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

[clinton at elemtech.com]

Yes, I'll do that.
Sean, I'll let you know when I'm done.

Clint

On Thursday 25 October 2007 9:19:56 am David Cole wrote:
> Clint,
>
> Would you mind adding appropriate code to ParaView3/CMakeLists.txt to
> force VTK_USE_CARBON to default to "ON" for ParaView in preparation
> for Sean's change?
>
> Thanks,
> David Cole
>
> On 10/25/07, Clinton Stimpson <clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
> > 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?
> > >
> > >     --
> > >     ____________________________________________________________
> > >     Sean McBride, B. Eng                 sean at rogue-research.com
> > >     <mailto:sean at rogue-research.com>
> > >     Rogue Research                        www.rogue-research.com
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> > >     Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada
> > >
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