I wrote too hastily about how I fixed XQuartz to cooperate with Inkscape (and
RStudio’s Rcmdr).
I think I’ve tracked down the source of the XQuartz trouble to file
~/.xinitrc.d/90-gnome.sh
which has contents:
# make the freedesktop menu entries work
export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/local/share
export XDG_DATA_HOME=/opt/local/share
export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/opt/local/etc/xdg
# enable sound
export ESPEAKER=localhost
# use Apple's window manager
exec quartz-wm &
# start GNOME
exec gnome-session
(That file was installed as part of some macports gnome-related port, I
believe.)
That apparently interferes with XQuartz; removing that .sh file (or just giving
it a different extension) allows XQuartz to function normally.
Now the question is what port installed that file and what will happen without
the file.
> On Feb 13, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Inkscape (and Rcmdr inside Studio) are now cooperating with XQuartz. Not sure
> why, but the only change I made is to reorder my path so that the macports
> python path comes before the anaconda python path. Could that have done it?)
>
> BUT… all the menus for Inkscape are in Greek. (I’ll post that as a separate
> query.)
>
>
>> On Feb 13, 2017, at 7:00 AM, [email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 12:42:57 -0500
>> From: Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> To: Ryan Schmidt <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> Cc: MacPorts Users <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> Subject: Re: Inkscape @0.92.0_3+x11 does not work under macOS Sierra
>> 10.12.3!
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>
>> I did install port inkscape-app and I get the same behavior — the incessant
>> appearance and disappearance of the XQuartz icon in the Dock, and NO Inscape
>> window or items in the menu bar — as when I tried running inkscape from
>> command line.
>>
>> I do see an Inkscape icon in the Dock, but it does not have the tell-tale
>> dot under it to indicate the app is open.
>>
>> [I’m beginning to suspect an XQuartz problem, as I’m getting the same issue
>> with the XQuartz icon when I try to run rCmdr from within RStudio after
>> giving the RStudio command quartz(). so I completely uninstalled XQuartz and
>> reinstalled. No change!]
>>
>> Not sure what the “usual place” means for crash logs.
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 11, 2017, at 5:18 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 11, 2017, at 13:59, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
>>>
>>>> The current version, Inkscape @0.92.0_3+x11 current, does not work under
>>>> macOS Sierra 10.12.3.
>>>>
>>>> After starting it from the command line, I see the XQuartz icon appear in
>>>> the Dock, then repeatedly disappear and reappear there. And I never see
>>>> any Inkscape icon there, or Inkscape window, or Inkscape item in the menu
>>>> bar.
>>>>
>>>> How get it to work?
>>>
>>> It's been working for me.
>>>
>>> Maybe it's crashing for you. Can you check if there are any crash logs, in
>>> the usual place?
>>>
>>
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