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README
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This is a modified version of the XonX / XDarwin rootless X11
environment for OS X.

The rootless X server was derived from the HEAD of cvs.xfree86.org as
of 2002-10-08. The rest of the tree is currently from the XFree86 4.3.0
release


Compiling
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Don't use the top-level Makefile, it's only there for B&I. Instead, the
usual way to build everything the first time is:

	$ ./build.sh

This will build and install everything in the correct order. Running it
again will only rebuild things that have changed, unless you invoke it
with the "-c" option to start a clean build.


Running X11
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Launch the X11.app installed in /Applications/Utilities. It creates
Xauth session keys and then launches the X server (called Xquartz).

Xquartz subsequently completes the initialization process by running
your .xinitrc script (using /bin/sh). If .xinitrc doesn't exist Xquartz
spawns the window manager (quartz-wm) and an xterm.


Details
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See the "Fenster" radar component and the "TODO" file in this directory
for known issues. See the "ChangeLog" file for description of recent
changes.