quartz/x11 conflict

[Brandon Allbery]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Michaël Parchet <mparchet at sunrise.ch>wrote:
>
>> Usually, xquartz should be install only after deactivate x11 on mac os
>> prior to monition lion because x11 is generally installed by default in
>> thees mac os versions
>>
>
> On anything more recent than Leopard, XQuartz coexists with the system X11
> and will replace the system X11 in launchd on install.  (The X11-Users FAQ
> has instructions for choosing which X11 launchd will run; this includes
> MacPorts' xorg-server.)
>

P.S.  The other (or rest of) the thread here is talking about +quartz vs.
+x11; this is not relevant to XQuartz, which qualifies as +x11 for the
purposes of that discussion.  +quartz means native, non-X11-protocol-based.
 (The confusing naming is actually appropriate but regrettable.)

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