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OroborOSX - 0.75a2

X11 window manager

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All Time:	(4.7)
Version 0.75a2:	(3.9)
Selected Version:	0.75a2
Release Date:	2001-10-26
License:	Beta
Downloads (version 0.75a2):	16
Downloads (all versions):	44,974

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Product Description:

OroborOSX is an X11 window manager, designed to be used in rootless mode with XDarwin and XFree86 on Mac OS X. It is currently being used with both Mac OS X v10.0.x and the new v10.1.

What's new in this version:

French localisation of menus, startup windows and 'About' box! (Many thanks to Philippe!)
-If anyone is willing to do some translating, I can add some more very quickly...
Dutch localisation too! (Many thanks Paul!)
Switched on Xinerama support (honestly! I have this time... somehow it got switched off at the last minute in alpha 1);
Added a faster iconbar minimisation method (switch off "Fancy Iconbar Minimisation" in the Options menu) which does not resize the bar as it moves to/from the side of the screen. This speeds up iconbars tremendously, for those that need it;
Now adds a number (in brackets) to the titles of many of the items launched from the Launch menu (so you can tell the difference between them in the window list and iconbars) -very similar to the titles Mac apps are supposed to give to new windows (i.e. "Untitled 2", "Untitled 3" etc.);
Choosing "Edit Startup Items" from the Launch menu now opens up the list in an xedit window rather than with TextEdit (which was not brought in front, and could therefore be missed);
Now, by default, OroborOSX allows windows (and iconbars) to go right to the top of the screen when using XDarwin 1.0a2/3 (this means they can go under the menubar in XDarwin 1.0a1, but see next item); (Thanks Jonathan!)
Added an item in the Options menu to prevent new windows and iconbars from going under the menubar -for those still using XDarwin 1.0a1;
Makes sure that items in the "Launch Menu Items" folder are executable; (Thanks Ulrich!)
At launch, OroborOSX now makes use of the system-wide and/or user's .Xmodmap and .Xresources/.Xdefaults files; (Thanks Andrew!)
Added some extra options to the xeyes Launch command, which prevents it trying to use the SHAPE extension (since that does not work correctly under XFree86 4.1) -also gave it a bit of colour!

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.0

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.0 or higher

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Version 0.75a2:
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Not obsolete at all! - Version: 0.9, 2/8/2004 06:42AM PST

KHoke

OroborOSX has features that Apple's X11 app lacks. On my space-constrained screen, I can use translucency and auto-focus to get full functionality from graphics windows overlapping xterms. Maybe X11.app can be enhanced with other window managers but I have yet to find one that played well with my setup. With the speed increases in v0.9, it seems that any advantage for X11.app has been met.

It should still… - Version: 0.8.5, 1/19/2003 10:13PM PST

eobanb

run fine. Speaking of which, this seems to now be totally obsolete...

If you install… - Version: 0.8.5, 1/8/2003 11:50AM PST

dacx

Apple's X11, which I assume updates/overwrites an existing installation of /usr/X11R6/, will OroborOSX still run?