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  Re: How to pass a string from the command line - help?  
From: Mathuin
Date: 2 Oct 2008 08:20:00
Message: <web.48e4bc28b41ac224d8a103ef0@news.povray.org>
Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
> Chris B wrote:
> >
> > "Mathuin" <mat### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
> > news:web.48e3fa9f79b5340cd8a103ef0@news.povray.org...
> >> Now what I really want to do is have "content.inc" and
> >> "othercontent.inc" and
> >> "stillothercontent.inc" then modify the template to contain '#include
> >> Content'
> >> and have the specific include file chosen via the command line
> >> something like
> >> this:  povray -Itemplate.pov Declare=Content="content.inc"  Alas, the
> >> command-line version of Declare appears to be limited to floats.
> >
> > Three approaches immediately spring to mind.
>
> It is a lot easier than that:
>
> Use the Include_Header / +HI command-line option. Documentation at
> http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/220/ .
>
>  Thorsten

That's great for the *first* header, but I need it to be at the *end* of the
file, since the content file will have macros and textures and other stuff
that's referred to in the template or included by the template's include files.


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