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Re: x11 launching on startup
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: x11 launching on startup |
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Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:26:34 -0400 |
On Apr 3, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Arlo Breault <address@hidden> wrote:
> For a reason unknown to me, x11 launches every time I start octave. If I
> recall correctly, it used to only do that on demand, when plotting. I'm on OS
> X running GNU Octave, version 3.6.1, installed w/ homebrew.
Octave requires linking to a window management system in order to determine the
size if the display. On MacOS, either X11 or Carbon will work. It appears the
homebrew maintainer choose to link against X11.
Ben