Xming - PC X Server

Future and Features

Use the Gallium3D library which is now include in Mesa (TBD).
Build a 64-bit version (this is a massive task, but meanwhile 32-bit Xming works under WoW64).
XLaunch's XPing and -find don't work yet with IPv6. Plus testing of XDMCP on IPv6 networks has not been very extensive.
Fettle and finish the AIGLX (-wgl) interfaces and wrappers. User feedback is required with results for different graphics cards.
Fix a 'borders black, corrupted or missing' rendering error in -mwextwm mode e.g. with xcalc and oclock (tricky). An API change (13/9/07 'Remove the PaintWindow optimization') seems to be the cause.
Get -pseudocolor to work with the various engines (I need an antique test 8-bit colour Unix system to progress this). As a workaround use -fullscreen at -depth 8.
Fully utilize the MPX code so that multiple mice and keyboards work with the X server (the MPX code is currently forced/bypassed to be single mouse/keyboard).

Changes for version 7.5.0.25 (Development Snapshot 29 Jul 2010 21:57)

Update the xserver, pixman and Mesa from X.Org git.
Fix a GDI bitmap resource leak of some transient window icons (thanks to Jon Turney). For example: the leak could be reproduced by repeating mouse grabs on the menu items of a konsole client in -multiwindow mode.
Ensure XInitThreads() is called by the server before any other function in libX11.
Create the Windows messaging window earlier in winClipboardProc().
Xming 7.5.0.24 (Released 21 Jul 2010)

Xming 7.5.0.24 (Released 21 Jul 2010)

Update the FreeType2 project from its git repository, and the xserver, libX11, libXau, libXext, libXfont, libXi, libXinerama, libxkbfile, libXmu, libXrender, libXtst, Mesa, pixman, xkbcomp, xkeyboard-config and xwininfo from X.Org git. A default XKeysymDB file is no longer needed, but a custom one can still be used.
Supply the xcb-icccm and xcb-shape libraries as dlls in the installer now that xcb is used by xwininfo.
xwininfo now works with any locale and Unicode.
Make the keyboard detection logging a bit clearer. Reformat the keyboard layout mapping table. Add a keycode mapping for VK_OEM_8 which can be issued by the Canadian multix layout. (thanks to Jon Turney)
Generate X keycodes for multimedia keys (thanks to Jon Turney).
Open the 'About Xming' dialog top, not topmost, in the Windows Z-order.
Change an annoying message in PuTTY event logs.
Correct a few minor metadata errors.
Xming 7.5.0.23 (Released 5 Jul 2010)

Xming 7.5.0.23 (Released 5 Jul 2010)

Update the FreeType2 project from its git repository, and the xserver, libX11, Mesa and xkeyboard-config from X.Org git. TrueType hinting, as used by FreeType2, is no longer patented (expired May 2010).
Update the known mappings for Canadian keyboards (thanks to Jon Turney).
Make sane and simplify some uses of the WIN32 macro and __MINGW32__ definition in my patches.
Xming 7.5.0.22 (Released 28 Jun 2010)

Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.24 (Released 5 Jul 2010)

Catch up with the PuTTY project SVN.
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.23 (Released 15 Jun 2010)

Xming 7.5.0.22 (Released 28 Jun 2010)

Update the Pthreads-Win32 project from its CVS, the FreeType2 project from its git repository, and the xserver, libSM, libX11, libxcb, libXext, libXfont, libXmu, libXrender, Mesa, pixman, xkeyboard-config, xlsatoms, xlsclients, xlsfonts and xwininfo from X.Org git.
Don't call XSetWindowBorderWidth() if the window class is InputOnly.
When sending a ReparentNotify synthetic event in -multiwindow mode include override_redirect set false. Note: this missing protocol data decoded as **INVALID** in Xmon and could confuse clients.
Enable pthreads use in pixman's build and correct an endian definition error in its generated config.h.
Provide a simple (CUI) text log following tool (follow) in 'Tools and clients' (like Linux/Unix 'tail -f'). I now use it from my Xmingrc file instead of Microsoft's Tail Utility (from their Server 2003 Resource Kit); which I cannot distribute. Command processor example...
```
>follow %TEMP%\Xming.%DISNO%.log
```
Replace xstrdup() with strdup() in the DDX code (note: this is now in xserver git master anyway as part of a general memory allocation cleanup).
Build the installer using Inno Setup at release 5.3.10-unicode.
Xming 7.5.0.21 (Released 23 May 2010)

Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.23 (Released 15 Jun 2010)

PuTTY's fullscreen mode now behaves usefully in a multimonitor environment (i.e. you don't have to build PuTTY's executables NO_MULTIMON with MinGW as the required functions from missing header multimon.h are available elsewhere).
Build the installer using Inno Setup at release 5.3.10-unicode.
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.22 (Released 23 May 2010)

Xming-fonts 7.5.0.22 (Public domain release 28 May 2010)

Update to DejaVue fonts release 2.31.
Build the installer using Inno Setup at release 5.3.9-unicode.
Xming-fonts 7.5.0.11 (Public domain release 20 Oct 2009)

Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.22 (Released 23 May 2010)

Catch up with the PuTTY project SVN.
Extend version information to more than just Windows metadata.
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.21 (Released 25 Apr 2010)

Xming 7.5.0.21 (Released 23 May 2010)

Update the PuTTY project from its snapshot SVN, the FreeType2 project from its git repository, the Pthreads-Win32 project from its snapshot CVS, and the xserver, libX11, libfontenc, libICE, libxcb, libXdmcp, Mesa, pixman and xkeyboard-config from X.Org git. When setting DISPLAY, or -display, localhost is now assumed again when no host is entered (fixes compatibility with original Xlib behaviour when using library XCB). As a consequence some -display usage documentation has been simplified.
Rework the -wgl patchset now the bulk of it has been committed to X.Org (major change).
Rework some xserver patches following the removal of the MAXSCREENS constraint.
Now the X server only uses the C89 standard free(pointer) function, and not depreciated wrappers, we don't need to check if pointer is NULL before calling it. However xtrans still uses the depreciated X-allocation functions so don't pollute xserver build logs with nanny warnings.
Set the Current Directory (i.e. pseudo-variable CD) to the Xming install directory for use by child processes of the X server.
Use function strncpy(), not strcpy(), when processing environmental variables. Also use environmental variable ProgramFiles(x86), instead of ProgramFiles, with WoW64.
Match the glxWinCreateDrawable() function prototype to changed xserver/glx code. Also fix a regression in that function.
Correct the typedef for *SHGETFOLDERPATHPROC().
Xming does not have the MIT-SHM extension so don't let the xdpyinfo build find headers for it and then expect it to be available.
Provide the xroot X client. Useful in -rootless modes to access window manager root menus which otherwise maybe hidden. It creates a small simple unmanaged clickable window that routes input events to the root window.
```
>xroot -display :0 -geometry 50x50+500+50 -color SteelBlue
```
Extend the plink version information to more than just its Windows metadata.
Tidy, and make more Xming specific, some of the tools and clients' -help and manuals. Also 'Command Prompt' (the Windows cmd.exe console) is now 'Command Processor'...everywhere (UI etiquette). Plus many other minor documentation changes.
Build using binutils from CVS as of 17th May 2010. Also catch up with mingw CVS for the cross-compiler toolchain.
Xming 7.5.0.20 (Released 25 Apr 2010)

Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.21 (Released 25 Apr 2010)

Catch up with the PuTTY project SVN.
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.20 (Released 13 Apr 2010)

Xming 7.5.0.20 (Released 25 Apr 2010)

Update the PuTTY project from its snapshot SVN, the FreeType2 project from its git repository, zlib to version 1.2.5, and the xserver, libX11, libxcb, Mesa, pixman and xkeyboard-config from X.Org git.
As the installer now uses ClearType Tahoma as default font, to look better in Windows 7 and Vista, do the same with Xming dialogs.
In function winTopLevelWindowProc() don't delete the region handle given to SetWindowRgn() as the system then owns it.
Tidy some patches for pthreads and zlib, and update the zlib license.
Build the installer using Inno Setup at release 5.3.9-unicode.
Xming 7.5.0.19 (Released 12 Apr 2010)

Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.20 (Released 13 Apr 2010)

Catch up with the PuTTY project SVN.
Build the installer using Inno Setup at release 5.3.9-unicode.
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.19 (Released 26 Mar 2010)

Xming 7.5.0.19 (Released 12 Apr 2010)

Update the PuTTY project from its snapshot SVN, the FreeType2 project from its git repository, and the xserver, libX11, libXext, libxcb, libXi, libXrender, Mesa, pixman, xdpyinfo, xkeyboard-config and xset from X.Org git.
Prevent an X server crash when the -dpi int option value entered is not an integer. Provide a -dpi auto option to tell the X server to just match the native Windows resolution, in dots per inch, instead. Note: without any -dpi [auto|int] option the default is still 75dpi so that client font sizing is unaltered. Hint: use xdpyinfo to examine actual screen resolutions.
Update the Xming Registry files gl.spec, wglext.spec and wglext.h, from the canonical OpenGL Registry, for use in the xserver build.
Supply an app-defaults/Viewres-color file in the installer.
In the Run Utility ensure stdout and stderr are distinct for the child process (thanks to Charles Wilson).
Xming 7.5.0.18 (Released 23 Mar 2010)

Older Releases 4

Future and Features
Changes for version 7.5.0.25 (Development Snapshot 29 Jul 2010 21:57)
Xming 7.5.0.24 (Released 21 Jul 2010)
Xming 7.5.0.23 (Released 5 Jul 2010)
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.24 (Released 5 Jul 2010)
Xming 7.5.0.22 (Released 28 Jun 2010)
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.23 (Released 15 Jun 2010)
Xming-fonts 7.5.0.22 (Public domain release 28 May 2010)
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.22 (Released 23 May 2010)
Xming 7.5.0.21 (Released 23 May 2010)
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.21 (Released 25 Apr 2010)
Xming 7.5.0.20 (Released 25 Apr 2010)
Xming-portablePuTTY 7.5.0.20 (Released 13 Apr 2010)
Xming 7.5.0.19 (Released 12 Apr 2010)
Older Releases 4

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