Hmm, seems the backslash stuff only applies if you're using the web 
interface of the newsgroups.
If using a mail/news client, just type normally. No need to double type the 
backslash.

Eudy


"Eudy Silva" <eud### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
news:462e2574@news.povray.org...
> Hi Carl,
>
> Good to know that it worked for you too!
> I had also tried, previously, to run pvengine.exe in compatibility
> with XP SP2 and it failed to do animations.
>
> I wouldn't say it is a bug in POV-Ray, better call it an incompatibility
> with Vista's new themes features. Anyway, it is something the developers
> (great guys, aren't they?) should know about.
>
> Regarding the missing backslahes, guess that doubling them will
> work (seems it looks like the C language, in which a backslash introduces
> an escape sequence).
> Let's try:
> C:\\Program Files\\POV-Ray for Windows v3.6\\bin\\pvengine.exe
> http:\\\\www.povray.org (I typed 4 backslashes here)
>
> OK! So, to get this \\ you have to type this \\\\
>
> Regards
>
> Eudy
>
> "Carl" <car### [at] semisouthcom> wrote in message 
> news:web.462d73a7892b73208f2f42670@news.povray.org...
>> "Eudy Silva" <eud### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>>> Hi Carl,
>>>
>>> I just got POV-Ray 3.61c to do animations under Vista (Home Premium 
>>> here).
>>> Here's what I did, hope it works for you also:
>>> Go to the directory where PORay was installed, enter the "bin" 
>>> subdirectory,
>>> right click on "pvengine.exe" and choose "Properties".
>>> Under the "Compatibility" tab, mark the checkbox for "Disable visual
>>> themes",
>>> then click teh OK button.
>>> That did the trick for me.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Eudy
>>
>> THANK YOU!!!!  I have POV-Ray 3.6.1c and I've got Vista Ultimate.  Before 
>> I
>> saw your post I uninstalled POV-Ray and reinstalled it again.  This time 
>> I
>> installed it to:
>>
>> C:UsersCarlPOV-Ray for Windows v3.6
>>
>> (There are a couple back slashes in there that I don't expect to show up
>> when thos post goes through... not sure why.)
>>
>> I can now edit and save the ini file without having to run notepad as an
>> administrator.  However I still couldn't use any of the animation options
>> without POV-Ray just coming back and saying (Not Responding).  I had ran
>> POV-Ray as an adminstrator and I changed the compatability tab to windows 
>> xp
>> sp2.  Neither had any effect.  If I tried both together I never got the 
>> (Not
>> Responding) message but it did hang up.  I then unselected the windows xp
>> sp2 compatability option and tried your "Disable visual themes" option 
>> and
>> it WORKED!!!  Nothing even had to be ran as an administrator.  I don't 
>> have
>> a clue why that worked but it did and I'm happy.
>>
>> Is this a bug I should report?
>>
>> Thank you again,
>> Carl
>>
>>
>>
>

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