--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvttoolkit.C	2005/01/17 00:59:24	1.12
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvttoolkit.C	2005/07/13 00:51:47	1.16
@@ -145,7 +145,21 @@
 
 bool rxvt_display::init ()
 {
-  display = XOpenDisplay (id);
+#ifdef LOCAL_X_IS_UNIX
+  if (id[0] == ':')
+    {
+      val = rxvt_malloc (5 + strlen (id) + 1);
+      strcpy (val, "unix/");
+      strcat (val, id);
+      display = XOpenDisplay (val);
+      free (val);
+    }
+  else
+#endif
+    display = 0;
+
+  if (!display)
+    display = XOpenDisplay (id);
 
   if (!display)
     return false;
@@ -233,7 +247,7 @@
 
 void rxvt_display::im_change_check ()
 {
-  // make sure we only call im_change_cb when a new input method
+  // try to only call im_change_cb when a new input method
   // registers, as xlib crashes due to a race otherwise.
   Atom actual_type, *atoms;
   int actual_format;