Auto-detect macOS and set GDK_BACKEND to Quartz#391
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Adding an extra check to ensure MacOS compatibility
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Description:
Problem: GPredict fails to launch on macOS with the error "Failed to open display (null)" because GTK defaults to X11/Wayland backends instead of the native Quartz backend.
Solution: Add auto-detection using the APPLE preprocessor macro to set GDK_BACKEND=quartz before GTK initialization. This respects user-defined values — if the user has already set GDK_BACKEND, it won't be overridden.
Changes:
• Added 6 lines in src/main.c before gtk_init()
• Uses GLib's g_getenv() and g_setenv() for consistency
• Zero impact on non-macOS builds (preprocessor conditional)
Testing:
• Built and tested on macOS with Homebrew — launches without XQuartz