS X [message #36355 is a reply to message #36269] |
Fri, 05 September 2003 11:07   |
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Thanks for your explanation, and thanks to all of you who replied.
It seems like the best thing to do since OroborosX is already
installed here is to wait until Apple finishes their X11 version.
"Karl Schultz" <_no_kschultz_spam_@rsinc.com> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.09.04.21.06.42.95623@rsinc.com>...
> On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 10:04:56 +0000, Patrick Ford wrote:
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>> adams_forum@yahoo.ca (Adam) wrote in message news:<6f1027e6.0309030829.854e896@posting.google.com>...
>>> I've read in the IDL documentation that a software requirement for IDL
>>> 6.0 on a Mac is the X11 window manager which can be downloaded from
>>> Apple's website. Is this the same as OroborosX? This computer
>>> currently has OroborosX which runs IDL from within it, but I was
>>> wondering if there might be a simpler, cleaner way to do it now with
>>> IDL 6.
>>
>> If I understand your questions correctly, (1)the X11 from Apple Inc is
>> not the same as OroborosX. (2) Apple's X11 is considerable faster for
>> graphics and (3) Apple's X11 does not appear to be as "stabile." I
>> have had to quit and restart X11 when I have had an IDL error(not bug)
>> bomb the program.
>
> Maybe I can clarify a bit:
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> Today, you've got a few choices of X11 solutions on OS X that work with
> IDL:
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> 1) XDarwin - this is the XFree86 'port' to OS X. It isn't particularly
> optimized or integrated into OS X. It uses the 'twm' window manager
> by default. Its biggest problem from a user point of view is that it
> doesn't interact or play very well on the Apple desktop. The X11 windows
> have the twm window manager decorations, the stacking order gets all
> messed up in relation to the non-X11 windows, and cut/paste is difficult.
> If you are a dyed-in-the-wool "I cut my teeth on X10" sort of
> person, this environment might be OK for you.
>
> 2) XDarwin + OroborOSX - This is XDarwin with the OroborOSX window manager
> sort of wedged in a little more tightly than a 'standard' X11 window
> manager like twm. The names of these components gets a little confusing
> because the more recent versions of OroborOSX actually contain a slightly
> modified XDarwin, and you launch the XDarwin window system by launching
> OroborOSX. OroborOSX provides a look and feel a little closer to the
> Apple desktop, but there are still some integration issues. This was the
> configuration RSI recommended for IDL 5.6, but there is no reason why it
> would not work for IDL 6.0.
>
> 3) Apple X11 Beta - Apple released three of these (0.1, 0.2, 0.3). This
> X11 implementation is much more tightly integrated into OS X, as it was
> modified by Apple to hook into OS X in places where only Apple could do
> it. These were Beta releases and like all Betas, they have bugs and
> problems. 0.3 introduced 8-bit visual support, but it has problems that
> IDL programs seem to expose quite a bit. There is integrated hardware
> OpenGL support and the regular X graphics are a lot faster. RSI
> encouraged IDL 6.0 users to use the Apple X11 beta. 0.2 or 0.3 are good
> choices. RSI has forwarded all known problems with IDL on the Beta
> releases to Apple and many of them have already been addressed. Apple has
> announced that OS X 10.3 will include the final version of this X11
> implementation.
>
> RSI tested IDL 6.0 using the Apple Betas, but we also know that 6.0 runs
> on the XDarwin/OroborOSX combination, although it was not formally tested.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Karl
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