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29 Jul 2024 00:24:06 EDT (-0400)
  Re: mesh2 syntax query  
From: clipka
Date: 7 Dec 2013 08:52:49
Message: <52a32831@news.povray.org>
Am 07.12.2013 14:26, schrieb David Given:

> I want the texture list to be in the Povray file, not in the machine
> generated include file, because it's source code. But the syntax appears
> to be insisting that the texture_list clause goes *between* the
> vertex_vectors and face_indices clause. In order to emit it there, my
> tool needs to know stuff about the structure of the Povray file that it
> really shouldn't know.
>
> I've tried defining the texture list with #declare, but that doesn't
> work because texture_list isn't an rvalue and can't be assigned to a
> variable.
>
> Is there any wrinkle of syntax that will allow me to get the texture
> list out of the include file?

There is indeed: While the documentation claims that the texture_list 
must go between vertex_vectors and face_indices, the actual 
implementation also allows it to be placed /before/ vertex_vectors.


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