> On 22 Apr 2019, at 10:57 pm, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> $ port search xorg-server
> xorg-server @1.20.4 (x11, devel)
> The X.org / Xquartz X server.
>
> xorg-server-devel @1.20.4 (x11, devel)
> The X.org / Xquartz X server.
>
> Found 2 ports.
>
> Is the xorg-server-devel package needed to compile X11 software
> (e.g. if I wanted to configure and compile my own gvim)?
> Both ports say (x11, devel).
No. Both provide an X11 server in the same way. The only difference is,
normally, the devel version is (as per usual macports conventions) a more up to
date development version. It just so happens that at the moment the two provide
the same build. Until recently though, this was not the case.
>
> cheers,
> raf
>
> [email protected]
>
> Christoph Kukulies wrote:
>
>> Just FWIW:
>>
>> $ port installed xorg-server gv
>> The following ports are currently installed:
>> gv @3.7.4_0 (active)
>> xorg-server @1.20.4_0 (active)
>>
>>
>> —
>> Christoph
>>
>>> Am 22.04.2019 um 12:21 schrieb Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Apr 19, 2019, at 05:01, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks. That did the job. I can now start the „gv“ (ghostview) port. But
>>>> it illbehaves.
>>>> Some problem with the event queue maybe. Looks like lots ov expose events
>>>> are generated.
>>>> Textfield in the left is flickering and is counting through all papersizes
>>>> there are. Then the fileselector box
>>>> is flickering slowly. Hardly to operate.
>>>>
>>>> Well, the application isn’t attractive anyway compared to what one is used
>>>> of gsview64/32.
>>>> Not that the letter is the cream of GUI programs but it is usable and
>>>> practical. Not more, not less.
>>>
>>> Hmm, sorry to hear that. I'm not seeing those problems (on High Sierra),
>>> but I am using an older version of xorg-server at least:
>>>
>>> $ port installed xorg-server gv
>>> The following ports are currently installed:
>>> gv @3.7.4_0+universal (active)
>>> xorg-server @1.18.4_3+universal (active)
>>>
>>>
>>
