[vtk-developers] [vtkusers] ANN: VTK Wiki Examples Update

[Bill Lorensen]

Arnaud,

Add another example with a different name. Make a note in the
description regarding the version needed. We'll try to accommodate the
different versions of VTK. This is a works in progress, but I think we
need to address it.

Bill

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Arnaud GELAS
<arnaud_gelas at hms.harvard.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are examples to build with the release version of vtk? or the current
> version from the repository?
>
> For instance, I would like to update the examples for vtkDistanceWidget with
> the latest change of Karthik (see his last commit), can I proceed?
>
> Thanks,
> Arnaud
>
> On 07/20/2010 01:56 PM, Aashish Chaudhary wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:28 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It wouldn't have to be two-way communication if the master image is
>> the one on the wiki (i.e. just as the wiki copy of the code is the
>> master copy).
>>
> true.
>
>>
>> But, yes, you would need two-way communication to get all the images
>> on the wiki in the first place.  Or a whole lotta manpower, to upload
>> the images manually.
>>
> There is some advantage if we can find a way via a program or a script.
>  Soon we will try to get the images on the wiki.
>
>>
>>  David
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Aashish Chaudhary
>> <aashish.chaudhary at kitware.com> wrote:
>> > We talked about it .. basically two way communication between Wiki and
>> > Git
>> > repository.
>> > There are some issues but I think for the regression  images we should
>> > have
>> > it. I think that would be really valuable for the users.
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:36 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> This is quite awesome.  I hate to be the guy who asks for more when
>> >> given a feast, but could the master regression images be on the wiki
>> >> too?
>> >>
>> >>  David
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Bill Lorensen
>> >> <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Folks,
>> >> >
>> >> > David Doria, Aashish Chaudhary, Zack Galbreath, and I are excited to
>> >> > announce the next phase of the VTK Wiki Examples.
>> >> >
>> >> > We have established a process to automatically synchronize the
>> >> > examples at: http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples with a git repository
>> >> > at http://gitorious.org/vtkwikiexamples. The process includes nightly
>> >> > compiles of each C++ example on several systems and running most C++
>> >> > examples
>> >> > as tests. Many of the tests that produce images are regression tested
>> >> > against a baseline image.
>> >> >
>> >> > Highlights:
>> >> >  Over 500 c++ examples
>> >> >  Over a dozen python examples (we need more!)
>> >> >  Almost 5 java examples (we need more!)
>> >> >  and over 5 tcl examples (we need more!)
>> >> >
>> >> >  Over 380 c++ tests
>> >> >  Over 200 Image regression tests
>> >> >
>> >> > There are three ways to obtain the examples:
>> >> > 1) Go to an example page, cut and paste the example with its
>> >> >   CMakeLists.txt file.
>> >> >
>> >> > 2) Clone the git repository:
>> >> >
>> >> > git clone git://gitorious.org/vtkwikiexamples/wikiexamples.git
>> >> >
>> >> > 3) Or download a tarball and extract the examples
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > http://gitorious.org/vtkwikiexamples/wikiexamples/archive-tarball/master
>> >> >
>> >> > The wiki is the holder of the master copy of each example. As
>> >> > examples
>> >> > are added by the VTK community, these examples will automatically be
>> >> > placed in the git repository, compiled every night and tested.
>> >> >
>> >> > For general information on the Wiki Examples go to:
>> >> > http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples
>> >> >
>> >> > We have instructions for:
>> >> > Example Users: http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Instructions/ForUsers
>> >> > Example Developers:
>> >> > http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Instructions/ForDevelopers
>> >> > Example Administrators:
>> >> > http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Instructions/ForAdministrators
>> >> >
>> >> > Please feel free to add examples to this grass roots effort to ease
>> >> > the
>> >> > VTK learning experience.
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>> > | Aashish Chaudhary
>> > | R&D Engineer
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>> >
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> | Aashish Chaudhary
> | R&D Engineer
> | Kitware Inc.
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