[Paraview] The "configuration" attribute of the "server" tag in server.pvsc

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Giovanni,

The configuration attribute does seem to be something left over from
the past. It doesn't seem to be used for anything currently.

Utkarsh

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Giovanni A. Cone <conega at lanl.gov> wrote:
> Hola Paraviewers,
>
> I'm planning on creating an official "servers.pvsc" file for users of our
> LANL HPC platforms similar to what NERSC provides (see
> https://www.nersc.gov/users/software/data-visualization-and-analytics/paraview).
> I've noticed that if I add a server using the GUI "Connect to Server"
> interface that the resulting saved "servers.pvsc" file has the following
> form of a "server tag" entry:
>
>  <Server name="Whatev" configuration=""
> resource="csrc://localhost:11111">
>    <ManualStartup/>
> </Server>
>
> I'm curious as to what the "configuration" attribute in the Server XML tag
> is used for.  Could it be used to refer to another XML "pvsc" file to deal
> with complication connection processes?  Or is it just an unused attribute?
>
> Thanks for your time responding to this inquiry.
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