petsc-3.3-p7 2013-05-11

PetscPopUpSelect

Pops up a windows with a list of choices; allows one to be chosen

Synopsis

#include "petscsys.h"  
PetscErrorCode  PetscPopUpSelect(MPI_Comm comm,const char *machine,const char *title,int n,const char **choices,int *choice)
Collective on MPI_Comm

Input Parameters

comm - MPI communicator, all processors in communicator must call this but input from first communicator is the only one that is used
machine - location to run popup program or PETSC_NULL
title - text to display above choices
n - number of choices
choices - array of strings

Output Parameter

choice -integer indicating which one was selected

Notes

Uses DISPLAY variable or -display option to determine where it opens the window

Currently this uses a file ~username/.popuptmp to pass the value back from the xterm; hence this program must share a common file system with the machine parameter passed in below.

Level:developer
Location:
src/sys/utils/select.c
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