POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Removing keyword "hollow" from pov3.5 or 4 : Re: Removing keyword "hollow" from pov3.5 or 4 Server Time
11 Aug 2024 01:20:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Removing keyword "hollow" from pov3.5 or 4  
From: Ian Burgmyer
Date: 3 Dec 1999 00:42:41
Message: <38475851@news.povray.org>
How about using a sort of mass instead?  That might be too similar to media,
however.

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Nieminen Juha <war### [at] punarastascstutfi> wrote in message
news:382c2d31@news.povray.org...
>   I think it should be a good idea to remove the keyword "hollow" from
> the next version of povray (and replace it with a more descriptive
keyword).
> It only causes lots of confusion among new users and it doesn't really
> describe its purpose.
>   This suggestion is not as bad is it may sound. This has already
happened:
> the "refraction" keyword has become obsolete. Also all the old halo stuff
> has been removed. Things have been moved from "finish" to "interior".
> Radiosity will probably change in the near future.
>   Removing "hollow" may cause problems at the beginning, but in the long
run
> it will do just good.
>
>   I have to admit that I don't have any good idea for an alternative
keyword.
>
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