[XeTeX] xetex (from TL2009) fails when run in terminal session

[Jonathan Kew]

On 1 Sep 2009, at 13:23, George N. White III wrote:

> MacOSX 10.5.8 using ssh from a remote system:

> gala:xetex gwhite$ fc-list "Charis SIL"
> Charis SIL:style=Italic
> Charis SIL:style=Bold Italic
> Charis SIL:style=Bold
> Charis SIL:style=Regular

fc-list is irrelevant; xetex on os x does not use fontconfig.


> gala:xetex gwhite$ xetex x-story
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.0 (TeX Live 2009)
> restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./x-story.tex_RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default
> connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.

Looks like you can't use xetex via ssh, because of its use of the  
CoreGraphics and Cocoa frameworks (to access system fonts).

JK