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Re: changes to droplet created with Platypus
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Re: changes to droplet created with Platypus


  • Subject: Re: changes to droplet created with Platypus
  • From: "Nathaniel Gray" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 00:03:52 -0800

On Nov 5, 2007 9:27 PM, Ben Byer <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Nov 5, 2007, at 11:52 AM, Bill Janssen wrote:
>
> >>> I think X11.app must be more than just a call for xterm.
> >>
> >> Well, the X11.app in /Applications/Utilities is 100% equivalent to
> >> typing "login -fp $USERNAME xterm".  You can look at the source if
> >> you
> >> don't believe me.
> >
> > Love to!  Where is it?
>
> http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.5/X11server-46/xorg-server-X11R7.2-1.2.0/hw/darwin/launcher/bundle-main.c
> or
> http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/xserver.git;a=tree;hb=xorg-server-1.2-apple;f=hw/darwin/launcher
>
> >> /usr/X11/X11.app is more complex...
> >
> > Ah!  What does it do?  Is the source for that available?
>
> http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.5/X11server-46/xorg-server-X11R7.2-1.2.0/hw/darwin/apple/
> or
> http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/xserver.git;a=tree;f=hw/darwin/apple
>
> > I think the sources for /usr/X11/X11.app are in the "git" repository,
> > in xserver/hw/darwin/apple/.  I'm trying to figure out what goes on
> > there.  That's apparently where the Xquartz man page disappeared to,
> > for some reason.
>
> If you notice bits missing like that, please file a bug report at
> bugreport.apple.com, so that we can track it.
>
> >  And, of course, it's much too fancy to use something
> > as common as "make"; it's got an XCode obfuscated put-it-together
> > script.
>
> Only six source files (one for the launcher, five for the main
> X11.app) out of 7,721 source files that make up X11 are built with
> xcodebuild, and that's because it automates a lot of the tedium
> involved in building .app bundles.
>
> Besides, those two bits are fairly boring -- most of the code (and
> most of the bugs) lies in Xquartz.
>
> > The key file is bundle-main.c.  I see that, for instance, the server
> > doesn't die when the .xinitrc file finishes, unless you do
> >
> >  $ sudo defaults write com.apple.x11 xinit_kills_server -boolean true
> >
> > It looks pretty straightforward.  But I wish they'd add the quartz-wm
> > source to it.
>
> Me too.  It's beyond my control, but I'd encourage you to file a bug
> about that, too, and I can make sure it gets routed to the right people.

I just filed one as radar #5581884.  I've wanted to get my mitts on
quartz-wm for years now...

Cheers,
-n8

--
>>>-- Nathaniel Gray -- Caltech Computer Science ------>
>>>-- Mojave Project -- http://mojave.cs.caltech.edu -->
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 >Re: X11 on MacBookPro running Leopard (From: Raffaella <email@hidden>)
 >changes to droplet created with Platypus (From: Joe Heafner <email@hidden>)
 >Re: changes to droplet created with Platypus (From: Mike <email@hidden>)
 >Re: changes to droplet created with Platypus (From: "Nathaniel Gray" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: changes to droplet created with Platypus (From: Ben Byer <email@hidden>)

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