Fwd: How do I cause standalone X11 apps to use MacPorts X11?

[Jeremy Lavergne]

From the users list: some applications are pulling up the system stub X11 indicating that X11 is no longer available, even though MacPorts was used to install xorg-server.

Is there a recommended solution to get MacPorts’ X11 to be used instead of the system stub?

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Kevin Reid <kpreid at switchb.org>
> Subject: Re: How do I cause standalone X11 apps to use MacPorts X11?
> Date: March 26, 2014 at 13:12:54 EDT
> To: MacPorts Users <macports-users at lists.macosforge.org>
> 
> On Mar 26, 2014, at 10:07, Jeremy Lavergne <jeremy at lavergne.gotdns.org> wrote:
> 
>> This might really depend on the application: is it checking for x11 or giving up based on the OS?
> 
> The dialog does not come from the application but from the system-provided X11.app (this is observable by Dock/menu bar) which is a nonfunctional stub (this is what my research says).
> 
> It sounds like the assumption is that when you install third-party X11 as instructed by the dialog, it will _replace_ the system-provided X11. But MacPorts doesn't replace system files as a rule -- I'm looking for a solution which fits into MacPorts's way of working.
> 
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> Kevin Reid                                  <http://switchb.org/kpreid/>
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