Hi Gregory I am a long time Windows user so am not too sure on how to help you but maybe if you tell us which inkscape version you installed and what MacOS version do you have that could be a good start. :) Regards, On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 2:02 PM Gregory Norcie, <greg@...3343...> wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently attempted to install Inkscape. > > I did not throughly read the documentation, so I ended up installing > Inkscape without instaling Xquartz. When the dialog about X11 appeared, I > became confused, returned to the website, saw my error, and installed > Xquartz. > > Now when I click to start Inkscape, nothing happens - no dialog to > specify the X11 path, nothing, no icons appear. > > I tried uninstalling Inkscape (dragging to trash, emptying trash) then > reinstalling, but I still get no UI nor any option to specify where X11 is. > > I'm extremely confused on how I can recover from this error state - does > anyone have any suggestions? > > > - Greg > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot______ > _________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

Thanks, good point :) I'm on macOS 10.13.5 and it's Inkscape 0.91 - Greg On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Victor Westmann <victor.westmann@...3344... il.com> wrote: > Hi Gregory > > I am a long time Windows user so am not too sure on how to help you > but maybe if you tell us which inkscape version you installed and > what MacOS version do you have that could be a good start. :) > > Regards, > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 2:02 PM Gregory Norcie, <greg@...3343...> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I recently attempted to install Inkscape. > > > > I did not throughly read the documentation, so I ended up > > installing Inkscape without instaling Xquartz. When the dialog > > about X11 appeared, I became confused, returned to the website, > > saw my error, and installed Xquartz. > > > > Now when I click to start Inkscape, nothing happens - no dialog > > to specify the X11 path, nothing, no icons appear. > > > > I tried uninstalling Inkscape (dragging to trash, emptying trash) > > then reinstalling, but I still get no UI nor any option to > > specify where X11 is. > > > > I'm extremely confused on how I can recover from this error state > > - does anyone have any suggestions? > > > > > > - Greg > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------- > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot______ > > _________________________________________ > > Inkscape-user mailing list > > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

On Jun 25, 2018, at 3:37 PM, Gregory Norcie <greg@...3343...> wrote: ... Now when I click to start Inkscape, nothing happens - no dialog to specify the X11 path, nothing, no icons appear. ...

On Jun 25, 2018, at 4:36 PM, Gregory Norcie <greg@...3343...> wrote: ... Starting Xquartz didn't seem to help... and it looks like there is no option to allow all apps like the faq mentioned... that definitely seemed like a possible fix :( ...

On Jun 26, 2018, at 12:34 PM, Gregory Norcie <greg@...3343...> wrote: Also it looks like I made a typo and I was installing 0.92.2 - I deleted it then re-installed, opened with Xquartz running and I got an inkscape window. [insert party emoji here :) ] I think maybe the issue was Xquartz hadn't been manually started first? Anyways, I have an incantation that works so even if I don't fully understand, I'm happy :)