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["Garth N. Wells" <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 29 August 2012 10:20, Joachim Berdal Haga <jobh@xxxxxxxxx> 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?
>

Yes.

Garth


> -j.