From b759da83ae62a897b7727d9180a68b962b571286 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Gottwald Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 16:16:18 +0000 Subject: added README for Cygwin/X This file currently contains the Cygwin/X specific release notes from 6.7.0 and a first collection of what will make up the release notes for the next release --- hw/xwin/README | 134 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 134 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hw/xwin/README diff --git a/hw/xwin/README b/hw/xwin/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..edb18c242 --- /dev/null +++ b/hw/xwin/README @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +Cygwin/X Release Notes +====================== + +Release X11R6.7 +=============== + +Cygwin/X has continued its rapid pace of development that it has sustained +since Spring 2001 and this release shows it, we now have: a stable and fast +multi-window mode, seamless clipboard integration, a configurable tray menu +icon, popups on error messages pointing users to the log file and our mailing +list, the beginnings of indirect 3D acceleration for OpenGL applications, +improved non-US keyboard and clipboard support, and only a handful of bugs +that continue to be reported. + +Between the XFree86 4.3.0 release and the X.Org X11R6.7 release the Cyg- +win/XFree86 project broke away from The XFree86 Project, Inc. due to a lack +of support from the XFree86 project. As such, the Cygwin/XFree86 project was +renamed to the Cygwin/X project and the upstream source code tree that Cyg- +win/X pulls from and pushes to is now the tree managed by the X.Org Founda- +tion. The Cygwin/X project has seen a rush of development and interest in +the project since the split; one metric showing this is that the number of +CVS committers we have has gone from zero to six. + +The most outstanding features of this release are + + o Major multi-window mode improvements. (Takuma Murakami, Earle F. + Philhower III) + + o Initial work of accelerated OpenGL using the windows OpenGL drivers. + (Alexander Gottwald) + + o Massive rework of clipboard integration with windows. (Harold L Hunt II, + Kensuke Matsuzaki) + + o Improved Japanese clipboard and keyboard support. (Kensuke Matsuzaki, + Takuma Murakami, Alexander Gottwald) + + o Customizable tray menu icon allowing shortcuts to start programs, + etc.(Earle F. Philhower III) + + o New icons. (Jehan Bing, Michael Bax, Benjamin Rienfenstahl) + + o Fix some multi-monitor problems.(Takuma Murakami) + + o Fix repeated key strokes. (Ivan Pascal) + + o Automatic keyboard layouts for the most frequently used keyboard lay- + outs. (Alexander Gottwald) + + o Built in SHM support with detection of the SHM engine (cygserver). + (Ralf Habacker, Harold L Hunt II) + + o Merged in work on the NativeGDI engine. (Alan Hourihane) + +OpenGL with Cygwin/X +==================== + +Cygwin/X has supported GLX only with software rendering provided by the Mesa +library. Starting with X11R6.7 we add support for hardware accelerated OpenGL. + +This support is still under development and still has some bigger problems. +To provide both versions (the stable software rendering and the new hardware +accelerated) we ship to binaries. XWin.exe contains the software rendering +and XWin_GL.exe uses the hardware acceleration provided by the windows drivers. + +The known problems with hardware accelerated OpenGL are: + + o Only multiwindow mode is useful. In the other modes the OpenGL output + does not align with the X11 windows. + + o Using two programs which require different visuals will fail. For example + glxgears and glxinfo will not work without restarting XWin_GL.exe. + + o OpenGL extensions and functions from OpenGL 1.2 and later should work + but are not completely tested. + + o The standard Windows OpenGL driver will produce no output. Use the one + from your video adapter vendor. + +If you notice problems with some programs please send a message with the +logfile /tmp/XWin.log and a short error description to + +The hardware accelerated OpenGL was tested using: + + o glxgears + o glxinfo + o blender + o tuxkart + o GLUT demos (some did fail) + o tuxracer (currently not working) + + +Release X11R6.8 +=============== + +Having reached a quite mature state in release X11R6.7 the development +has slowed down a little bit. Some of the former active developers have +retired or cut their work for the Cygwin/X project due to conflicts with +job, study and family. + +The X11R6.8 release now includes major improvements from the xserver project. +This includes the XFixes, the Damage and XEVIE extension which is a major +step towards allowing Cygwin/X to have real transparency. + +OpenGL with Cygwin/X +==================== + +The OpenGL support has lost some of it's limitations from the last release +and should be much more stable. But due to missing wide spread testing in +the community it is still available in a separate program. XWin still uses +the old software OpenGL which is known to be stable. + +The known problems with hardware accelerated OpenGL are: + + o Only multiwindow mode is useful. In the other modes the OpenGL output + does not align with the X11 windows. + + o OpenGL extensions and functions from OpenGL 1.2 and later should work + but are not completely tested. + + o The standard Windows OpenGL driver will produce no output. Use the one + from your video adapter vendor. + +If you notice problems with some programs please send a message with the +logfile /tmp/XWin.log and a short error description to + +The hardware accelerated OpenGL was tested using: + + o glxgears + o glxinfo + o blender + o tuxkart + o GLUT demos (some did fail) + -- cgit v1.2.3