Miscellaneous

Tests for Mayavi2

Mayavi features a few simple tests. These are in the tests directory. The testing is performed using the same technique that VTK employs. Basically, a visualization is scripted and the resulting visualization window is captured and compared with an existing test image. If there are differences in the images then there is an error, if not the test passes. The test cases are themselves relatively simple and the magic of the actual generation of test images etc. is all in the tests/common.py module.

To run a test you may do something like the following:

$ cd tests
$ python test_array_source.py

Getting help

Most of the user and developer discussion for mayavi2 occurs on the Enthought OSS developers mailing list (enthought-dev@mail.enthought.com). This list is also available via gmane from here: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.enthought.devel

Discussion and bug reports are also sometimes sent to the mayavi-users mailing list (Mayavi-users@lists.sourceforge.net). We recommend sending messages to the enthought-dev list though.

The Mayavi web page: https://svn.enthought.com/enthought/wiki/MayaVi

is a trac page where one can also enter bug reports and feature requests.

If this manual, the mayavi web page and google are of no help feel free to post on the enthought-dev mailing list for help.

Helping out

We are always on the lookout for people to help this project grow. Feel free to send us patches – these are best sent to the mailing list. Thanks!