[fontforge-users] XQuartz.app vs. X11.app in OS X, problem with setting preferences

[Kenneth Reid Beesley]

I’m using OS X Yosemite 10.10.5

I know that running FontForge on OS X requires XQuartz.app (or X11.app?).

If I

cd /Applications/Utilities
ls

the listing includes XQuartz.app

But if I open /Applications/Utilities in the Finder, I see X11.app instead of XQuartz.app.
What’s happening here?

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The instructions at http://fontforge.github.io/en-US/downloads/mac/
tell me to launch XQuartz (in /Applications/Utilities/) and turn off
the “Enable keyboard shortcuts under X11” (or “Enable key
equivalents under X11”) option. But when I launch
XQuartz.app and try to open and change the preferences,
the XQuartz window disappears very quickly, replaced by
the Finder.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Ken

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Kenneth R. Beesley, D.Phil.
PO Box 540475
North Salt Lake UT 84054
USA






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