Comments on: X11 "Toggle Full Screen" in Leopard? http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/ The archive of Macsingularity Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:15:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: David Shoemaker http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-456 David Shoemaker Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:36:08 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/#comment-456 <p>That is, hold down command and option, then press A, to toggle.</p> That is, hold down command and option, then press A, to toggle.

]]> By: David Shoemaker http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-455 David Shoemaker Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:35:24 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/#comment-455 <p>I was able to go into preferences for X11 and check the "Full screen mode" check box. As it says next to the check box, cmd option a now toggles full screen mode for me.</p> <p>HTH.</p> I was able to go into preferences for X11 and check the “Full screen mode” check box. As it says next to the check box, cmd option a now toggles full screen mode for me.

HTH.

]]> By: Jim http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Jim Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:20:02 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/#comment-454 <p>...sorry I meant /usr/x11/bin/startx</p> …sorry I meant /usr/x11/bin/startx

]]> By: Jim http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Jim Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:18:27 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/#comment-453 <p>With some playing I think I found what you are looking for. To get Gimp working at all, I first had to edit /usr/x11/bin/xstart and change defaultserverargs="-dpi 1" (look up the commands for vi is you don't know them) (from Finder/applications/terminal if you didn't know that) Then I had also set fullscreen mode. To set it back, use command-, (command comma) to get the x11 menu. Select Preferences. Uncheck "full Screen" mode.</p> <p>That should take care of it.</p> With some playing I think I found what you are looking for. To get Gimp working at all, I first had to edit /usr/x11/bin/xstart and change defaultserverargs=”-dpi 1″ (look up the commands for vi is you don’t know them) (from Finder/applications/terminal if you didn’t know that) Then I had also set fullscreen mode. To set it back, use command-, (command comma) to get the x11 menu. Select Preferences. Uncheck “full Screen” mode.

That should take care of it.

]]> By: BowchickaWOWWOW http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-452 BowchickaWOWWOW Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:47:53 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/#comment-452 <p>Yuppers, doesn't work for me either, when I made X11 go fullscreen, I have this grey background, the top menu bar on my iMac dissappears, and I can't toggle it on and off, so I have to force quit using command Q. Anyone?</p> Yuppers, doesn’t work for me either, when I made X11 go fullscreen, I have this grey background, the top menu bar on my iMac dissappears, and I can’t toggle it on and off, so I have to force quit using command Q. Anyone?

]]> By: Marcos http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Marcos Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:42:19 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/#comment-451 <p>Most people who I talk to about X11 never use full screen - I seem the only one who likes to use it and the enlightenment (on another windows manager) rather than the standard "rootless" approach. </p> <p>The "new codebase" means they moved from Xfree86 to X.org - the codebase is the open-source foundation of X11 that powers X11 on Linux, OS X, and most places. xfree86 went away, and it was replaced by X.org - so that's where free X11 distributions come from now (on Linux too)</p> <p>But the codebase changes broke full screen, and whatever they were doing to make full screen was apparently tricky, and thus we still don't have it. </p> <p>Ironically, I'm now getting by (mainly because I have two monitors now) with the rootless version ,but I do miss the enlightenment and virtual desktops now and then. (I guess I have spaces too)</p> Most people who I talk to about X11 never use full screen – I seem the only one who likes to use it and the enlightenment (on another windows manager) rather than the standard “rootless” approach.

The “new codebase” means they moved from Xfree86 to X.org – the codebase is the open-source foundation of X11 that powers X11 on Linux, OS X, and most places. xfree86 went away, and it was replaced by X.org – so that’s where free X11 distributions come from now (on Linux too)

But the codebase changes broke full screen, and whatever they were doing to make full screen was apparently tricky, and thus we still don’t have it.

Ironically, I’m now getting by (mainly because I have two monitors now) with the rootless version ,but I do miss the enlightenment and virtual desktops now and then. (I guess I have spaces too)

]]> By: Dustin http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Dustin Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:11:49 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/#comment-450 <p>"The current maintainer of X11 at Apple has admitted it’s beyond his abilities; "</p> <p>I find this pretty sad. Mac changes over to Intel, which runs X11 no problem on almost any machine, and somehow things become more difficult? (I'm assuming that the new codebase referred to is the codebase for 10.5? Even if that is the case, you'd think the people at Apple would have the resources and brains to get something as important as this fixed (especially the way they now advertise their UNIX underpinnings as a selling point). I don't NEED fullscreen, personally, but the way I see it, if you don't have a working fullscreen mode, you don't have a working X11, and the fact that Apple is now including X11 as a default install suggests to me that Apple may realize that many people are using the open source technologies on X11, now.)</p> “The current maintainer of X11 at Apple has admitted it’s beyond his abilities; “

I find this pretty sad. Mac changes over to Intel, which runs X11 no problem on almost any machine, and somehow things become more difficult? (I’m assuming that the new codebase referred to is the codebase for 10.5? Even if that is the case, you’d think the people at Apple would have the resources and brains to get something as important as this fixed (especially the way they now advertise their UNIX underpinnings as a selling point). I don’t NEED fullscreen, personally, but the way I see it, if you don’t have a working fullscreen mode, you don’t have a working X11, and the fact that Apple is now including X11 as a default install suggests to me that Apple may realize that many people are using the open source technologies on X11, now.)

]]> By: Marcos http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Marcos Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:58:38 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/#comment-449 <p>Nope, sorry - still not working. It's looking grim that it's going to get implemented. The current maintainer of X11 at Apple has admitted it's beyond his abilities; apparently it used a lot of trickery and moving to the new codebase he hasn't been able to get it working.</p> <p>Not looking good either for when it's due to be fixed: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/ticket/7</p> Nope, sorry – still not working. It’s looking grim that it’s going to get implemented. The current maintainer of X11 at Apple has admitted it’s beyond his abilities; apparently it used a lot of trickery and moving to the new codebase he hasn’t been able to get it working.

Not looking good either for when it’s due to be fixed: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/ticket/7

]]> By: peter http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-448 peter Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:04:23 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/#comment-448 <p>Hello,</p> <p>pelase, please, guys, tell me that the full screen mode is fixed under new mac os x systems, i just bought new macbook and i can see that the full screen mode is NOT working and i cant belive it!! help!! i really really need it!!</p> <p>peter</p> Hello,

pelase, please, guys, tell me that the full screen mode is fixed under new mac os x systems, i just bought new macbook and i can see that the full screen mode is NOT working and i cant belive it!! help!! i really really need it!!

peter

]]> By: Marcos http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Marcos Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:17:39 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/10/27/x11-toggle-full-screen-in-leopard/#comment-447 <p>Have you all tried the latest unofficial build?</p> <p>http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X112.1.3</p> <p>That would be my first suggestion, on these blank xterm problems.</p> Have you all tried the latest unofficial build?

http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X112.1.3

That would be my first suggestion, on these blank xterm problems.

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