[vtkusers] wxVTKRenderWindowInteractor.py fails on OSX with VTK Cocoa build

[Mike Jackson]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:02 AM, Dan White <white at mpi-cbg.de> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
>
>  On Feb 22, 2008, at 12:11 AM, Christopher Barker wrote:
>
>  >
>  >
>  > Dan White wrote:
>  >> There is a new OSX port in the wxWidgets source code already,
>  >> called xwCocoa....
>  >> however this is still missing much functionality....
>  >> So in the long run, for 64 bit VTK application using wxPython on OSX
>  >> wxPython needs to be able to use the new wxCocoa.
>  >
>  > I guess in the long run, wx will use Cocoa -- is it firm that Apple
>  > will never do a 64 bit Carbon? Even so, can you mingle 64 bit stuff
>  > and 32 bit stuff -- it's not like you'll ever need 64 bits for the
>  > GUI itself.
>  >
>
>  our app uses python , wxpython for the gui, and VTK for the 3D
>  graphics...
>  .... so as i understand it, all three of those need to be 64 bit for
>  it to work?
>
>
>
>  >> In the mean time, the only other option left for a 64 bit
>  >> wxPython GUI VTK application on OSX is.....
>  >
>  > What about pyObjC and vtkCocoa? can you use those together?
>
>  no if we keep it platform independent.... BioImageXD also runs on
>  linux and windows....
>
>  Dan
>  >
>  > -Chris
>
>  Dr. Daniel James White BSc. (Hons.) PhD

That is one of the issues that Apple _NEEDS_ to hear this type of feed
back. Please send then your concerns about 64 bit GUIs under OS X.

-- 
Mike Jackson
imikejackson _at_ gee-mail dot com