Yes, it's a version of X11 from x.org. You install Macports then you do a "port install xorg-server". That puts an X11.app into /Applications/MacPorts. You can double click it or drag it to your dock and click it there. It's just like the one installed by XQuartz.
You want to make sure /opt/local/bin and /opt/local/sbin are in your path, as that's where the the X11 apps (xterm, xclock, etc) are stored. On Sat, Jan 04, 2020 at 07:28:04PM +0100, Filhol Alain via X11-users wrote: > When you speak of a MacPort version of X11, is it this one > <https://www.x.org/wiki/ <https://www.x.org/wiki/>> ? > I am new at MacPorts and I am not sure I understand how to use it. > port info xorg-apps > If I install this port, does it gives a X11.app similar to Quartz.app ? Shall > I activate it through a Terminal command ? > "Description: This package builds all of the x.org <http://x.org/> app > packages.” but this does not say where they are installed and how to use them. > > I think that Apple should support XQuartz and developers should complain > about it. > > Happy new year > Alain > > > > On 4 Jan 2020, at 10:21, Ken Preslan via X11-users > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Try the xorg-server-1.18 MacPort instead of the default xorg-server port. > > There was a speed regression from 1.18 to 1.20. It's still not nearly > > as fast as XQuartz was before Yosemite, though. > > > > At times, I wonder how hard it would be to change MacPorts' "vnc" port to > > start compiling the VNC/X11 server. (Right now it only compiles the > > client.) If that could be made to work, you could use a native MacOS > > VNC client to connect to it. You'd have something that would run X11 > > apps on the Mac which would be lighter weight than a VM and much faster > > than XQuartz. You'd think that the work involved would be much smaller > > than the "XtoQ in libxcwm" fix to XQuartz. > > > > I've never gotten around to trying it though. > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 04, 2020 at 08:34:32AM +0000, Gunning, James (Energy, Clayton > > North) via X11-users wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> I'm running Xquartz from the Macports build on High Sierra. > >> Lots of things don't really work well > >> 1) I have to run /opt/local/bin/Xquartz manually from a terminal, then > >> start quartz-wm from the > >> xterm it fires up. The Applications/Macports/X11.app just bounced > >> endlessly. > >> 2) Even when up, the drawing/rendering speed makes all X11 apps unusably > >> slow. > >> See https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/issues/188 > >> <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/issues/188> > >> Since X11 is my workhorse, this makes the whole OSX+X11 platform > >> experience rather > >> unworkable for me. I've taken to running linux via a VM on OSX - at least > >> the X11 works well, but it's a heavyweight solution. > >> It seems to me that without a fix this disqualifies OSX as a platform for > >> people who depend on the huge legacy set of X11 codes. > >> > >> Are other people as plagued by these issues as well. Is there any hope of > >> remediation for Xquartz > >> or substitute/workaround people know of? > >> > >> Best wishes > >> James. > >> > > > ————————————— > Dr. Alain Filhol (Computer scientist) > Institut Laue-Langevin > EPN Campus, CS 20156, 71 ave des Martyrs, F-38042 Grenoble cedex 9 > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Office: ILL19-206 > Tel:+33 4.76.20.71.56, Fax: +33 4.76.20.76.48 > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/ken%40preslan.org > > This email sent to [email protected] -- Ken Preslan <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
