[Paraview-developers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Surface LIC

[Scott, W Alan]

Ah, makes sense.  OK, why don't we load it by default, whether as a built in functionality, or a plugin?  My concern is that users will never load that plugin, thus a really neat functionality is never discovered.

Alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 10:08 AM
> To: Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
> Cc: paraview-developers at paraview.org
> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview-developers] Surface LIC
> 
> You mean "loaded", and not "enabled" :). It's enabled by default, but not
> loaded. If you think the plugin should be loaded by default, it's worthwhile
> thinking if it should even be a plugin and instead be incorporated into the
> standard application.
> 
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov> wrote:
> > The SurfaceLIC is not loaded by default in the plugin manager, on either my
> Windows computer or Linux box.  What am I missing?
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
> >> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 7:10 AM
> >> To: Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
> >> Cc: paraview-developers at paraview.org
> >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview-developers] Surface LIC
> >>
> >> The plugin is enabled by default. Do you mean why is it a plugin at
> >> all? That was because when it was added, it only worked on modern
> >> GPUs. We should reevaluate that. I suspect we are now in a world
> >> where the GPUs are modern enough in general.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
> wrote:
> >> > I asked before, but can’t remember.  Why isn’t the surface LIC
> >> > plugin enabled by default?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Alan
> >> >
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