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From: Slime
Date: 15 Aug 2005 22:14:47
Message: <43014c17$1@news.povray.org>

> Absolutely awesome response guys! The Parse_String command does exactly
what
> I'm after. I wish I'd asked this question a year ago. My POV code will
> never be the same again.

Parse_String, at least in this case, is sort of a hack that solves an
obscure problem (caused by an input file that I'm assuming you have no
control over). Don't rely on it all the time because there are generally
better ways to do things.

 - Slime
 [ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]

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