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11 Aug 2024 09:22:47 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Any way to avoid repeated parsing?  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 22 Sep 1999 18:04:24
Message: <37E95247.5BB9DA24@peak.edu.ee>
Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:00:12 +0200, Tomas Plachetka wrote:
> >This is something I didn't know about (that the
> >clock function is always monotone). I thought
> >of it as of a variable which is automatically
> >declared and has a special meaning...
> >Are you sure that the user cannot assign an
> >arbitrary value to clock in the .pov code?!
> 
> POV treats it as a scalar function with no arguments.  I get an
> error when I try to assign to it.
> 

But you can change the clock value and clock delta in an arbitrary manner during
an animation. Just #write the appropriate initial_clock, final_clock,
initial_frame and final_frame options to an ini file.

Margus


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