[gl2ps] Patches/VTK Integration

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Hi David - Thanks for the patches. The only small issue is with gl2psTextOpt, which would break compatibility with previous versions. Should we create another function with a new name?

Christophe

On 01 Oct 2012, at 21:13, David Lonie <david.lonie at kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> I've been working on the gl2ps exporter in VTK, and I've had to make a
> couple of changes to the gl2ps sources. We'd like to see these merged
> upstream so that VTK/ParaView will be able to link against system-wide
> GL2PS installations in the future.
> 
> I've attached three diffs, each containing a change:
> 
> * color.diff
>    Add option to gl2psTextOpts to explicitly set the color. We ran into
>    issues on certain implementations where the GL_CURRENT_RASTER_COLOR
>    wasn't preserved in feedback mode as expected (See my previous post:
>    http://www.geuz.org/pipermail/gl2ps/2012/000348.html and ref'd
>    http://www.groupsrv.com/computers/about128565.html ).
> * getFileFormat.diff
>    Adds a gl2psGetFileFormat() function to the API. This makes it easier
>    to generate raw output for gl2psSpecial calls.
> * gl2psSpecialPDF.diff
>    Adds an implementation of the gl2psSpecial command for the PDF backend.
> 
> Please let me know if these can be merged upstream as-is, or if there
> is any improvement they need.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dave
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