Re: x11.en.xml: possible improvement?

On Apr 26, 2004, at 5:35 PM, Michèle Garoche wrote:

>
> Le 26 avr. 2004, à 18:48, Alexander K. Hansen a écrit :
>
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2004, at 12:43 PM, Michèle Garoche wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Le 26 avr. 2004, à 18:11, Alexander K. Hansen a écrit :
>>>
>>>> It's also worth noting that XFree86 on Panther doesn't work from 
>>>> the console login.
>>>
>>> So, what do you propose. I cannot test with XFree86 on Panther, 
>>> since I use Apple's X11.
>>>
>>> What should be noted exactly? Something like this:
>>>
>>> <p>
>>> Note: If you're using Mac OS X anterior to Panther, you can type 
>>> <code>>console</code> at the login window and you'll get a text 
>>> console that is equivalent to pure Darwin.
>>> In case you don't see a field to enter a user's name in the login 
>>> window, just type the first letter of whichever user's name, 
>>> following by option-return.
>>> You can use all of the start methods outlined above, with the
>>> exception of <code>xdm</code>.
>>> </p>
>>> <p>
>>> Note: If you're running Mac OS X Panther, you cannot start XFree86 
>>> from the console window.
>>> </p>
>>>
>>> Or is there another way to do it on Panther (other than 
>>> double-clicking the app)?
>>>
>>> Michèle
>>> <http://micmacfr.homeunix.org>
>>>
>>
>> "startx" from a Terminal.app window works.
> OK; I'll give up. No need to waste my time if nobody cares at least to 
> read the sentence in the context I always give. It appears that 
> although there are calls to the translators and the users to report 
> any thing which is not clear as a way to improve the documentation, 
> there is no will for that. So, from now on, I will stupidly translate, 
> it seems this is the wanted way to do it.
>
> I recall I was speaking of:
> [quote]
> In x11.en.xml, section run-xfree86, latest paragraph
> [/quote]
>
> Not about the next paragraph.
>
>  the first paragraph Michèle
> <http://micmacfr.homeunix.org>
>

Sorry:  your suggested text looked fine to me.

When you said "Is there another way to do it on Panther" I thought that 
you meant "is there another way to run XDarwin?", and I responded to 
that.

--
Alexander Hansen
Fink Documentarian
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX



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