I have latest (2..7.11) XQuartz installed under macOS Sierra (10.12.2). I installed inkscape+quartz and insckape-app. When I either run inkscape from Terminal command line or from inkscape.app created by the latter, I see the XQiartz icon repeatedly appear and bounce in my Dock and then disappear. But I never see an Inkscape window.
How to fix? (I did read the exchange shown below, but that just further confused things for me!) > On6 Jan 2017 16:33:51 -0800,David Evans <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > ...Many of your issues have already been addressed but since there were some > misunderstandings at one point or another, > I'll attempt to answer more clearly: > > On 1/5/17 2:41 PM, Eneko Gotzon wrote: >> Hi all Byte Riders… :) >> >> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 12:32 AM, David Evans <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> >> Inkscape 0.92.0 is available both as an X11 and native Quartz build. >> >> >> Sorry about this kind of questions… >> >> My MacPorts system has installed the inkscape @0.92.0_0+x11 port. It seems a >> better choice to switch to the native >> XQuartz version. > > If you have the +x11 version of inkscape installed it should run fine if you > the XQuartz X11 server or equivalent installed. > > If you don't want to use X11 then you should install inkscape +quartz. The > XQuartz server will no longer be necessary. > >> >> Please, what is the best procedure to get that done: first uninstall the x11 >> version of the port (and, maybe, its >> following dependencies) and then install the XQuartz one? > > Maybe not uninstall but at least deactivate them and then install inkscape > +quartz. If this version is installed it > will use Mac OS X native graphics instead of X11 for display. > > In either case, to run inkscape, just type it's name on the command line in > the terminal or if you want a more Mac like > app to launch it from an icon on the desktop, install inkscape-app. > > This second port is just a shell that will launch inkscape for you and works > with either variant. It installs in > /Applications/MacPorts/Inkscape.app. > >> >> Same procedure to switch from X11 gimp2 to the XQuartz version? > > Yes, same procedure if you want to go from the X11 version to the native > quartz version. Similarly, gimp-app is > available if you want to launch from an icon on the desktop. > > Hope that clears things up for you. --- Murray Eisenberg [email protected] 503 King Farm Blvd #101 Home (240)-246-7240 Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334
