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On macOS moving the mouse into the Gpredict window makes the window go black

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
12/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c, macos
Domain
desktop

Research direction

The payload names no source file, test or entry point. The reporter describes the window going black under XQuartz with the gtk3 X11 build on macOS, and gives a MacPorts workaround that installs the Quartz build of gtk3. Reproducing it needs a macOS machine with XQuartz, and the issue never states a fix or a done condition. Confirm with a maintainer whether the goal is a code change or only documentation of the workaround before starting.

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Description

macOS

When using the X11 gtk3 version of gpredict on macOS (via MacPorts in my case) whenever you move the mouse over the gpredict window it turns black.

Unfortunately this is a known problem with XQuartz (X11 server) that doesn't look like it's going to get fixed.

To work around it, use the Quartz version of gtk3 instead.

sudo port install glib2 +quartz -x11
sudo port install libepoxy +quartz -x11
sudo port install gtk3 +quartz -x11

Carl.

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