Fwd: Changing xterm colors in Leopard
Fwd: Changing xterm colors in Leopard
- Subject: Fwd: Changing xterm colors in Leopard
- From: "Nathaniel Gray" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 11:50:05 -0800
Bah. "Reply" should go to the list, like God intended. ;^)
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From: Nathaniel Gray <email@hidden>
Date: Nov 9, 2007 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: Changing xterm colors in Leopard
To: Bill Janssen <email@hidden>
On Nov 9, 2007 8:13 AM, Bill Janssen <email@hidden> wrote:
> > There's a known issue that has no good solution --
> > your xinitrc will not get executed before whatever application starts
> > X11.app executes. This is because the server is the one that executes
> > it, and by the time that happens, the first client has already started
> > it. I'd love to fix it, but I don't know how.
>
> It seems like a design issue. The idea of using launchd to start the
> X server is an interesting one, but it adds more of the start-up
> uncertainty OS X is already famous for. The original design of X11
> was that xinit started the X server, then one or more clients, and was
> run only once. The /usr/X11/X11.app code seems to do very much the
> same thing; why not get rid of the launchd server-starter and just
> have the client execute X11.app to get a working system? What problem
> is the launchd approach solving?
The launchd approach turns a two-step process into a one-step process.
It also *vastly* simplifies things for people trying to wrap X11 apps
for use in OS X. It doesn't rule out the two-step process at all, so
you're free to launch X11.app by hand if you find the current approach
problematic. Change the initial xterm to xlsfonts if you don't like
having to close that window every time.
Cheers,
-n8
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