On 29 August 2012 09:42, Joachim Berdal Haga <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm working on the DOLFIN plotting code now, finishing the blueprint
> (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dolfin/+spec/dolfin-plot-c++) and
> general polishing.
>
> 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.

Garth

> -j.
>
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