Yes, that was my original question. :) Is the vtkRenderWindow the best place for this? I'm happy to add it.
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Joachim Pouderoux < [email protected]> wrote: > BTW, I took a look but I do not see any way for a third party VTK or PV > application that would not use CMake machinery (and use VTK_OPENGL_BACKEND) > to know if the VTK it uses is based on OpenGL backend 1 or 2. > VTK_OPENGL2 is a compiler definition provided to build VTK or PV but, as > there is no global VTK configuration header, shouldn't we add a function in > vtkRenderWindow to return the version of the backend it is based on? > > *Joachim Pouderoux* > > *PhD, Technical Expert* > *Kitware SAS <http://www.kitware.fr>* > > > 2015-12-08 19:58 GMT+01:00 Ben Boeckel <[email protected]>: > >> On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 14:49:51 -0500, Tim Thirion wrote: >> > I'm looking to provide run-time identification of the current OpenGL >> > backend in use. Some questions: >> > >> > 1. VTK #defines VTK_OPENGL2, but ParaView #defines VTKGL2. Is there a >> > particular reason we have both? >> >> VTK used to have both. VTKGL2 should be migrated to VTK_OPENGL2 (as VTK >> did). >> >> > 2. Is there an ideal place to define such a constant? Perhaps on the >> render >> > window? >> >> The About dialog has a list of information already (versions of Python, >> matplotlib, numpy, Qt, etc.). >> >> --Ben >> _______________________________________________ >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >> >> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> > >
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