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  Re: How to address last 2 components of 5-component vectors?  
From: Jim Holsenback
Date: 7 Jul 2016 13:16:18
Message: <577e8e62$1@news.povray.org>
On 7/7/2016 10:37 AM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Le 07/07/2016 15:30, Bald Eagle a écrit :
>> At first I mis-read the docs and thought I could have 6-component vectors, and
>> address them x, y, z, t, u, v.
>>
>> I trimmed that to 5, and thought that maybe x, y, z, u, v was the way to go, but
>> I should have known better.
>>
>> I need to use those last 2 values - what are they called?
>>
>
> Bad, bad wiki (In the mood of "Bad, bad zoot", of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail")
> You can access the component of 5D vector as a colour: red, green, blue, filter,
transmit
>
> Yes, in that order. Which mean that .t == .filter, not .transmit
>

OK ... so please be a bit more specific. What /exactly/ is "bad" and 
needs clarification. Comment on the talk page and I'll work it into the 
docs.


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