On 29 August 2012 10:36, Anders Logg <l...@simula.no> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:20:19AM +0200, Joachim Berdal Haga 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? > > I don't see why QT would be a problem. Isn't the VTK dependency just > as heavy?
Are you saying the 2 x 'heavy' is the same as 1 x 'heavy'? I've just checked, and QT is a 229MB tar ball! > Or are there systems where VTK is easily available but QT is > not? > There are lots of systems where neither is available. Needing two makes the configuration and build ever more complicated. I know first-hand that our config and build needs work on non-Ubuntu/Debian systems, which I'd rather have sorted out before adding big dependencies. Garth > -- > Anders _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dolfin Post to : dolfin@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dolfin More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
