[vtkusers] Mac OSX issues -- X11 rendering speed, dylib load time

[roch at rogue-research.com]

HI,

I also managed to get vtk to compile using cvs versions of cmake and 
vtk. Here's what I did (for anyone interested):

-Installed Apple's X11
-Used fink to install tcltk and python. I was not sure if I needed 
python as it is supposed to be installed, but I could not find python 
libs anywhere.
-got the cvs version of cmake and tried to compile it. I got the 
following error towards the end of the compilation:

Building executable 
/Volumes/PocketDrive/Developer/cmake/CMake/Source/ctest...
ld: can't create output file: 
/Volumes/PocketDrive/Developer/cmake/CMake/Source/ctest (Is a 
directory, errno = 21)
make[3]: *** [/Volumes/PocketDrive/Developer/cmake/CMake/Source/ctest] 
Error 1
make[2]: *** [default_target] Error 2
make[1]: *** [default_target_Source] Error 2
make: *** [default_target] Error 2
[Rogue-TiBook:Developer/cmake/CMake] roch%

Since it looked like the main parts of cmake compiled, I went ahead and 
did a make install, which seemed to work, since the next steps worked...

-got the cvs version of vtk. I turned off the Carbon switch and turned 
on the X11, tcl, and python switches, ran cmake and corrected any path 
issues to the headers and/or libs. the build worked however I got a lot 
off warnings (did not save them this time, sorry).

I tried some of the tcl demos, some of them displayed an image, but 
some come up with a blank window. I also have to figure out how to set 
PYTHONPATH to get those to work...

Anyway, it is progress. Thanks for all the responses to my previous 
posts. I'll try to get a feel for the speed and report anything that 
might be interesting.

Roch Comeau