Macintosh as X terminal

I’d like to use my Mac as an X terminal. What do I have to do?

You need Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar or later and Apple’s X11.app installed. Open Terminal.app and type the command

/usr/X11R6/bin/X :3 -query hostname&

Replace hostname with the name of the server you wish to connect. If you need a chooser instead of a direct X session, replace the string -query with -indirect in the command given above.

To end the X session, log out from the server. If you wish to stop X, you’ll have to log out from your Mac and log in again, unfortunately. (Trying to Force Quit X doesn’t work.)