Re: X11 and Xquartz removal
Re: X11 and Xquartz removal
- Subject: Re: X11 and Xquartz removal
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:23:28 -0800
On Nov 16, 2011, at 14:47, Martin Costabel wrote:
> On 16/11/11 21:26, Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
>> [Martin Costabel<email@hidden> (2011-11-16 20:21:06 UTC)]
>>
>>> If you install Xquartz, doesn't it by default modify DISPLAY and the
>>> launchd agents so that Xquartz.app is started automatically instead of
>>> X11.app whenever an X client is run?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> Now if that X client is (like Gimp) linked with the libraries in
>>> /usr/X11, won't this lead to conflicts?
>>
>> I can't imagine why. All that counts (or should count) is that the
>> client and the server speak compatible protocols. How do library
>> versions enter the picture?
>
> So maybe there is no conflict in the case of an X client in the form of simple binary executable. But if there is a wrapper script that communicates with X11 using things like "defaults read org.x.X11" or "tell application \"X11\" to activate", I can imagine a conflict or two.
Yes, if they do something wrong, I imagine they will get inconsistent results. No application should be doing that though. Some used to, but those have all been fixed for a few years now.
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