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1 Jun 2024 20:04:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Windows editor does not recognize some keywords  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 20 Jul 2011 14:42:26
Message: <4e272192@news.povray.org>
On 20.07.11 20:20, Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
>
>> No, there is a difference between built-in variables and declared
>> variables. The former are keywords and cannot be changed by the user. The
>> later are accessible by SDL just like any other declared variable.
>
> I thought the question was mostly about built-in variables,
> according to the documentation anyway:
>
> FLOAT_BUILT-IN_IDENT:
> clock | clock_delta | clock_on | final_clock | final_frame
> frame_number | initial_clock | initial_frame
>
> So from the user's point of view it is strange that
> clock_delta is treated differently from clock.

Hmm, OK, that was true for 3.6. Looks like we haven't updated the docs yet, 
assuming this is still in there...

	Thorsten


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