Opened 5 years ago

Closed 5 years ago

#59718 closed defect (wontfix)

xxdiff does not X11 forward on MacOS Catalina

Reported by: aedolphin Owned by: MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 2.6.2
Keywords: catalina Cc:
Port: xxdiff

Description

After upgrading to MacOS Catalina and upgrading to the 2.6.2 MacPorts for Catalina, xxdiff no longer forwards correctly across an X11 connection. Instead, the xxdiff window pops up on the server instead of the laptop from which I logged into the server. I have verified other X11 applications (e.g., xemacs, ds9) forward across the X11 connection as expected, so this issue is unique to xxdiff (or possibly Qt5, as xxdiff is the only Qt-based application I use).

I understand a work-around is to use remote desktop instead of "ssh -X" but it would be preferable if xxdiff could be forwarded.

Change History (2)

comment:1 Changed 5 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Keywords: catalina added
Milestone: MacPorts 2.7.0
Owner: set to MarcusCalhoun-Lopez
Status: new → assigned

comment:2 Changed 5 years ago by MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)

Resolution: → wontfix
Status: assigned → closed

I am sorry it took so long to respond to this issue.
Further, I do not think there is an easy solution.
xxdiff uses Qt for the GUI.
Currently, Qt does not support xcb, so xxdiff --platform xcb does not work.
In other words, xxdiff does not support (through Qt) X11 and is not likely to in the near future.

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