Re: 2.1.1 and xterm
Re: 2.1.1 and xterm
- Subject: Re: 2.1.1 and xterm
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:15:04 -0800
On Dec 12, 2007, at 09:15, Ben Willmore wrote:
2.1.1 is a big improvement for me over the X11 that shipped with
Leopard. (I'm down from 3 X11 icons to 1 :-) I wonder, though, if it
is really necessary for 'open -a X11.app' to launch an xterm.
No, just run 'xterm'. That's all running X11.app directly does! Or
more specifically, it runs 'defaults read org.x.X11 app_to_run'
Older
programs (for example, Matlab) assume that this will just launch x11,
without opening any windows.
I don't know why they would. The default xinitrc always launched
xterm. It's just with Leopard that it (the xinitrc) finally doesn't.
xterm is run directly by X11.app which CAUSES the server to start.
Also, they should really only do that if XOpenDisplay(NULL) returns
null since Leopard should just work. Please report this as a bug to
the developers of whatever product does that and let them know they
can contact this list for help or clarification.
Could the xterm be replaced with
something else that triggers the x11 launch but has no other visible
effect?
Do what I do:
defaults write org.x.X11 app_to_run /usr/bin/true
Yes, it is now org.x.X11 and not org.x.X11_launcher. I forgot to add
that to the release notes. I will soon.
This would restore a bit of backward compatibility.
I'm guessing you probably made your own ~/.xinitrc which is why you
never saw xterm, right?
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