[vtk-developers] New wiki pages on VTK 6 build system migration and module development

[David E DeMarle]

Yes you can.

One way is to just copy the modules into VTK/*/*, and then CMake will
just think they are part of VTK. If you need to keep your modules
separate, you can alternatively call:
   vtk_add_to_module_search_path($srcdir $builddir)
to let VTK know where your external modules are. That is how Paraview
does it. In either case the libraries will be wrapped if VTK's modules
are.

Note that, at the moment you can not add modules to an installed VTK.
Marcus and Utkarsh have that on their todo list.

A related question is can I remove modules from VTK. As long as the
modules you want to get rid of are not depended upon by any of the
ones you have enabled, you can simply remove them from the VTK source.

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909


On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:35 PM, David Thompson
<david.thompson at kitware.com> wrote:
> Hi Marcus,
>
>> I have spent some time writing a couple of new wiki pages...
>>
>> http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Build_System_Migration
>> http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Module_Development
>>
>> Neither are entirely complete yet, but in the spirit of open source I
>> wanted to release early and get feedback as I complete them.
>
> Thanks a lot for the documentation! One question I still have after reading it is whether it is possible to use the VTK module macros to create additional modules outside of VTK. For instance, if I have a project that depends on VTK and has both an application and libraries (which look like additional VTK modules to the app), can I use vtk_module() and module.cmake?
>
> It would be really nice to have, especially if the libraries need to be wrapped or include object factory overrides.
>
>         David
>
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