[vtkusers] openGL

[Karl Garsha]

The Python wrappers use the same C++ library functions as you would use 
coding in C++.  Essentially, Python just provides a high level 
interpreted interface to the VTK libraries.  Thus, you can see the 
results of changes to your code just by running the source code (you 
don't need to compile and link) and Python is more intuitive and 
efficient to write for most people.  Python code can be relatively 
easily ported to C++ after an application is fleshed out, or you can 
even compile Python source to binary because Python is written in C.
    VTK uses OpenGL (or MesaGL), therefore, vtkPython will use OpenGL 
too.  Python also has a separate high-level interface to OpenGL itself 
called PyOpenGL.

bob green wrote:

> so far i've been learning VTK in the VC++ environment...
> but I hear that Python is much better..??
>
> so my question is - is it possible to use VTK together with OpenGL in 
> the Python environment..??
>
> tanx.
>
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Karl Garsha
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