X11 app - unable to open display ""

[Chris Jones]

> On 22 Apr 2019, at 10:57 pm, macports at raf.org wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  $ port search xorg-server
>  xorg-server @1.20.4 (x11, devel)
>      The X.org / Xquartz X server.
> 
>  xorg-server-devel @1.20.4 (x11, devel)
>      The X.org / Xquartz X server.
> 
>  Found 2 ports.
> 
> Is the xorg-server-devel package needed to compile X11 software
> (e.g. if I wanted to configure and compile my own gvim)?
> Both ports say (x11, devel).

No. Both provide an X11 server in the same way. The only difference is, normally, the devel version is (as per usual macports conventions) a more up to date development version. It just so happens that at the moment the two provide the same build. Until recently though, this was not the case.

> 
> cheers,
> raf
> 
> macports at raf.org
> 
> Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> 
>> Just FWIW:
>> 
>> $ port installed xorg-server gv
>> The following ports are currently installed:
>>  gv @3.7.4_0 (active)
>>  xorg-server @1.20.4_0 (active)
>> 
>> 
>> —
>> Christoph
>> 
>>> Am 22.04.2019 um 12:21 schrieb Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 19, 2019, at 05:01, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks. That did the job. I can now start the „gv“ (ghostview) port. But it illbehaves.
>>>> Some problem with the event queue maybe. Looks like lots ov expose events are generated.
>>>> Textfield in the left is flickering and is counting through all papersizes there are. Then the fileselector box
>>>> is flickering slowly. Hardly to operate.
>>>> 
>>>> Well, the application isn’t attractive anyway compared to what one is used of gsview64/32.
>>>> Not that the letter is the cream of GUI programs but it is usable and practical. Not more, not less.
>>> 
>>> Hmm, sorry to hear that. I'm not seeing those problems (on High Sierra), but I am using an older version of xorg-server at least:
>>> 
>>> $ port installed xorg-server gv
>>> The following ports are currently installed:
>>> gv @3.7.4_0+universal (active)
>>> xorg-server @1.18.4_3+universal (active)
>>> 
>>> 
>>