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8 Jul 2024 05:40:23 EDT (-0400)
  Re: error: could not locate file (interface bug?)  
From: Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba
Date: 1 Mar 2001 03:23:57
Message: <3a9e071d@news.povray.org>
Thorsten Froehlich wrote in message <3a9d8525$1@news.povray.org>...
> The fact that is works fine is nice, but you are using an _unsupported
> feature_ here.  If you read the documentation you will find that only
> those directories which are specified as include directories will be
> searched, and you specify the whole path.

thanks for explanation

> > but when I right clock and chose from context menu : Open
"c:\test\stuff.txt"
> > than there is message in status bar at bottom of the window : could not
locate
> > file
>
> Of course, because there is no such include path that combined with your
> part of the path will result in a valid path.


well, have you checked this ?
I added +Lc:\ to the settings and changed calling to
parse_model("spline\spline.txt",yes)
and it still is parsed ok but still not work as context menu Open
"spline\spline.txt"

ABX


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