Xquartz ChangeLog

This page is used to track changes to X11 that are in development. Changes going into a particular release are summarized in the release notes obtainable from our releases page.

Automatic Updates

If you would like to receive automatic updates for beta versions in addition to release versions, please update to our beta SU feed by running the following command:

(SnowLeopard) $ defaults write org.macosforge.xquartz.X11 SUFeedURL http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/sparkle/beta.xml
(Leopard) $ defaults write org.x.X11 SUFeedURL http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/sparkle/beta.xml

Changes in 2.5.1 (In Development)

• All changes in 2.5.0 plus:
• app:
  • quartz-wm 1.1.1
    • Fixed an issue with focus loss (#370)
    • Fixed an issue dragging windows to other spaces (#375)
  • xscope
    • Fixed a wedge by ​building without xtrans
  • ​xterm 257
• lib:
  • ​cairo 1.8.10
  • ​libpng 1.4.1
  • ​libxcb 1.6
  • ​mesa 7.8
  • ​pixman 0.18.0
• misc:
  • ​util-macros 1.7.0
  • ​xorg-sgml-doctools 1.4
• server:
  • ​xorg-server 1.8.0
    • Move to the 1.8 branch
    • Fixed shift-arrow keys sending math symbols in wine (#295)
    • Added a preference to toggle between Alt_L, Alt_R and Mode_switch (#374)
    • Fixed possible errors with GLX pixel formats ​Bugzilla #27654
    • Worked around another instance of the graphics context clipping bug that was causing border render errors (#290)