macOS Launch X11 GUI app via Applescipt/Xcode?

[noire anqa]

Hi there,

Is there any way to run an X11 gui app by launching it from a native mac app, cocoa or applescript cocoa?

We're hoping to distribute a mac build.

Cheers.

 

[balamw]

FWIW MATLAB does this. Their launcher starts X11 and then opens the other Windows.

I suppose they may use system or NSTask to launch X11.

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[jiminaus]

X11.app will autolaunch as soon as a program tried to connect to it. You'll notice on Mac OS X that DISPLAY is not the usually 127.0.0.1:0, but a path to a filesystem socket. When this socket is opened X11.app will launch. Try catting the filesystem socket and you'll launch X11.app.

 

[balamw]

That's neat and it does work!

cat $DISPLAY opens X11.

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[noire anqa]

That's genius ..

Thanks for all the help.