[Paraview] xdmf2 vs xdmf3 file type

[Nico Schlömer]

> We're planning to deprecate and remove xdmf2 this summer.

Glad to hear that!

> That said feel free to submit a merge request and I'll merge it.

https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/merge_requests/1647

Cheers,
Nico

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 2:32 PM David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
wrote:

> We're planning to deprecate and remove xdmf2 this summer. So this will be
> less of an issue in a release or two.
> That said feel free to submit a merge request and I'll merge it.
>
>
>
> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> Principal Engineer
>
> 21 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> Phone: 518-881-4909
>
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Nico Schlömer <nico.schloemer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Any chance of this landing upstream?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nico
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:21 PM David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This should do it.
>>> diff --git
>>> a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/proxies_xdmf3.xml
>>> b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/proxies_xdmf3.xml
>>> index 46bf7fb..9236ebd 100644
>>> ---
>>> a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/proxies_xdmf3.xml
>>> +++
>>> b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/proxies_xdmf3.xml
>>> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
>>>        </StringVectorProperty>
>>>
>>>        <Hints>
>>> -        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf"
>>> +        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf xmf3"
>>>                         file_description="Xdmf3 Reader" />
>>>        </Hints>
>>>        <!-- End of Xdmf3Reader -->
>>> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ type, otherwise it's a vtkMultiBlockDataSet.
>>>        </IntVectorProperty>
>>>
>>>        <Hints>
>>> -        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf"
>>> +        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf xmf3"
>>>                         file_description="Xdmf3 Reader" />
>>>        </Hints>
>>>        <!-- End of Xdmf3ReaderT -->
>>> @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ type, otherwise it's a vtkMultiBlockDataSet.
>>>        </IntVectorProperty>
>>>
>>>        <Hints>
>>> -        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf"
>>> +        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf xmf3"
>>>                         file_description="Xdmf3 Reader (Top Level
>>> Partition)" />
>>>        </Hints>
>>>        <!-- End of Xdmf3ReaderS -->
>>> diff --git
>>> a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/readers.xml
>>> b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/readers.xml
>>> index 0eb9ec0..22e0dc5 100644
>>> --- a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/readers.xml
>>> +++ b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/readers.xml
>>> @@ -5550,7 +5550,7 @@
>>>          <Documentation>Available timestep values.</Documentation>
>>>        </DoubleVectorProperty>
>>>        <Hints>
>>> -        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf"
>>> +        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf xmf2"
>>>                         file_description="Xdmf Reader" />
>>>        </Hints>
>>>        <!-- End of XdmfReader -->
>>>
>>>
>>> David E DeMarle
>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>> R&D Engineer
>>> 21 Corporate Drive
>>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>>> Phone: 518-881-4909 <(518)%20881-4909>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 7:17 AM, Nico Schlömer <nico.schloemer at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> > If one had something like xmf2 and the other xmf3 it would do what
>>>> you are asking for.
>>>> > You could do that if you build from source for example.
>>>>
>>>> I don't have a problem with that. What do I need to patch?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Nico
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:07 PM David E DeMarle <
>>>> dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> They both claim ".xmf" and ".xdmf" via the ReaderFactor extensions
>>>>> line you will find in readers.xml and proxies_xdmf3.xml. If one had
>>>>> something like xmf2 and the other xmf3 it would do what you are asking for.
>>>>> You could do that if you build from source for example.
>>>>>
>>>>> If not you should be able to force something like that by making a
>>>>> dummy reader xml only plugin just to get the file extension association.
>>>>> See http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_a_Reader
>>>>> for hints.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> David E DeMarle
>>>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>>> R&D Engineer
>>>>> 21 Corporate Drive
>>>>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>>>>> Phone: 518-881-4909 <(518)%20881-4909>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 4:58 PM, Nico Schlömer <
>>>>> nico.schloemer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a simulation code that spits out XDMF2 data (something.xdmf),
>>>>>> and I can visualize that with ParaView by opening the file, then selecting
>>>>>> XDMF over XDMF3 in a menu.
>>>>>> Since I have to repeat this process often, I'm asking myself if
>>>>>> there's a specific XDMF2 (or XDMF3) file extension that would allow me to
>>>>>> skip the dialog.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any hints?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Nico
>>>>>>
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