[ice-dev] VisIt-ICE bugs

[Jordan Deyton <deytonjh@xxxxxxxx>]

All,

Here is a list of bug tickets regarding VisIt-ICE interaction. The ICE 
tickets are primarily to track errors on the ICE side. For most of 
these, I've submitted issues to the VisIt Java client github project for 
Hari to track work on that side as well.

1 - Cannot use multiple windows using same VisIt connection
Currently, the only window ID that appears to work consistently is 1, 
and opening different files using the same window ID synchronizes the 
windows.
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=464170
https://github.com/visit-vis/visit_java_client/issues/15

2 - Setting specific timestep
The new time slider iterates over timesteps until the target timestep is 
reached. It should be able to just set the timestep based on the 
timestep index.
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=470751
https://github.com/visit-vis/visit_java_client/issues/16

3 - Getting timestep times
The new time slider does not currently get the actual times for each 
timestep. If possible, it should query the VisIt Java client for this info.
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=470750
https://github.com/visit-vis/visit_java_client/issues/17

4 - The CLI Window is back on Windows in 2.9.1.
When VisIt is launched, the CLI.exe window is back. We need to check 
that the hide_window property is passed to the VisIt Java client.
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=470917
(no VisIt bug yet)

5 - Performance enhancements for large files
We have an Exodus mesh that froze up ICE when opened through the VisIt 
Editor. Let's make it faster.
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=470918
https://github.com/visit-vis/visit_java_client/issues/18

6 - Better error handling for VisIt connection
Current error handling during and after establishing a VisIt connection 
is not very helpful and usually just said "VisIt failed" or quietly 
fails on the console.
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=470919
https://github.com/visit-vis/visit_java_client/issues/19

Jordan

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Jordan Deyton
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Telephone: (865) 574-1091
Email: deytonjh@xxxxxxxx