Jeff Houck wrote:
> In the latest Beta 3.7.beta25 change log, it mentions the pvengine.ini 
> file is now integrated into the Windows registry. I'm curious as to why 
> this was done? The editor I can understand due to it's tight integration 
> with the Windows GUI manager. But why the pvengine.ini? Thx.

It's an attempt to solve vista issues. Note that I do not own a copy of
vista myself and don't want to spend ages mucking around with a 'does this
help?', 'does that help?' sort of thing.

If enough folk care about it I'll allow the import/export of INI file
settings or something (all the code for reading the INI file is still there
so as to allow option importation, exporting is also still trivial).

The fact is that the vast bulk of Windows programs store their settings in
the registry, this is clearly what Microsoft want them to do, and I really
don't have the time or energy to fight Vista [or whatever they come up with
next] issues, especially when I don't have a copy of it (and nor am I
inclined to throw away money buying what is clearly still considered by
most as a downgrade to XP).

Note that only the windows-specific settings have been moved to the
registry. All standard POV-Ray ini file operations have been retained.

-- Chris

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