Re: YDL vs. MacOS X


Subject: Re: YDL vs. MacOS X
From: Eric Woods (woodse@alum.rpi.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 03 2001 - 19:18:59 MDT


At 04:34 PM 7/3/2001, Peter M. Bagnall wrote:
>My understanding is that MacOS X does not use X (somewhat ironically!),
>instead is uses a display layer based on PDF. I forget what the Apple
>codename is, but I'm sure someone here knows.

Aqua...

>Assuming I'm right that means you'd need to install a separate Xserver
>under X to get that to work, which should work fine. I don't know however
>whether there are any yet.

Lots of people are doing pretty tricky things with X on Mac OS X. Check
the "Unix Related Discussions" over at www.macosx.com for discussions and
resources. That forum is a pretty good cross-reference resource for *nix
on Mac in general.

         - Eric



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