CLI/headless build

[BSVogler]

It would be cool to have a build without the GUI to operate the application only the command line. This would allow easy extension in other systems e.g. to run the service as a web service over a REST api.

[jmaglic]

The command line interface is already a feature. Check out the wiki article or the user manual section 2.3.

[BSVogler]

That is great! The build is still not "headless" as it requires the GUI library to be installed. Typically you would have a configure script before compiling to allow configuration without the GUI lib.

[jmaglic]

I see what you mean. I'm not sure how to implement this and whether this would be beneficial to any users. As far as I understand a headless build would need to be distributed as a separate binary? In that case I'd rather leave it as is, as to keep it simple.

I'll keep this issue closed for now but if we receive more requests for this feature then I'll reconsider it.

[BSVogler]

You don't need to offer a binary. It would generally make it easier to compile the source and needing a dependency less. E.g. when running unittests to verify the computation you do not need the GUI.