[Paraview] Tab group in script dialog is not resizable

[pat marion]

>> 1. Does the python command shell have a "run python script" command?

There is a builtin python command 'execfile' that can do this.  From the
python console- help(execfile)

Pat

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Olumide <50295 at web.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The following screenshot is self-explanatory:
> http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b52/videohead/ParaviewScriptDialog.png
>
> - Olumide
>
> ---------------- Possible memory leak in script dialog ----------------
>
>  I typically use python to load groups (sometimes up to a dozen) of VTK
>> files generated by each run of my experiment -- opening files manually
>> is very tiring. However, whenever I clear the currently displayed files
>> (using the "delete all" Edit menu option) Paraview never seems to give
>> back all the memory it allocated. As such, after loading and unloading
>> 10-20 simulations, Paraview's memory consumption is so high that I
>> either have to terminate the program or it crashes.
>>
>> Here's the result of my typical run. I saved a small simulation to a
>> state file and tried opening it and then clearing the data. The reported
>> data is from the Windows Task manager (for some weird reason the task
>> manager lists that the memory allocated to the Paraview process is
>> greater than the process' virtual memory!?)
>>
>> Initial (new instance of Paraview):
>> Mem usage: 75,272Kb VM: 56,256Kb
>>
>> After loading state file:
>> Mem usage: 89,512Kb VM: 70,224Kb
>>
>> After deleting all objects
>> Mem usage: 84,476Kb VM: 65,132Kb
>>
>> Another run, this time the python scripts are used to load the two
>> simulation datasets. Growth in memory usage is more aggressive:
>>
>> Initial (new instance of Paraview):
>> Mem usage: 75,304Kb VM: 56,276Kb
>>
>> After loading data set 1 via Python shell/script:
>> Mem usage: 113,264Kb VM: 88,704Kb
>>
>> After deleting all objects
>> Mem usage: 114,456Kb VM: 89,688Kb
>>
>> After loading dataset 2 via Python shell/script:
>> Mem usage: 126,116Kb VM: 101,196Kb
>>
>> After deleting all objects
>> Mem usage: 126,284Kb VM: 101,388Kb
>>
>> I'm aware that memory is dynamically allocated for the python shell and
>> GUI, and their corresponding objects are probably kept in memory to make
>> future launches of the python shell faster. This would explain why some
>> memory isn't returned after the initial launch. However as this should
>> done just once, the memory consumption should not grow each time a
>> dataset is loaded using a Python script/GUI.
>>
>> Also, after deleting a dataset and a new one is loaded, the following
>> the message is frequently displayed.
>>
>> qDrawShadeRect: Invalid parameters
>> qDrawShadeRect: Invalid parameters
>> qDrawShadeRect: Invalid parameters
>> ..
>> qDrawShadeRect: Invalid parameters
>> qDrawShadeRect: Invalid parameters
>>
>> A few other questions/suggestions:
>>
>> 1. Does the python command shell have a "run python script" command? For
>> example: RunPythonScript("C:/Work/Data/Foo.py"). Such a feature would be
>> a productivity boost. Clicking on the Tools menu and pressing the run
>> script button is okay for loading a few datasets but tiring when there
>> are lots of datasets to be evaluated. Also, it would be nice if the
>> python command were dockable, with an autohide feature like Visual
>> studio. Again this would be productivity boost. In fact it would be nice
>> if most views had an autohide feature. This would be a quick way of
>> increasing the size of the view window.
>>
>> 2. Does Paraview 3.6.2 have a disable offset feature as
>> proposed/discussed here (I've searched but I can't find one):
>> http://tinyurl.com/yf86vwy
>>
>> 3. When can we expect to be able to have an external program send data
>> to a Paraview, in the manner suggested in the following thread:
>> http://tinyurl.com/yfdyp7w
>>
>> I hope I'm not being too greedy. I believe I speak for the entire
>> community when I say we appreciate all your hard work.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> - Olumide
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Memory leak in Paraview 3.6.1(?)
>> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:30:41 GMT
>> From: Utkarsh Ayachit (utka... at kitware.com)
>> List: org.paraview.paraview
>>
>> Is it reproducible without using Python for creating the objects?
>> Easiest way to try that is create the objects using python, then save
>> the state out, then restart paraview and load the state file to create
>> the objects.
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Olumide <502... at web.de> wrote:
>>
>> This issue persists in Paraview 3.6.2, with which I've just viewed a
>> relatively small data set (one polysphere and about a 40 line segments).
>> However, after disconnecting the server, thereby unloading the data,
>> Paraview's memory consumption remains at 103Kb -- that's not right. Why
>> isn't Paraview releasing memory from purged objects. If it matters, the
>> objects were imported using a python script.
>>
>> - Olumide
>>
>>
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