Martin Gohla wrote: []
Did I understand right, that there isn't only a simple command, as for instance typing only the filename xinvaders and the program will start.
No, you didn't understand right. Of course, *if* everything is configured right, you just type "xinvaders" at the command prompt and it will start. But note the big *if*. For this to work, you have to
- set your PATH correctly so that /sw/bin is in it. This is usually done automatically by the pathsetup script at installation of Fink.
- have X11 started before you run your program.
- have the environment variable DISPLAY set to :0.
The latter two points are done automatically for you if you use the "open-x11" launch script. The latter point is done automatically if you start your application from an xterm window instead of a Terminal window. Starting your application from an xterm window has the drawback, however, that without another configuration step, the first of the above points, the setting of the PATH variable, will not be correct.
All this can be confusing for the beginner. Therefore these things have been written up with more or less details in the documentation on running X11 on the Fink web site and, for example, on Pedro Massobrio's site http://homepage.mac.com/sao1/fink/
-- Martin
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