Re: 2.1.1 and xterm

Subject: Re: 2.1.1 and xterm

From: "John Koren" <email@hidden>

Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:48:47 -0800

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What I was trying to ask is why the DISPLAY variable value that launchd assigns needs to be so obscurely complicated ( e.g. /tmp/launch-0l2xbx/:0) when setting it to standard ':0' seems to work as well.

After X11 starts, I can execute in xterm 'setenv DISPLAY :0' (csh) and pop new X windows as well as with the '/tmp/launch-0l2xbx/:0' that launchd assigned. Hence what do we gain from the '/tmp/launch-0l2xbx' prefix?

-John

On Dec 15, 2007 3:24 PM, Merle Reinhart <email@hidden> wrote:

The advantage is that it eliminates the extra manual step of having
to start the X11 server prior to executing a command or app that uses
X11 for its display.

Merle

On Dec 15, 2007, at 5:59 PM, John Koren wrote:

> I also wanted to ask, what is the benefit of the obscure DISPLAY
> variables such as 'DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-0l2xbx/:0' that the new
> 'lauchd' sets? When I reset the DISPLAY to a simple ':0' it still
> seems to work perfectly. I am just curious.
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Re: 2.1.1 and xterm
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>Re: 2.1.1 and xterm (From: "John Koren" <email@hidden>)

>Re: 2.1.1 and xterm (From: Merle Reinhart <email@hidden>)