About X11 for Mac: X11 is no longer included with Mac, but X11 server and client libraries are available from the XQuartz project. For more information:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201341
- The X11.app that you run on your Mac is the server. X11 applications on remote hosts are clients. They reach out to your server to tap your display, keyboard and mouse, but with far lower.
- From X11 (which runs side by side with Mac OS X's native Aqua environment), you can run a host of graphical Unix programs—applications that haven't been fully ported to Mac OS X—as well as.
X11.app was initially available as a downloadable public beta for Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar and later included as a standard package for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther.In Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger X11.app was an optional install included on the install DVD. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion installed X11.app by default, but from OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on Apple. X11 for Mac OS X offers UNIX users the ability to run thousands of X11 applications concurrently with other Mac OS X applications. This one goes to 11. X11 for Mac OS X offers a complete X Window.
XQuartz 2.7.11 | Version 2.7.11 | Released 10-29-2016 | OS X 10.6.3 or later
The XQuartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.Org X Window System that runs on OS X.Quick Download
X11 Shortcuts (i.e. Copy & Paste, Menus, Scrollbars, etc):
When in an X11 application, to get the Main Options contextual menu:Control + Mouse Click
To get the VT Options contextual menu:
Control + Option + Mouse Click
Option + Click
Option + Click
To Paste between a Mac OS X native app and an X11 app, first copy from the Mac OS X app (Edit menu > Copy), then Option + Click in the X11 app.
To Paste between an X11 app and a Mac OS X app, in the X11 file menu, select Edit > Copy and then select Edit > Paste in the Mac OS X app menu.
X11 Customization and PATH export:
To have the scrollbar automatically appear when a new xterm window is created from the X11 menu (and to perhaps source the shell files so that PATH's are kept, etc):
In Apple X11's Applications menu, choose Customize and change the entry for xterm to: xterm -sb
You can also make it (for Fink): source /sw/bin/init.sh ; xterm -sb
Or, shell startup file specific (bash): source .profile ; xterm -sb
X11 App For Mac
---------------------For more support: https://www.xquartz.org/Support.html
| Keywords: | xquartz project OSX server client libraries downloadSuggest keywords | Doc ID: | 74034 |
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| Owner: | Dora L. | Group: | Rice University |
| Created: | 2017-06-13 15:57 CDT | Updated: | 2017-06-13 16:25 CDT |
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Apple created the XQuartz project as a community effort to further develop and support X11 on Mac. The XQuartz project was originally based on the version of X11 included in Mac OS X v10.5. There have since been multiple releases of XQuartz with fixes, support for new features, and additional refinements to the X11 experience. Apple is a contributor to the XQuartz project and has worked to ensure that X11 works as expected with macOS and latest available versions of XQuartz.
X11 For Mac
X11 server and client libraries for macOS are available from the XQuartz project at www.xquartz.org. Download the latest version available.
