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vtkFLTK 0.6.1 fixes incompatibilities with VTK 4.2.

The 0.6.0 release of vtkFLTK features some minor API changes enabling some major magic. The Interactor Start() method is now fully implemented and will, in fact, start the FLTK event loop as well as adding an ExitEvent Observer which may be used to override the usual behavior of TerminateApp. These are the nuts and bolts of this release. What it means for developers is vastly improved transparency for writing either the VTK visualization pipeline or FLTK graphical interface parts of an application. Beyond a simple header inclusion described below, one need never refer to any vtkFLTK class specializations in order to use them ... like magic!... read more

The 0.5.0 release of vtkFLTK features some minor API changes as well as simplification of the implementation. vtkFLTK now depends on FLTK version >= 1.1.0 and VTK version >= 4.1.0. The elimination of backwards compatibility code for FLTK 1.0.x and VTK 3.2.x simplifies the implementation and should improve maintainability. These changes coincide with the creation of an experimental vtkFLTK branch for use with FLTK2. Additionally, the 'Simple' example has been added and demonstrates simple VTK animation via timeouts.

The 0.4.5 release of vtkFLTK eliminates annoying improper redrawing of sibling widgets upon parent resize. This was the last of the known runtime bugs experienced with vtkFLTK and represents a major milestone for the quality of the library. Additionally, release 0.4.5 addresses some minor backwards compatibility issues with the CMake build system and provides a fun new demo program based on VTK's Canny edge detection example.

The 0.4.4 release addresses problems experienced in building the vtkFLTK library and running vtkFLTK demos on Win32 and Mac OSX platforms. The many demo programs have also benefitted from this additional attention and should provide some insight into the use of VTK with FLTK.

The 0.4 release of vtkFLTK primarily addressed incompatibilities which arose with changes in FLTK's OpenGL context handling in FLTK 1.1.4.
vtkFLTK 0.4.1 adds improvements to the CMake build configuration as well as some minimal documentation regarding the build process.

vtkFLTK release 0.4.0 corrects incompatibilities with the OpenGL context handling introduced with FLTK 1.1.4. Major attention has also been paid to tweaking updates to the display connection as well as synchronization with VTK. Most, if not all, system-dependent types have been eliminated from the public interface. Party on.

The first release of vtkFLTK (0.3.1) is now available for download and testing. Let's get this party started!