code::blocks and X11 via MacPorts: is this as it is supposed to be?

[Eric Gallager]

Codeblocks has alternative variants that don't use X11 if X11 isn't
working for you; try installing with the +wxwidgets30 variant instead
of the +wxgtk30 variant.

On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 4:33 PM Gerben Wierda via macports-users
<macports-users at lists.macports.org> wrote:
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> port was already installed and login-logout
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>   xorg-server @1.20.11_1 (active)
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> (it said ‘port install org’ in the original message because of auto-‘correct’, btw)
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> Gerben Wierda (LinkedIn)
> R&A Enterprise Architecture (main site)
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> On 12 Sep 2021, at 22:23, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
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> sudo port install xorg-server
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> Logout and back in again
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> On 12 Sep 2021, at 11:17 am, Gerben Wierda via macports-users <macports-users at lists.macports.org> wrote:
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> I’ve been trying out code::blocks and X11 installed via MacPorts and I’m under the impression something is missing.
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> I installed using
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> sudo port install org
> sudo port install codeblocks
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> Logging out and in again made sure the correct environment variables are set.  When I then open codeblocks, I see a lot of error messages like this:
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> (codeblocks:75317): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 12:02:13.796: gtk_box_gadget_distribute: assertion 'size >= 0' failed in GtkScrollbar
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> But the system does seem to launch.
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> Trying to launch xeyes as a test, gets me a huge entire-screen sized xeyes and no way to turn that into a small window somewhere.
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> Is that as it is supposed to be?
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> Gerben Wierda (LinkedIn)
> R&A Enterprise Architecture (main site)
> Book: Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture
> Book: Mastering ArchiMate
>
>