[Paraview] 3.2 Plugin loading

[Berk Geveci]

Sounds good Sean. However, you missed the 3.2.1 release. I finished
making the binaries yesterday :-) If it is small enough patch, we can
put it in 3.2.2.

-berk

On 11/8/07, Sean Ziegeler <seanzig at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> What do you all think of adding a minor convenience to the plugin
> loading process?  I know it isn't that hard, but many of my users don't
> remember to use Plugin Manager or PV_PLUGIN_PATH, and don't want to
> bother adding it to their dot-files.  Thus I am forced to wrap all the
> executables with scripts that set it.
>
> What about the following alternative:
> Modify pqPluginManager::loadPlugins() to also load plugins from
> CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/plugins  (where CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX gets set in
> CMake).
>
> That way (assuming I do a make install) any plugins that I place in the
> plugins directory get loaded.
>
> If you like it, what chance is there of getting it into the 3.2.1
> release?  I'm willing to try it myself and make a patch for you all at
> Kitware.
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
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