[vtk-developers] VTK without vtksys

[David Gobbi]

Aha.  So I guess the OpenGL code isn't much use to you except as a
reference :)

 - David


On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Adam Rankin <arankin at robarts.ca> wrote:

> Hi David,
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> Thanks for the insight. I will look into vtksys and do an analysis.
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> With regards to rendering, I admit my selfishness and say that I will have
> those disabled, as I am working to get VTK up and running on the HoloLens
> as an infrastructure project.
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> Thanks so much!
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> Adam
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> *From:* David Gobbi [mailto:david.gobbi at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 8, 2016 4:19 PM
> *To:* Adam Rankin <arankin at robarts.ca>
> *Cc:* vtk-developers <vtk-developers at vtk.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [vtk-developers] VTK without vtksys
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> As a follow-up, there are lots of Windows API calls in VTK outside of
> kwsys. In particular, Rendering/OpenGL and Rendering/OpenGL2 would probably
> require a large number of changes.  Ken Martin and others did a lot of work
> on Android and iOS changes, the situation with UWP might be parallel with
> those.
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> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 1:58 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Adam,
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> It's not a crazy notion.  Even though kwsys has lots of Windows API calls,
> finding them all is straightforward (they're all marked with #if's) and
> adding another #if clause for UWP calls shouldn't be difficult.  I know
> nothing about UWP, however, I'm just working on the assumption that, as far
> as the generic system calls in kwsys goes, it mirrors the old Windows API
> fairly closely.
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>  - David
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> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Adam Rankin <arankin at robarts.ca> wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> I am trying to build VTK for UWP, and I will fully admit to not knowing
> the linkages/structure of modules and their dependency on vtksys (aside
> that the VTK CMake output lists it as a dependency).
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> Is it a crazy notion to write a vtksys alternative library that builds
> against the UWP?
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> I guess what I’m looking for is someone to say, “Sure it’s possible, it
> would take me a month.” Or “Sure, it’s possible, see you in a year.”
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> Sorry for the vague question,
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> Adam
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