On 10/04/2010 08:46 PM, Simone wrote:
> Jim Holsenback <jho### [at] povrayorg> wrote:
>> On 10/04/2010 04:07 PM, Simone wrote:
>>> I don't know about version 3.7, is it not possible to switch of the display
>>> anymore in that version?
>>
>> the -d option works like it always has ;-)
> 
> 
> Uhm, I'm a little confused now.
> In 3.6 I used to get an error with large images which said "failed to allocate
> display bitmap" but with -d it worked fine.

didn't you mention in an earlier post using display=off ... same as -d

> But if the -d option works the same in 3.7 I wonder why there was the problem
> with the large image fillibar wrote about in the first message?
> 

look back several posts by Le Forgeron in this thread ...

> Or does it mean that the display can be switched of with -d in 3.7 but still
> needs all the memory for the display (unlike version 3.6)? But I thought the
> main reason for switching off the display was to save memory (at least I can't
> imagine another reason to use it.)

I don't think that's changed ... one of the devs that knows more about
the core could answer that for sure

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