Am 18.06.2017 um 21:06 schrieb clipka:
> Am 15.06.2017 um 21:09 schrieb Kenneth:
> 
>> 5) By MISTAKE, leave 'Continue_Trace=on' in the .ini file
>>
>> 6) Run the scene again, the same way --which seems to take no time at all. But
>> the render window doesn't show up, and the 'Show/Hide' button is now dimmed out.
>> (The message window says, "File already rendered and continue requested;
>> skipping", which makes sense, by itself.)
>>
>> 7) FIX the mistake of leaving 'Continue_Trace=on' by turning it off.
>>
>> But *any* subsequent render of the scene-- or *any* scene-- does not show up in
>> the render window, and the 'Show/Hide' button continues to stay dimmed out. (The
>> scenes ARE rendering, but 'invisibly.') The only way to restore normal operation
>> is to quite POV-Ray and restart.
> 
> There is an alternative to restarting POV-Ray in such cases: Run a
> render at a different resolution. This will always cause the render
> window to be closed (if it is open) and then re-opened, making it a
> viable workaround for the issue you're seeing.

Also, for the records, the problem is already known, and tracked on
GitHub as issue #189 ("Port of FS47 - Render Preveiw window can become
disabled"):

https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/issues/189

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