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Re: [TeXmacs] Re: problem loading texmacs


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  • From: "David G. Wonnacott" <address@hidden>
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  • Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
  • Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] Re: problem loading texmacs
  • Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:41:04 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:54:51 +0200
From: Martin Costabel <address@hidden>
Cc: Davia Cox <address@hidden>, address@hidden

Henri Lesourd wrote:
> Davia Cox wrote:
...
>> 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'

Like for running any X11 application, you have to set the DISPLAY
environment variable. On MacOSX, there is a special command that does
this for you if you don't want to learn how to do it: open-x11. Just run

open-x11 texmacs

This will even start X11 if it isn't yet running.

Another option I use on the Mac is to just ignore Apple's "Terminal"
application entirely and start an xterm in X (one typically starts
automatically when you start the X server). The xterm mill have the
DISPLAY set properly, and you can just type "texmacs" or whatever you
want. My recollection from the last time I looked at Apple's
"Terminal" program with the "activity monitor" was that the Terminal
took up as much RAM as X11 with an xterm, so I've stopped using
"Terminal" entirely, since I often want to run something in X sooner
or later anyway.

Dave Wonnacott

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