diff -r -u wxMac-2.4.2/include/wx/font.h wxMac-2.4.2-patched/include/wx/font.h
--- wxMac-2.4.2/include/wx/font.h	2002-10-27 17:51:41.000000000 -0800
+++ wxMac-2.4.2-patched/include/wx/font.h	2006-10-24 23:57:27.000000000 -0700
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@
     wxString GetWeightString() const;
 
     // Unofficial API, don't use
-    virtual void SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no = TRUE ) {  }
-    virtual bool GetNoAntiAliasing() { return FALSE; }
+    virtual void SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no = TRUE ) { mNoAntiAliasing = no; }
+    virtual bool GetNoAntiAliasing() { return mNoAntiAliasing; }
 
     // the default encoding is used for creating all fonts with default
     // encoding parameter
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@
     // get the internal data
     wxFontRefData *GetFontData() const
         { return (wxFontRefData *)m_refData; }
+
+    bool mNoAntiAliasing;
     
 private:
     // the currently default encoding: by default, it's the default system
diff -r -u wxMac-2.4.2/src/common/intl.cpp wxMac-2.4.2-patched/src/common/intl.cpp
--- wxMac-2.4.2/src/common/intl.cpp	2003-09-20 03:24:25.000000000 -0700
+++ wxMac-2.4.2-patched/src/common/intl.cpp	2006-11-12 21:15:56.000000000 -0800
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+
+// dmazzoni: langinfo.h is not included in Mac OS X 10.2
+#undef HAVE_LANGINFO_H
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LANGINFO_H
   #include <langinfo.h>
 #endif
diff -r -u wxMac-2.4.2/src/mac/app.cpp wxMac-2.4.2-patched/src/mac/app.cpp
--- wxMac-2.4.2/src/mac/app.cpp	2003-06-03 06:58:19.000000000 -0700
+++ wxMac-2.4.2-patched/src/mac/app.cpp	2006-11-12 21:17:49.000000000 -0800
@@ -1501,6 +1501,11 @@
         	sleepTime = 0 ;
         else
         	sleepTime = GetCaretTime() / 2 ;
+
+        // dmazzoni: hack to never sleep more than 1/60 of a second
+        // otherwise Audacity's user interface doesn't update
+        // frequently enough
+        sleepTime = 1;
     }
     if ( event.what != kHighLevelEvent )
         SetRectRgn( (RgnHandle) s_macCursorRgn , event.where.h , event.where.v ,  event.where.h + 1 , event.where.v + 1 ) ;
diff -r -u wxMac-2.4.2/src/mac/dc.cpp wxMac-2.4.2-patched/src/mac/dc.cpp
--- wxMac-2.4.2/src/mac/dc.cpp	2003-09-20 03:24:33.000000000 -0700
+++ wxMac-2.4.2-patched/src/mac/dc.cpp	2006-11-12 21:20:57.000000000 -0800
@@ -1365,7 +1365,11 @@
 	long xx = XLOG2DEVMAC(x);
 	long yy = YLOG2DEVMAC(y);
 #if TARGET_CARBON
-	bool useDrawThemeText = ( DrawThemeTextBox != (void*) kUnresolvedCFragSymbolAddress ) ;
+        // dmazzoni hack: Audacity is too slow on Mac OS X 10.2
+        // unless we turn off "theme text" (anti-aliased":
+	// bool useDrawThemeText = ( DrawThemeTextBox != (void*) kUnresolvedCFragSymbolAddress ) ;
+        bool useDrawThemeText = false;
+
 	if ( IsKindOf(CLASSINFO( wxPrinterDC ) ) ||  m_font.GetNoAntiAliasing() )
 	    useDrawThemeText = false ;
 #endif
@@ -1512,7 +1516,10 @@
 	FontInfo fi ;
 	::GetFontInfo( &fi ) ;
 #if TARGET_CARBON
-	bool useGetThemeText = ( GetThemeTextDimensions != (void*) kUnresolvedCFragSymbolAddress ) ;
+        // dmazzoni hack: Audacity is too slow on Mac OS X 10.2
+        // unless we turn off "theme text" (anti-aliased":
+        bool useGetThemeText = false;
+	//bool useGetThemeText = ( GetThemeTextDimensions != (void*) kUnresolvedCFragSymbolAddress ) ;
 	if ( IsKindOf(CLASSINFO( wxPrinterDC ) ) || ((wxFont*)&m_font)->GetNoAntiAliasing() )
 	    useGetThemeText = false ;
 #endif
diff -r -u wxMac-2.4.2/src/mac/dcclient.cpp wxMac-2.4.2-patched/src/mac/dcclient.cpp
--- wxMac-2.4.2/src/mac/dcclient.cpp	2003-09-20 03:24:33.000000000 -0700
+++ wxMac-2.4.2-patched/src/mac/dcclient.cpp	2006-11-12 21:21:28.000000000 -0800
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
 
 wxWindowDC::~wxWindowDC()
 {
+   // dmazzoni - this fixes a serious crashing bug
+   // To trigger it more rapidly, set the MallocScribble and MallocGuardEdges
+   // environment variables first...
+   if (!m_macPort)
+      return;
+
     // set clipping region to full window so that the OS can draw controls everywhere
     RgnHandle       visRgn = NewRgn() ;
     GetPortVisibleRegion( (CGrafPtr) m_macPort , visRgn );
diff -r -u wxMac-2.4.2/src/mac/font.cpp wxMac-2.4.2-patched/src/mac/font.cpp
--- wxMac-2.4.2/src/mac/font.cpp	2002-11-24 09:34:15.000000000 -0800
+++ wxMac-2.4.2-patched/src/mac/font.cpp	2006-10-24 23:58:23.000000000 -0700
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@
                     const wxString& faceName,
                     wxFontEncoding encoding)
 {
+    mNoAntiAliasing = false;
+
     UnRef();
     m_refData = new wxFontRefData(pointSize, family, style, weight,
                                   underlined, faceName, encoding);