[vtk-developers] Xwindows PixmapContextId

[clinton at elemtech.com]

>From what I remember, it was added years ago to support offscreen rendering (probably added by myself). 
It did not require external code to make it work, so it sounds like its broken if there is no ivar setting it. 
Other methods have been developed and there are now better ways to do this. I think its ok to remove. 

Clint 

----- On Sep 14, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Ken Martin <ken.martin at kitware.com> wrote: 

> There is some code in vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow that handles opengl contexts based
> on a Pixmap. I cannot find any code in VTK that sets that ivar. Just lots of
> code for handling it. I am thinking of trying a topic to remove it but figured
> I should ask if anyone knows what it is about or if it is used.

> Thanks
> Ken

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