Load Rviz config within rqt_gui from launch file
I have a launch file that fires up rqt_gui with a custom perspective, where the (experimental) rviz is one container.
Is there a way to not only load the perspective of rqt_gui but also the config of rviz? i.e. something like that:
<node name="my_rqt_dashboard" pkg="rqt_gui" type="rqt_gui" respawn="false" output="screen" args="--perspective-file $(find my_pkg)/cfg/my.perspective -d $(find my_pkg)/cfg/rviz.rviz"/>
Basically embedding this within this. This answer is somewhat close and points into hardcoding this line. Are my findings correct? Is there a way to achieve that already? If not, could this be parametrized such that we can load a config for rviz within rqt?
@ticotico I believe you are correct, you will need to hardcode to do this as I don't see another way to do this either. Perhaps inherit from
rviz.cppand add the new functionality to resolve your immediate issue, then load the parameters from a config file. Alternatively you can propose improvements and create PR which benefit others as well.