[Paraview] Pre-load python macros & toolbar icons?

[Eric E. Monson]

Hey guys,

Thanks a lot for the responses. I'll add the icon thing as a feature  
request, but I'm interested in figuring out how to add the macros,  
either embedded in a plugin or in my custom application code.

If I was doing it as a plugin: building an autostart plugin shouldn't  
be a problem, but I don't know how to "programmatically add python  
macros" -- do you just use the pqPythonMacroSupervisor somehow...? I  
also have never run across the CMake ADD_PYTHON_EXTENSION before. I  
see the section in the Plugin_HowTo about Embedding Python Source as  
Modules, but I'm not sure what a "python extension" is or what exactly  
it does...

If I was adding the macros in my custom application constructor: I  
have my macros as .py files, but I'm not clear on what "custom install  
rules" are. Can I somehow just use the macro supervisor to add macros  
from the files in my constructor? (Oh, I bet you're referring to how  
to use CMake to package the .py files afterwards so they tag along  
with the libraries, etc, for the app to find them! Yup, I have no idea  
how to do that, eitther. :)

So, Pat, if you're willing to give me some pointers (or pointers to  
source code) to get me going in the right direction, I'd really  
appreciate it!

Thanks again,
-Eric


On Nov 10, 2009, at 6:03 PM, pat marion wrote:

> Actually, if you're making a custom application then you don't even
> need to worry about plugins, you can just insert one line in your
> application constructor to add python macros.  You'll need to write
> the macros as .py files and write custom install rules for them.
>
> Pat
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:56 PM, pat marion <pat.marion at kitware.com>  
> wrote:
>> There is no way to do this right now, but if you want to try what  
>> Dave
>> said, write an autostart plugin, the plugin can programatically add
>> python macros.  I can give you a hint if you want to try this.
>>
>> No way to associate an icon with the macros.  Currently macros are
>> stored in the paraview settings file as <label, filename> pairs.   
>> This
>> could be extended to store qrc icon filenames without too much
>> trouble.
>>
>> Pat
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Berk Geveci  
>> <berk.geveci at kitware.com> wrote:
>>> I am guessing that these will have to be feature requests. I am sure
>>> you know where those go :-)
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Eric E. Monson  
>>> <emonson at cs.duke.edu> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm wondering if it is possible for ParaView to automatically  
>>>> load Python
>>>> macros? (Like plugins, where PV looks in certain places to load
>>>> automatically, or through some XML?)
>>>>
>>>> I understand that once macros are loaded they'll show up again  
>>>> the next time
>>>> PV is launched, but I was wondering in the context of delivering  
>>>> a custom
>>>> application where I'd like to fill the toolbar with macros right  
>>>> from the
>>>> first launch.
>>>>
>>>> Also, is there any way to associate an icon with a macro (like  
>>>> you can with
>>>> a filter)?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -Eric
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Eric E Monson
>>>> Duke Visualization Technology Group
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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