[vtkusers] KWWidgets & VTK

[Randall Hand]

Ok, kewl.. I already know Tk (spent 3 years writing TclTk for my last
company, so I'm proficient) so that won't be a problem.  And I need this
cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac) so I'm gonna try C++ :)
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Randall Hand
Visualization Scientist
ERDC MSRC-ITL


On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:26 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> Whatever you're best at. You'll find some tasks are easier when you have
> your own C++ class overrides. You can even do *everything* from C++ if you
> want, but you'll still need to learn some tcl/tk to understand what's going
> on with widget layout and arrangement. 'packing' in tk terminology.
> If you build it, check out the KWWidgetsTour example. It's a sampling of
> all the different widgets available and how to use them from C++, tcl or
> python.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Randall Hand <randall.hand at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> ick.. In that case what's the best way to go when working with VTK &
>> KWWidgets?
>> * Tcl?
>> * Python?
>> * Straight C?
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>> Randall Hand
>> Visualization Scientist
>> ERDC MSRC-ITL
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:04 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Yes. It absolutely is. If you glance through the source code for
>>> KWWidgets, you will see "Script" calls all over the place that evaluate
>>> strings as tcl code. Without that functionality, KWWidgets would not work at
>>> all.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Randall Hand <randall.hand at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've just had a new project handed to me that I think would be ideally
>>>> suited for VTK & a very simple GUI, so I thought KWWidgets.  In the
>>>> requirements I see Tcl/Tk listed.  Is Tcl/Tk really a _requirement_ for
>>>> KWWidgets?  I'll be doing all my development exclusively in C.
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> Randall Hand
>>>> Visualization Scientist
>>>> ERDC MSRC-ITL
>>>>
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