Start X11 automatically when launching programs from Terminal

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 17, 2013, at 00:03, Leo Singer wrote:

> On May 16, 2013, at 9:59 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> On May 16, 2013, at 23:33, Leo Singer wrote:
>> 
>>> 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.

…you're right; I spaced.

dbus also has a launchagent that could benefit from this (and a launchdaemon that could benefit from the other thing).