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$ /Applications/ParaView-5.4.1.app/Contents/bin/pvpython --force-offscreen-rendering<br>Got unknown argument: --force-offscreen-rendering<div><br></div><div>What does "access to Cocoa" mean in this context? How would I go about giving it that access? All I could think of was to run the XQuartz server at the same time, but I don't see any way to tell pvpython to look there.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div><br></div><div> -Tom</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com" target="_blank">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">You can use `--force-offscreen-rendering` flag for standard ParaView<br>
builds on OsX when using pvpython/pvserver etc. It simply implies that<br>
there'll be no windows popped up for these command line executables.<br>
Note, ParaView still needs access to Cocoa to create OpenGL contexts<br>
for rendering.<br>
<br>
Utkarsh<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:02 PM, Sgouros, Thomas<br>
<<a href="mailto:thomas_sgouros@brown.edu">thomas_sgouros@brown.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello:<br>
><br>
> The documentation seems ambiguous on the point, can anyone confirm for me<br>
> how to get a version of pvpython that runs on OS X and supports the<br>
> --force-offscreen-rendering option?<br>
><br>
> My reading seems to imply that I will have to compile from the source, but<br>
> I've been trying and failing to understand how to make the super-build<br>
> process work. If someone can confirm for me that this is the way forward,<br>
> I'd appreciate it.<br>
><br>
> Also, when using the paraview-superbuild, when I try to install, I get this:<br>
><br>
> CMake Error at<br>
> /../paraview-superbuild/<wbr>projects/apple/paraview.<wbr>bundle.cmake:8 (message):<br>
><br>
> Creating the Apple package without the GUI is not supported.<br>
><br>
> To which superbuild option does this refer?<br>
><br>
> Thank you,<br>
><br>
> -Tom<br>
><br>
><br>
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