[vtkusers] Qt and VTK, QVTKRenderWindowInteractor and key events

[Prabhu Ramachandran]

>>>>> "MM" == Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre at kitware.com> writes:


Thanks for taking care of this Mathieu!

[...]
    MM>    File "QVTKRenderWindowInteractor.py", line 136, in __init__
    MM>      apply(qt.QWidget.__init__, (self,parent,name) + args, kw)
    MM> TypeError: keyword arguments are not supported

    MM> The only solution I could find was from:

    MM> http://goldenspud.com/webrog/archives/2004/07/20/pyqt-platform-inconsistencies/

    MM> If you try to run that on PyQt atop Qt/Windows though, you’ll
    MM> get a “TypeError: keyword arguments are not supported”
    MM> exception raised.  Instead, leave out **kwargs when calling
    MM> the superclass: If you leave **kwargs in the signature of your
    MM> class’s __init__ as shown here, just be sure to send
    MM> keyword-less arguments for those values you intend to reach
    MM> the superclass when you call your class.

Well, I really don't know and would guess that we could detect windows
and leave the keyword args out for the broken platforms?

What do users of the widget think? 

cheers,
prabhu