[vtk-developers] CMake.

[Blezek, Daniel J (CRD)]

Bill, Prabhu,

>     BH> So, I guess the only widget set that is guaranteed to be found
>     BH> on a UNIX system is Xt or Xaw.  Are there any volunteers that
>     BH> would be interested in developing/maintaining a new cmake GUI
>     BH> for any of those widget sets?  Is there some widget set that I
>     BH> don't know about that comes standard on all UNIX machines?
> 
> I think GTK is getting there.  wxWindows seems a good choice too.
> FLTK should work - maybe its just a bug somewhere.

  People that go to the trouble of installing CMake shouldn't hesitate to install Tcl/Tk.  I know the
philosophy of CMake is to eliminate any other packages, but writing someting in Xt or Xaw is just a
waste of time, and most Unix people would laugh at you for trying.  I would suggest someone write the
150 lines of Tcl code to do this.  Curses might be a good solution, but why bother?  Anyone who would
be happy with curses should be equally happy with emacs on the CMakeLists.txt file.

  Don't forget, there is a certain level of sophistication required to build VTK from the source,
and, as much as it pains me to say this, we shouldn't lower the bar too much...  A Tk based interface
would be sufficient for 95% of people who want to compile VTK, in my IMHO.

-dan