[ros-users] rviz is moving to Qt, preview available

[Dirk Thomas]

> If I want to contribute a matplotlib plugin, shall I wait for your Python API? I have successfully installed rviz_qt on OS X 10.6, but not original rviz. Most of the errors are from wx, and I'm not
> going to waste my time on installing old wx GUI tools. However I really need rxplot at the moment.

If you want rxplot-like functionality without wxWidgets you might want to try the newly developed ROS GUI.
I can't promise anything for OS X, but if there are problems I suspect them to be fixed fast.

For more information see:
- the SIG "ROS GUI": http://www.ros.org/wiki/fuerte/Planning/ROS%20GUI
- posts on the mailing list: https://code.ros.org/lurker/message/20111022.152853.6ab39e40.en.html

Dirk