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[Henri Lesourd <address@hidden>]

Davia Cox wrote:

> I loaded Fink and Fink Commander and followed your instructions to 
> download the texmacs program. However I had two problems: first i was 
> unsure how to add the following:     
>
> source /sw/bin/init.csh
>
> to the file .cshrc or .tcshrc in your home directory, depending on 
> which shell you use. If you don't know which shell you use, then add 
> the line to both files. If the files do not exist, then create them.  
>
> I skipped this step and was successful in downloading the files I 
> needed.  
> I downloaded the system tetex86 (I have MacTex with the tetex 
> distribution on it).
>
> That ran fine, so I tried to complete the last step. My second problem 
> occurred here: I opened a terminal and X11. I typed the command texmacs &
> it ran until the end, then crashed. The message I received was:
>
> Davia-Coxs-Computer:~ daviacox$
> Fatal error: I failed to connect to Xserver in 
> 'x_display_rep::x_display_rep'
Argh. I don't have a lot of clues about Mac, but I know
that this error occurs when TeXmacs is unable to locate
the X server. Under Unixes, the usual reason why TeXmacs
cannot connect is because one needs an IP address for
the X display (this is because the X display is a server),
and because in some cases, this IP address cannot be known.

With a Mac system, it could be something similar, or either
you forgot to start the X server before trying starting TeXmacs,
but according to what you say, it seems you did it...

Perhaps installing system-xfree86 would be useful,
but I am unsure. There is probably a better solution,
but you need the advice of a more Mac-literate person
than myself ;-(...