[Paraview] ParaView on Intel Mac

[Randy Hudson]

I've built paraview 2.4.3 on my MacBook, and want it to recognize the 
three custom readers I've written and the vtkGaussianSplatter filter 
I've added.  (BTW, I was only able to do this by setting 
BUILD_SHARED_LIBS to OFF.)

I've written the XML files for the user interfaces (and the server 
manager as well), and set PV_INTERFACE_PATH to point to the directory on 
the Mac where they reside (and have set things up likewise on the server 
cluster).

However, when I run "paraview" as a single process under X11 on the Mac, 
it will only add entries in the filter and file dialog menus for the 
splatting filter and readers (the readers aren't on the Mac, but this 
was a test) if I use the "Import Package" submenu of the "File" menu.

And, "pvclient" can't find them via PV_INTERFACE_PATH or "Import 
Package" -- or finds them but doesn't use them -- when I run in 
client-sever mode.

(These XML files, readers and filter all worked when I ran the paraview 
client (in this case, 2.4.2) on my Thinkpad under XP -- and when I ran 
"paraview.exe" as a single process there.)

FYI:  I left the OpenGL and GLU CMake parameters in their default 
settings, pointing to the frameworks, rather than pointing them at the 
/usr/X11 directories, where it looks as though there are other headers 
and lib's.

AND:  weird:  when paraview fails to find/use the XML files, the file 
dialog menu fills my 1400x900-pixel screen, and beyond (about 14 file 
types are off-screen and inaccessible), but when the XML files are used, 
this problem seems not to arise.


Any ideas?


Thanks.


Randy Hudson.