[vtk-developers] VTK on Mac OS X: Carbon vs Cocoa, change of default

[Clinton Stimpson]

Qt doesn't work with Cocoa.
So, ParaView will have to make sure VTK_USE_CARBON is on.

Clint

David Cole wrote:
> Unless somebody responds raising an objection in the very near future 
> (like today or tomorrow), I'd say this is a reasonable change to make 
> in CVS HEAD of VTK.
>
> Sean, you may also want to send mail to the ParaView and ITK 
> developers lists just to notify them. ParaView is arguably VTK's "most 
> visible" client and it may need to set VTK_USE_CARBON explicitly in 
> its CMakeLists.txt file after your change.
>
> Does Qt integration with VTK on the Mac require VTK_USE_CARBON...? Or 
> can you use Qt with either vtkRenderWindow...?
>
> Unless somebody objects, go for it, Sean.
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>
> On 10/19/07, *Sean McBride* <sean at rogue-research.com 
> <mailto:sean at rogue-research.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     VTK has the VTK_USE_CARBON and VTK_USE_COCOA choices.  The default is
>     Carbon.  Having both is great.  However, I'd like to propose that the
>     default be changed to Cocoa.  Why?  Because it is well known that
>     in Mac
>     OS X 10.5 Cocoa will be available to 64 bit processes while Carbon
>     will
>     not.  In other words, Carbon has no long term future :(, and IMNSHO
>     should be discouraged as a default.
>
>     See:
>     < http://www.carbondev.com/site/?page=64-bit+Carbon>
>
>     Any thoughts/objections?
>
>     --
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