On 29 August 2012 10:20, Joachim Berdal Haga <j...@simula.no> wrote: > On 29 August 2012 11:11, Garth N. Wells <gn...@cam.ac.uk> wrote: >> On 29 August 2012 09:42, Joachim Berdal Haga <j...@simula.no> wrote: >>> I would like to switch the window handling and event loop to QT, >>> because it's much more flexible and mature (stable) than VTK's. An >>> example of things that are hard to get working right with the VTK >>> window handling is to close a single plotting window. >>> >>> This will introduce a new dependency for plotting (in addition to >>> VTK). It will be optional, and if it's not configured then it's only >>> plotting that is disabled. >>> >>> Any protests? >>> >> >> I'd rather not have it as a dependency. I don't really want a major >> dependency for lightweight plotting. I think we should bear in mind >> that we have ParaView, MayaVi, etc for making 'real' plots, so the >> DOLFIN plotting should remain as simple as possible. > > I agree with keeping it simple. The reason I want to introduce it is > not to introduce anything complex, but to gain more robust window > handling / event loop. However: Opposition noted -- would option 2 > (basic support for VTK-only) be acceptable to you? >
Yes. Garth > -j. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dolfin Post to : dolfin@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dolfin More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
