[translation] Fwd: web/xml/x11 x11.en.xml,1.12,1.13

I'm in the process of updating the "Running X11" document.  I plan on 
making a bunch of small changes and committing them gradually.


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Alexander Hansen <[email protected]>
> Date: March 9, 2005 9:35:39 PM EST
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: web/xml/x11 x11.en.xml,1.12,1.13
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> Update of /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/x11
> In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv1623
>
> Modified Files:
> 	x11.en.xml
> Log Message:
> Update Section 3.1 to include contemporary X11 versions.
>
> applex11tools mentioned
>
>
> Index: x11.en.xml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/x11/x11.en.xml,v
> retrieving revision 1.12
> retrieving revision 1.13
> diff -u -d -r1.12 -r1.13
> --- x11.en.xml	24 Jan 2005 01:00:01 -0000	1.12
> +++ x11.en.xml	10 Mar 2005 02:35:35 -0000	1.13
> @@ -71,8 +71,9 @@
>        <p>
>  Xtools is a product of <link url="http://www.tenon.com/">Tenon
>  Intersystems</link>.
> -It is a version of X11 for Mac OS X, based on XFree86.
> +It is a version of X11 for Mac OS X, based on XFree86.
>  </p>
> +<p>Note:  Development apparently stopped sometime before OS 10.3 was 
> released.</p>
>      </section>
>      <section name="client-server">
>        <title>Client and Server</title>
> @@ -276,13 +277,13 @@
>      </section>
>    </chapter>
>    <chapter filename="inst-xfree86">
> -    <title>Getting and Installing XFree86</title>
> -    <shorttitle>Installing XFree86</shorttitle>
> +    <title>Getting and Installing X11</title>
> +    <shorttitle>Installing X11</shorttitle>
>      <section name="fink">
> -      <title>Installing through Fink</title>
> +      <title>Installing X11 via Fink</title>
>        <p>
> -Fink will let you install X11 in any way you like,
> -but it also provides XFree86 packages of its own. If you
> +Fink will let you install X11 in a variety of ways,
> +among these it provides XFree86 packages of its own. If you
>  use <code>fink install ...</code>, it will download
>  the source code and compile it on your computer. If
>  you use <code>apt-get install ...</code> or the
> @@ -290,7 +291,24 @@
>  precompiled binary packages, similar to the official
>  XFree86 distribution.
>  </p>
> -      <p>
> +<p><em>General notes:</em></p>
> +<ul><li>All of the X11 packages currently available via Fink support 
> both full-screen and rootless
> +operation, and have OpenGL support.</li>
> +<li><em>Important note:</em>  Files get moved around between X11 
> releases.  This frequently means that if you try to downgrade your X11 
> installation, you will find that binaries (executable programs, etc.) 
> won't work anymore.  You'd have to rebuild any such packages.
> +<p>You can go the other way though:  packages built vs an older X11 
> generally work on a later one.</p>
> +<p>For 10.3, the X11 hierarchy is as follows:</p>
> +<codeblock>xorg > xfree86 > Apple's X11 </codeblock>
> +</li></ul>
> +<p><em>10.3 users:</em></p>
> +<p>You can install version 4.3.99.16-2 (that which is in the current 
> binary distribution) or 4.4 (which is available from source).  You 
> will need both the <code>xfree86</code> and 
> <code>xfree86-shlibs</code> packages to have a fully functional 
> installation.</p>
> +<p>You can also install the X.org X11 release (currently version 6.8) 
> via the <code>xorg</code> and <code>xorg-shlibs</code> packages in the 
> unstable tree.  This X11 flavor is similar to XFree86-4.4, but 
> includes some bugfixes and new features, and removes some code with a 
> disputed license.</p>
> +<!-->Verify latest bindist version when online</-->
> +<p><em>10.2 users:</em></p>
> +<p>10.2 users may install version 4.3 via source or binary, and 4.4 
> from the unstable tree.  As above, you'll install <code>xfree86</code> 
> and <code>xfree86-shlibs</code>.
> +</p>
> +<!-->
> +Irrelevant now?
> +
>  The <code>xfree86-base</code> package contains all
>  of XFree86 4.2.1.1 (4.2.0 for 10.1 users) except the XDarwin server.
>  The <code>xfree86-rootless</code> package is the server from the 
> standard,
> @@ -303,11 +321,11 @@
>  install the server yourself; see below.  In this case, you should
>  only install <code>xfree86-base</code>, or you'll risk that Fink
>  overwrites your manually installed server.  Note that the current 
> stable version of<code> xfree86-base</code> (4.2.1.1-3) generates the 
> <code>xfree86-rootless</code>, <code>xfree86-base-shlibs</code>, and 
> <code>xfree86-rootless-shlibs</code> during its build process.  In 
> this case, all four packages must be installed for you to have a 
> working XFree86 setup.
> -</p>
> -      <p>The<code> xfree86-base-threaded</code> and 
> <code>xfree86-rootless-threaded</code> packages are essentially the 
> same thing, but have been modified to support threading, which is 
> required by a few applications, such as <filename>xine</filename>.</p>
> -      <p>XFree86 4.2.11 (unthreaded) is considered to be the stable, 
> baseline XFree86 version to use with Fink on 10.2.  XFree86 4.3.0 is 
> also available, but is considered to be more experimental, and as of 
> this writing is only available in the unstable tree.  It has threading 
> support built in, and is faster than 4.2.1.1 .  To install this 
> version, you should install the <code>xfree86</code> package.  Note 
> that for this version, there are no longer separate -base and 
> -rootless packages, although the libraries are splitoff into 
> <code>xfree86-shlibs</code>.  If you build binaries against 4.3, they 
> may not work on 4.2.1.1 or Apple X11, so be warned.</p>
> -      <p>
> -        <em>10.3 users:</em>  You will need to install version 
> 4.3.99.16-2 or later, which are prereleases for XFree86-4.4.  If you 
> are working from the binary distribution, make sure to update your 
> package descriptions (e.g. via <code>sudo apt-get update</code>).</p>
> +</-->
> +      <p>XFree86 4.2.1.1 is also available for 10.2, in 
> <code>normal</code> and <code>-threaded</code> flavors (later X11s all 
> have threading support), though it is considered to be obsolete. The 
> <code>xfree86-base</code>, <code>xfree86-base-shlibs</code>, 
> <code>xfree86-shlibs</code>, and <code>xfree86-rootless-shlibs</code> 
> packages (or their <code>-threaded</code> counterparts must all be 
> installed for you to have a working XFree86 setup.  In addition, you 
> may need to install the <code>xfree86-base-dev</code> and 
> <code>xfree86-rootless-dev</code> packages (or their 
> <code>-threaded</code> equivalents) to keep Fink from trying to 
> install a newer version.</p>
> +      <!-->The<code> xfree86-base-threaded</code> and 
> <code>xfree86-rootless-threaded</code> packages are essentially the 
> same thing, but have been modified to support threading, which is 
> required by a few applications.</-->
> +<p><em>10.1 users:</em></p>
> +<p>You can install version 4.2.0 from the binary distribution (only). 
>  You will install <code>xfree86-base</code> and 
> <code>xfree86-rootless</code>.</p>
>      </section>
>      <section name="apple-binary">
>        <title>Apple's Binaries</title>
> @@ -386,6 +404,7 @@
>            <p>If you use the <code>xfree86</code> package, and later 
> switch to Apple's X11 (on either 10.2.x or 10.3.x), any
>  packages you have built against <code>xfree86</code> will need to be 
> rebuilt, as the binaries are incompatible.</p>
>          </li>
> +<li><p><em>10.3 users only:</em>  It is possible to use Apple's 
> display server and window manager on top of either XFree86-4.4 or 
> X.org.  If you install the <code>applex11tools</code> package, Fink 
> will install what you need, as long as you have a copy of 
> X11User.pkg.</p></li>
>        </ul>
>        <p>For more information on using Apple's X11, check out this 
> <link 
> url="http://developer.apple.com/darwin/runningx11.html">article</link> 
> at the Apple Developer Connection.</p>
>      </section>
>
>
>
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