Start X11 automatically when launching programs from Terminal

[Leo Singer]

On May 16, 2013, at 9:59 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 

I agree that there should be an option to auto-load LaunchDaemons that are wrapped by startupitems, but I also think that the LaunchAgent should be on by default. They are separate issues. The startupitem handles the LaunchDaemon, not the LaunchAgent.