#UPDATE XQUARTZ MAC OS X#

You shouldn't need those symlinks unless you have legacy X11 applications that were built against Mac OS X 10.7 or earlier rather than against XQuartz.

#UPDATE XQUARTZ UPGRADE#

When you run FontForge, its dock icon will disappear after it is launched, because it is controlled by XQuartz. Full OS updates remove the /usr/X11 and /usr/X11R6 symbolic links to /opt/X11, and that is a bug in the OS upgrade scripts. Next time, it will open fast and in any typical way: double clicking it, drag it to the dock, using Launcher, Spotlight or Quicksilver… Tips Find XQuartz in Applications/Utilities and click OKīe patient while it runs a first-time setup processįontForge will create a new font and show you its glyphs in a table: Where is X11?” with a sort of Finder window. 4If If you subsequently upgrade Mac OS X. You may see a dialog box saying “Choose Application. You can remove the XQuartz disk image from your desktop by dragging it and dropping it on the Mac OS X trash can. Right Click (or hold the Command key and click once) and choose Open from the menu, and confirm you want to open the app Open it and move the FontForge.app file to /Applications - do not move it anywhere else

#UPDATE XQUARTZ INSTALL#

FontForge will start XQuartz automatically for you next time.įor users of OS X 10.10 and later, download and install FontForge įor users of OS X 10.09, download and install FontForge Just this first time, start XQuartz from Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app, go to the X11 menu, Preferences, Input, and turn off the Enable keyboard shortcuts under X11 or Enable key equivalents under X11 preference item. Log out and log back in to ensure it works correctly If you don’t have it then download and install: direct link to XQuartz-2.8.1.dmg

#UPDATE XQUARTZ UPDATE#

Default X11 Server If this is your first time installing XQuartz, you may wish to logout and log back in to update your DISPLAY environment variable. Important Notices OS Requirements macOS 10.6.3 or later is required to install this package. Open Finder and look in your /Applications/Utilities/ folder for the XQuartz app. Download XQuartz-2.7.11.dmg, and open it in macOS’s Installer. Additional Mac OS X updates may also be required, so be sure you have your software up-to-date at all times.Without XQuartz, FontForge will open a Dock icon but not load any further. Other “important notices” include the system requirements, which reveal that OS X 10.5.7 or later is required to install this package. Developers using this build system are advised to migrate to autoconf,” a note on Mac OS forge ends. The darwin configuration files used by the imake build system are outdated and not supported. “Alternatively, you can compile these packages on your own or get them from a third party such as Fink or MacPorts.

If you need imake and xmkmf, please install the X11 package that came with your Leopard DVD before installing this version.” There are currently two situations where you need to re-install X11: 1- after future OS, and Security Updates delivered through Apple's Software Update 2- after installing Xcode.īesides the bug fix in the interaction between X11 and Spaces, the changelog also reveals that, “The software supporting the deprecated imake build system is not provided in this package. To install, download X11-2.3.3.2.dmg, and double-click the disk image to mount and begin installation. If you have uninstalled it or deselected it during your OS install, you will need to install it again from the installation DVD.

The new version (2.3.3.2) fixes a bug in the interaction between X11 and Spaces.Īs explained by Apple, Leopard's X11 package needs to be previously installed in order to apply this update. The program comes in two forms (Mac and Games. Together with supporting libraries and applications, it forms the X11.app that Apple has been shipping with installation discs ever since the release of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). CodeWeavers has released an update to CrossOver, adding compatibility with the quartz-wm packaged in XQuartz 2.3.3.2 (recently updated by Apple). Apple has updated Xquartz, a version of the X.org X Window System that is able to run on Mac OS X.

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