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3 Aug 2024 00:21:54 EDT (-0400)
  Re: How about $ for declare?  
From: JWV
Date: 14 Aug 2004 10:59:50
Message: <411e28e6$1@news.povray.org>
> Try to type the following (where *TAB* means pressing TAB):
>
> light*TAB**TAB*
> dif*TAB*
> pig*TAB*
> norm*TAB*
> fini*TAB*
> spec*TAB*
> refl*TAB*

Thank you very much for this tip, I realy didn't know it!

> Seems like a very nice feature to just go $variablename instead of
#declare
> all over in a .pov file. Quicker to type, easier to read, and so on.

I agree with you, on both points (typing and reading). I suggest
implementing only this feature, besides giving the TAB-trick a more
prominent place in the FAQ/manual.

Greetings,

JWV

"Rune" <run### [at] runevisioncom> wrote in message
news:411e20a7$1@news.povray.org...
> Shorter words are not easier to read, only slightly faster to type. But
you
> can already save that typing in POV-Ray (for Windows anyway).
>
> Try to type the following (where *TAB* means pressing TAB):
>
> light*TAB**TAB*
> dif*TAB*
> pig*TAB*
> norm*TAB*
> fini*TAB*
> spec*TAB*
> refl*TAB*
>
>
> Rune
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>


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