[Paraview-developers] pvpython and force_offscreen_rendering on OS X

[Sgouros, Thomas]

 $ /Applications/ParaView-5.4.1.app/Contents/bin/pvpython
--force-offscreen-rendering
Got unknown argument: --force-offscreen-rendering

What does "access to Cocoa" mean in this context? How would I go about
giving it that access? All I could think of was to run the XQuartz server
at the same time, but I don't see any way to tell pvpython to look there.

Thank you,

 -Tom

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

> You can use `--force-offscreen-rendering` flag for standard ParaView
> builds on OsX when using pvpython/pvserver etc. It simply implies that
> there'll be no windows popped up for these command line executables.
> Note, ParaView still needs access to Cocoa to create OpenGL contexts
> for rendering.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:02 PM, Sgouros, Thomas
> <thomas_sgouros at brown.edu> wrote:
> > Hello:
> >
> > The documentation seems ambiguous on the point, can anyone confirm for me
> > how to get a version of pvpython that runs on OS X and supports the
> > --force-offscreen-rendering option?
> >
> > My reading seems to imply that I will have to compile from the source,
> but
> > I've been trying and failing to understand how to make the super-build
> > process work. If someone can confirm for me that this is the way forward,
> > I'd appreciate it.
> >
> > Also, when using the paraview-superbuild, when I try to install, I get
> this:
> >
> > CMake Error at
> > /../paraview-superbuild/projects/apple/paraview.bundle.cmake:8
> (message):
> >
> >   Creating the Apple package without the GUI is not supported.
> >
> > To which superbuild option does this refer?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> >  -Tom
> >
> >
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