[Wine] wine on mac os x and x11

[James McKenzie]

On 1/21/11 11:39 PM, Jon Christopher wrote:
> I have a console-only windows application which I'd like to run on OS
> X.  It runs, but insists on starting X11 every
> time I invoke wine, even though all the app does is write to a file.
> According to the the documentation
> at http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wineusr-guide/cui-programs, wine
> should not require X11 for CLI programs.
>
> I've also tried invoking via wineconsole with no effect.
>
> Is it possible to run a CLI program on Mac OS X w/o wine starting X11?
Short answer: NO.  There is NO such thing as a Windows CLI program btw.  
They all require starting the Windowing system in some fashion or 
another.  However, you CAN try using DOSBOX or something like it and try 
running the program there.  Otherwise you will have to use X11.

James McKenzie