Running X11 in MacOS-window-as-X11-display mode?

[Justin Vallon]

On 12/7/20 4:00 PM, joerg van den hoff wrote:
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> On 07.12.20 21:41, Justin Vallon wrote:
>> I think that XQuartz is the X-server for MacPorts X11.app.  That "full 
>> screen" mode takes over the entire display (hiding all other Mac 
>> applications).  I would like to have that X display within a Mac Window.
> 
> did not really follow this thread but it seems you just want to run 
> Xquartz *not* in full screen mode? I believe the alternative is called 
> "seamless mode". I am using that and the X11 window manager does then 
> leave the OSX menubar alone and you can switch to different apps with 
> command-TAB selection etc.

My point is that there are only two options available in X11.app, but 
there is a third:

1) Seamless mode where each XWindow gets a MacOS Window.

2) Full-screen mode where X11 takes over the entire display (and does 
not show any other Mac apps, Dock, menubar, spaces doesn't work, etc)

3) Windowed mode where X11 opens a single window, which maps to an 
XDisplay.  Inside that display, you can run a window manager, etc, in a 
full X11 environment.

Apps like Microsoft RDP, Mac Remote Desktop, VNC, etc, all have options 
for full-screen mode or (single) window mode.  X11.app only has 
full-screen or seamless, but lacks single-window mode.  I believe Exceed 
(Windows app) has multi-window, single-window, and full-screen modes.

> this works especially good with tiling X11 window managers in my view. I 
> just keep one of the OSX virtual "Spaces" desktops reserved for the X11 
> window manager and all X11 apps (including terminal emuators like xterm) 
> I use (dwm).
I'll try using an alternate wm and spaces as you mentioned.

-- 
-Justin
JustinVallon at gmail.com