Start X11 automatically when launching programs from Terminal
Ryan Schmidt
ryandesign at macports.org
Thu May 16 21:59:17 PDT 2013
On May 16, 2013, at 23:33, Leo Singer wrote:
> On May 16, 2013, at 9:29 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia wrote:
>
>> On May 16, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Leo Singer wrote:
>>
>>> Is it really just the patchfile https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/x11/xinit/files/disable-launchagent.patch that disables on-demand loading of X11.app by default?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> This approach was taken because X11.app shipped before some Snow Leopard 10.6.3 would not work correctly if $DISPLAY belonged to another server. This is also why the XQuartz package requires 10.6.3 to install.
>>
>> It might be worth revisiting this and perhaps just disabling it on Leopard.
>
> Yes, please! It would be really nice if the MacPorts X11.app started automatically on Mountain Lion, without any further user intervention.
I would rather work on the proposed extension of MacPorts startupitems to let a port auto-load them; this would be useful for xorg-server, certsync, dbus, etc.
https://trac.macports.org/ticket/35474#comment:15
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