Mac OS X Window Server vs. X11: the insane task

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Dedicated to all who likes low-level Window Server (CoreGraphicsPrivate.h, etc), X11 on Mac, SIMBL and other crazy stuff :)

There\'s a simple X11-emulated application on

Answer 1

It is my understanding that X11 uses its own windows server and general stack. That is why it can run X11 apps without special ports.

It only has a layer of responses that mimics that of Cocoa windows such that it can communicate with the general interface. Its not a Cocoa stack in disguise, its an X11 stack superficially disguised as Cocoa. As such, it only responds to only a subset of the Cocoa related messages.

I think to do anything serious in X11 you have to use the X11 API from the start. In other words, write as if it was not intended to run on top of the Mac OS.