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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:20:19AM +0200, Joachim Berdal Haga wrote:
> 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?

I don't see why QT would be a problem. Isn't the VTK dependency just
as heavy? Or are there systems where VTK is easily available but QT is
not?

--
Anders