# TagTime without X11

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/tagtime-without-x11/2377>\
**Category:** TagTime\
**Created:** [August 3, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/tagtime-without-x11/2377 "2016-08-03T02:57:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![nslater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nslater](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/nslater)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/tagtime-without-x11/2377/1 "2016-08-03T02:57:24Z")

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I really strongly do not want to have to enter pings via xterm and X11. is there any way to use the official TagTime without using these?

one idea: using the “bbedit” CLI tool to pop open a BBEdit window. though there might be other lightweight GUI text editors better suited to the task

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**Author:** ![dreev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/dreev/32/4311_2.png) [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/tagtime-without-x11/2377/2 "2016-08-03T18:58:19Z")

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I’ve lost track of the viable alternatives to the X11 version (which is what @bee and I have been using 24/7 for going on a decade) besides the Android app.

I’ve dabbled in getting the original version to not depend on X11 but didn’t get it working smoothly enough.

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**Author:** ![nslater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nslater](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/nslater)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/tagtime-without-x11/2377/3 "2016-08-03T19:03:37Z")

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since writing this I decided to try the X11 stuff again and it’s working okay for me

I would add that it does, in fact, work to just specify `bbedit` as the editor command. it pops open an OS X managed window for BBEdit, and the xterm closes itself

but I think I prefer typing into the xterm

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**Author:** ![dreev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/dreev/32/4311_2.png) [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/tagtime-without-x11/2377/4 "2016-08-03T19:08:08Z")

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To make sure we’re on the same page: you can specify any editor like BBEdit but that won’t be used for the prompts when TagTime pings, just to edit past pings if you miss a ping or if you just hit enter instead of answering the prompt.

The prompt itself is a (bright red) xterm window.