Maurice wrote:
> I wish POVray would prevent the screensaver to kick in while it is 
> rendering.
> 
I did not explain further because at the moment I wrote that post I ... 
well I wasn't myself and I might have insulted some people in my rant.

Anyway the reason for my suggestion is, that I have this screensaver 
that I like very much. When I'm not rendering it is great fun to watch. 
However, it is rather heavy on the CPU usage. So, when I start rendering 
and the screensaver kicks in, my screensaver and POV start fighting over 
CPU cycles. I get a blackscreen and no matter how much I use the mouse 
or keyboard the computer won't respond to me until the render finishes. 
This really bothers me. I have considered using the blankscreen saver 
but I want to use the one I'm using now.
Other applications can switch off the screensaver momentarily, so I 
suggest that POV-ray be made to do the same.
I don't want to give up my screensaver for the sake of rendering. And I 
don't want to give up rendering for the sake of my screensaver.
I don't have the illusion that tommorow there will be a patch of MegaPOV 
and POV-Ray doing just that, but at least it's out in the open now.

-- 
Maurice

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