Re: X11 and Xquartz removal
Re: X11 and Xquartz removal
- Subject: Re: X11 and Xquartz removal
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:37:38 -0800
On Nov 22, 2011, at 00:51, Martin Costabel wrote:
> On 22/11/11 03:23, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>> 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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> Well, I had a look at the latest Gimp-for-Mac sources, where they produce the ingredients for the *.app structure. It looks like a Platypus wrapper, and there is a string "tell application \"X11\" to activate" somewhere in there.
Yeah, it's used if $DISPLAY isn't set (ie: Tiger).
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