On 10Jan, 2018, at 16:39 , René J.V. Bertin <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wednesday January 10 2018 16:24:03 Jim Graham wrote: >> so I can use my menu and pull up an xterm beside, say, Firefox, if I >> have some need for an xterm in a native app's window. > What you get is an xterm that displays into a window provided by the > XQuartz X11 server (which is a "native" app just like Safari). That > window looks like a regular Aqua window when you use the QuartzWM > window manager; with TWM it will look like any X11 app under a legacy X > session. Ahh, I see. What about ctwm? >> I don't understand the need for XQuartz to use such convoluted DISPLAY >> values. Just as a bit more information, I just did a quick test to show exactly what I see when trying to open anything other than an xterm (rxvt doesn't work, either, just FYI---xpat2 is an alias for a solitaire card game I like, and the real game app is an X11 app): ================================================================== (16:44) % xpat2 Error: Can't open display: /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.7DRbXtMp6A/org.macosforge.xquartz:0 zsh: exit 1 /opt/local/bin/xpat2 -rules "Midnight Oil" (16:44) % echo $DISPLAY /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.7DRbXtMp6A/org.macosforge.xquartz:0 (16:45) % export DISPLAY (16:45) % xpat2 -display $DISPLAY Error: Can't open display: /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.7DRbXtMp6A/org.macosforge.xquartz:0 zsh: exit 1 /opt/local/bin/xpat2 -rules "Midnight Oil" -display $ (16:45) % ================================================================= That's what I'm hoping to never see again.... Thanks, --jim -- THE SCORE: ME: 2 CANCER: 0 73 DE N5IAL (/4) MiSTie #49997 < Running Mac OS X Lion > [email protected] ICBM/Hurricane: 30.439947N 86.635177W "'Wrong' is one of those concepts that depends on witnesses." --Catbert: Evil Director of Human Resources (Dilbert, 05Nov09) _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
