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[Joachim Berdal Haga <jobh@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 29 August 2012 11:11, Garth N. Wells <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 29 August 2012 09:42, Joachim Berdal Haga <jobh@xxxxxxxxx> 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?

-j.