POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : usage of #declare : Re: usage of #declare Server Time
29 Jul 2024 00:35:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: usage of #declare  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 13 Jun 2007 03:38:08
Message: <466f9ee0$1@news.povray.org>
"Tim Attwood" <tim### [at] comcastnet> schreef in bericht 
news:4665e625@news.povray.org...
>>  Just use (single) forward slashes. Easier to write.
>
> Yeah, the explanation is that backwards slashes are
> considered escape sequences for special characters
> when they are in string variables, but a string literal
> is used as-is in a height_field.
> 3.2.2.7.2  Text Formatting
>
>

Strange... I have never had any problem with single backward slashes...

Thomas


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