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From: Kenneth
Subject: Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0-alpha.9811560
Date: 2 Sep 2018 18:10:01
Message: <web.5b8c5fb1c46e580da47873e10@news.povray.org>
"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> > Am 02.09.2018 um 17:03 schrieb Kenneth:
>
> >
> > Just for the records: It's the v3.7-beta installation you've screwed up,
> > not the v3.7 proper installation...
> >
> > A proper install of the /beta/, followed by an uninstall of it, should
> > be the way to clean up this issue.
> >
> > Or run "regedit" and throw out `HKCU\Software\POV-Ray\v3.7-beta` and/or
> > `HKLM/Software/POV-Ray/v3.7-beta`.
>
> I may go both routes...

Just to follow up:
It all worked out very smoothly.

In case you're curious...
First thing I did was to take a look at the registry; there was lots of detritus
in HKCU\Software\POV-Ray\ , including some *old* stuff from a previous defunct
hard drive (labeled a "G" drive, for reasons that I understand but are hard to
explain, ha.) No POV-Ray entry at all at HKLM\Software\.

Leaving that stuff alone for the time being, I took a 'brute-force' approach and
un-installed BOTH (all) my current versions of POV, including any and all
app-specific folders. Going back to the registry, I then deleted the *entire*
POV-Ray 'folder', instead of picking and choosing individual entries in it. Then
rebooted. Taking another look there, it was nice and clean re: POV-ray, no trace
of it remaining (that I know of.)

I did download and install beta 4 at this point, for curiosity's sake; then
uninstalled it, and re-cleaned the registry. Then another reboot.

Then I re-downloaded and installed v3.7.0, the newest 3.8 'alpha' engine, and
3.7.1 beta 9, in that order. Just like my previous set-up. After a little
updating of POVRAY.INI and quickres.ini, everything works fine now.

No vestige of beta 4 remains!!


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From: Bald Eagle
Subject: Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0-alpha.9811560
Date: 2 Sep 2018 20:10:01
Message: <web.5b8c7b3bc46e580d458c7afe0@news.povray.org>
"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> Just to follow up:

https://i.imgur.com/cAFOwQ3.gif
https://g1rm.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/akira2018.gif?w=584
https://media.giphy.com/media/uRKhHCvfOdUmQ/giphy.gif

It's the only way to be sure.

#NeverPissOffKenneth


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From: Kenneth
Subject: Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0-alpha.9811560
Date: 2 Sep 2018 21:15:01
Message: <web.5b8c8aedc46e580da47873e10@news.povray.org>
"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>
> > Just to follow up:
>
> https://i.imgur.com/cAFOwQ3.gif
> https://g1rm.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/akira2018.gif?w=584
> https://media.giphy.com/media/uRKhHCvfOdUmQ/giphy.gif
>
> It's the only way to be sure.
>
> #NeverPissOffKenneth

Funny! Yeah, that's about the way I felt.


....and THEN, I hired three super-sensitive bomb-sniffer dogs, to root out any
remaining beta4 molecules...


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0-alpha.9811560
Date: 3 Sep 2018 08:12:56
Message: <5b8d2548$1@news.povray.org>
Am 02.09.2018 um 20:37 schrieb jr:

> I try (in a to be included file):
> 
> #local A = array [4] { ... };
> 
>   ...
> 
> #declare D = dictionary {
>   .arr: (A),
>   ...
> };
> 
> and get a "Parse Error: Expected 'numeric expression', array identifier found
> instead"

That's only natural: There is no meaning associated with the expression
`( ARRAY_IDENTIFIER )`.

> when I try
> 
>   .arr: A,
> 
> I get a parse error in the using scene: "Attempt to access uninitialised
> dictionary element".  (3.8.0-alpha.9606898)  can arrays not be used in a
> dictionary?

Nope - can't confirm with...

... wait, what?! - You're replying to a thread titled "POV-Ray
alpha.9811560" to report a problem you're seeing with alpha.9606898?


Never mind - can't confirm with either of the versions. Not with the
Windows incarnation, nor with the Linux incarnation. So apparently some
information is missing from your story.

- Are you sure you're using genuine original unmodified source code?
- Can you provide a minimal yet complete scene file that exhibits the
problem?


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From: jr
Subject: Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0-alpha.9811560
Date: 3 Sep 2018 09:05:00
Message: <web.5b8d3107c46e580d1500b2fd0@news.povray.org>
hi,

clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 02.09.2018 um 20:37 schrieb jr:
> > I try (in a to be included file):
> > and get a "Parse Error: ...
>...  (3.8.0-alpha.9606898)

> Nope - can't confirm with...

very sorry to have wasted your time with this.  when I put together a minimal
example, using only 'foo's and 'bar's, it works.  not sure what I did (the array
is now separate), but the fault's all mine.

> ... wait, what?! - You're replying to a thread titled "POV-Ray
> alpha.9811560" to report a problem you're seeing with alpha.9606898?

ill thought out too (the replied to post touched on 'dictionary'), sorry.
noted.


regards, jr.


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0-alpha.9811560
Date: 3 Sep 2018 14:08:09
Message: <5b8d7889@news.povray.org>
Le 18-08-31 à 16:47, Kenneth a écrit :
> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>>
>> Well, things are still not quite right...
>>
> ..... and they're getting stranger :-/
> 
> Now the same problem is happeniong with my (older) 3.7 alphas and betas-- even
> my original 3.7.0--  EXCEPT with my 'stand-alone' 3.7.1 beta 9  install. That
> one continues to work correctly. (It's own 'guts' are in its own folder in
> "Programs/POV-Ray" called "3.7 beta", which might be a clue; all the other 3.7
> alphas and betas-- and 3.7.0-- share another different folder there but still in
> "Programs/POV-Ray".)
> 
> So I re-booted my computer as a last resort. But the problem remains.
> 
> Seems that *something* must have gotten corrupted in the 'problem' POV-ray
> folder (my only guess right now.) Woe is me :-(
> 
> 
> 

To me, it look like you want to write the files into the POV-Ray install 
directory instead of the .POV file location.
Make sure that the output paths all point to the correct locations.


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From: Kenneth
Subject: Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0-alpha.9811560
Date: 3 Sep 2018 15:25:00
Message: <web.5b8d89f9c46e580da47873e10@news.povray.org>
Alain <kua### [at] videotronca> wrote:
> Le 18-08-31 à 16:47, Kenneth a écrit :
> >
> > Seems that *something* must have gotten corrupted in the 'problem' POV-ray
> > folder (my only guess right now.) Woe is me :-(
>
> To me, it look like you want to write the files into the POV-Ray install
> directory instead of the .POV file location.
> Make sure that the output paths all point to the correct locations.

I probably confused you with a lack of detail; sorry. My original two 'complete'
POV-ray installs (3.7.0 and 3.7.1 beta 9) had their various folders in two
places, as usual: "Documents", and "Programs". My scene files are in a separate
folder in "Documents", outside the 'master' "POV-RAY" folder there, for safety's
sake. The folder I send renders to is also a separate one, and also in
"Documents." My main problem was that both versions of the program have there
own POVRAY.INI files-- with the library path to my image-output folder in both--
but I forgot to update one of those with a *change* I made to the name of that
folder.

All is well now.


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From: Kenneth
Subject: Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0-alpha.9811560
Date: 3 Sep 2018 15:35:01
Message: <web.5b8d8cafc46e580da47873e10@news.povray.org>
"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

>
> No vestige of beta 4 remains!!

[even further off-topic]

I'm curious: Is there a way to do an automated word search (and/or partial word
search-- "beta4" for example) of the ENTIRE Windows registry, all at once? In
other words, to find a particular registry entry (or multiple ones) when you
only know part of its name beforehand?


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0-alpha.9811560
Date: 3 Sep 2018 19:02:26
Message: <5b8dbd82$1@news.povray.org>
Am 03.09.2018 um 21:34 schrieb Kenneth:
> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> 
>>
>> No vestige of beta 4 remains!!
> 
> [even further off-topic]
> 
> I'm curious: Is there a way to do an automated word search (and/or partial word
> search-- "beta4" for example) of the ENTIRE Windows registry, all at once? In
> other words, to find a particular registry entry (or multiple ones) when you
> only know part of its name beforehand?

You mean something like a "find all" that spits out a list of
occurrences, rather than a find first / find next mode of operation?

Sure - albeit not with regedit, but a lesser known command-line tool,
`reg.exe`.

For instance, to search for anything in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" containing
"v3.7-beta", open a command prompt and run:

    reg.exe HKLM /s /f "v3.7-beta"

then go and make yourself a fresh cup of your favourite hot beverage.


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: POV-Ray v3.8.0-alpha.9811560
Date: 6 Sep 2018 23:04:46
Message: <5b91eace$1@news.povray.org>
Le 18-09-03 à 15:34, Kenneth a écrit :
> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> 
>>
>> No vestige of beta 4 remains!!
> 
> [even further off-topic]
> 
> I'm curious: Is there a way to do an automated word search (and/or partial word
> search-- "beta4" for example) of the ENTIRE Windows registry, all at once? In
> other words, to find a particular registry entry (or multiple ones) when you
> only know part of its name beforehand?
> 
> 
> 
> 

In regedit, you can only find matches one by one. You can use F3 to find 
the next occurance.
It can be very long and tedious.

There are some third party replacements, like Registry Workshop, that 
will find all occurances in one swoop and let examine all hits in any order.


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