[vtkusers] vtkFLTK 0.6.0 Magic update release
Sean McInerney
seanm at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
Mon Jun 21 18:34:32 EDT 2004
The 0.6.0 release of vtkFLTK features some minor API changes enabling
some major magic. The Interactor Start() method is now fully implemented
and will, in fact, start the FLTK event loop as well as adding an
ExitEvent Observer which may be used to override the usual behavior of
TerminateApp. What this means for developers is vastly improved
transparency for writing either the VTK visualization pipeline or FLTK
graphical interface parts of an application. Beyond a simple header
inclusion, one need never refer to any vtkFLTK class specializations in
order to use them ... like magic!
The Magic(tm) happens with inclusion of the vtkFLTK Instantiator and
causes all RenderWindow and Interactor instances to be vtkFLTK
specializations. Merely including 'vtkFLTKInstantiator.h' into any VTK
C++ example will ensure its use of vtkFLTK and, most importantly, the
FLTK event loop. This allows easy addition of FLTK widget interfaces to
existing code. For illustration of this behind the scenes instantiation,
please see the 'Simple' and 'Simple2' examples.
-Sean
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