Tyler throws error when using CairoMakie

[alex-s-gardner]

When using CairoMakie I get this error

ERROR: please load either GLMakie, WGLMakie or CairoMakie
Stacktrace:
 [1] error(s::String)
   @ Base ./error.jl:35
 [2] Tyler.Map(rect::GeometryBasics.HyperRectangle{2, Float32}, zoom::Int64, input_cs::MapTiles.WGS84; figure::Figure, coordinate_system::MapTiles.WebMercator, provider::Provider, min_tiles::Int64, max_tiles::Int64, max_parallel_downloads::Int64, cache_size_gb::Int64)
   @ Tyler ~/.julia/packages/Tyler/eajCg/src/Tyler.jl:79
 [3] top-level scope
   @ ~/Documents/GitHub/Altim.jl/src/geolocate_dev.jl:88

I suspect that Tyler only works with GLMakie ?

If that's the case the the Error message needs updating.

[SimonDanisch]

Uh, it's a bit unfortunate, but, yeah cairomakie doesn't work right now, but should be easy to fix...
WGLMakie definitely works though!

[asinghvi17]

Why exactly does Tyler require access to the screen? Is it just to know when not to run the download task?

[lazarusA]

Latest release doesn't require a window open. However, cairomakie is still failing, somehow...

[asinghvi17]

Ah, I forgot that Tyler can't work with CairoMakie as long as it plots meshes, because Cairo's mesh handling only interpolates colors between vertices (it can't handle UVs).

[asinghvi17]

Since Tyler has switched to image plots for web mercator axes, and meshimage for GeoAxis, it should work pretty smoothly with CairoMakie now. One last issue to iron out is MakieOrg/Makie.jl#4694. But otherwise you do not need a GL backend at all for Tyler.