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  Re: NO whitespaces allowed in Path to ini ?  
From: Scott Moore
Date: 15 Aug 2002 13:28:48
Message: <kgonlugsq8g3erdttrhqmbrgv9ai2armiv@4ax.com>
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 16:40:33 +0200, "Thorsten Froehlich"
<tho### [at] trfde> wrote:

>In article <9qanluo85j0pnd96u407t97do34eneupr3@4ax.com> , Scott Moore 
><sdm### [at] zoomcouk>  wrote:
>
>> Does this mean the docs need to be updated to mention that spaces in
>> the filename aren't allowed?
>>
>> (BTW. As I'm mentioning the docs, do all platforms build the source to
>> pvengine or povray? On Windows the .exe is pvengine - but the docs, as
>> shown above, suggest it's povray.exe - do the docs need updating for
>> this also?)
>
>The documentation is clear that it is about the command-line version of
>POV-Ray, not the GUI versions and it does refer you to the GUI version
>documentation for specifics of those versions.  Where?  Well, in the
>introduction of the command-line options in section 5 in case you missed it.
>
>If you don't read the documentation carefully and get burned that is not a
>bug in POV-Ray but in your method of reading the documentation.  The
>suggested way to read it is from section 1 to the last section.  It is not
>recommended to use it for reference purposes only.  That way you _will_ miss
>very important details!
>
>    Thorsten

I never said there was a bug - I merely asked two questions ... the
answer of which were no. I guess it's a problem with your method of
reading emails 8o)

Cheers,

Scott


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