[Paraview] [EXTERNAL] Re: pvbatch

[Scott, W Alan]

Ben,
I believe this is a change from the past.  Here is what I desire – how do I get it?

I want to run pv(pythonScript).  I want it to produce output.  I want it to run off screen, not showing on the console display or current display.  This is especially important on classified systems.  MPI is not available.

Not too long ago, my understanding was this was pvbatch.  pvpython used either the console display or current display as it’s rendering space.  This does not catch my needs.

Alan

On 11/13/17, 9:04 AM, "Ben Boeckel" <ben.boeckel at kitware.com> wrote:

    On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 22:42:29 +0000, Scott, W Alan wrote:
    > What are the magic cmake switches, for superbuild, that are used to
    > build a non MPI, Mesa version of pvbatch?  Where is this documented?
    
    pvpython is the non-MPI version of pvbatch. The superbuild docs could
    probably be improved here. Currently, the mention is:
    
        ParaView supports multiple rendering engines including `egl`,
        `mesa`, `osmesa`, and `qt5`. All of these are incompatible with each
        other. If none of these are chosen, a UI-less ParaView will be built
        (basically just `pvpython`). On Windows and macOS, only the `qt5`
        rendering engine is available.
    
    --Ben