It seems like the handling of INI files is broken somehow.

Pov-ray version 3.1g also had problems, but there I could select "write
INI file" and get a working full INI file with all the details from the
settings that I could modify and use. But it seems like that option is
missing now.

I created a full INI file with version 3.1g, which worked fine in 3.1g.
But the same INI file didn't work at all in 3.5

If a few more of the INI commands (like "Cyclic_Animation" etc.) could be
included in the settings dialogue, then this wouldn't matter that much.

Power Macintosh G3
Swedish system 9.0.4

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In article <tom### [at] d212-151-176-92swipnetse> , 
tom### [at] swipnetse (Tom Stone) wrote:

> If a few more of the INI commands (like "Cyclic_Animation" etc.) could be
> included in the settings dialogue, then this wouldn't matter that much.

A cyclic animation can easily be created *without* the INI option because
the Mac version calculates the correct values for you.   Assuming you want
to rotate 360 degrees in 20 frames around something set:

Initial Clock    0
Final Clock    360

Start at         1
End at          20
Final           21

This is not new, it is also in the (I have to admit hard to find and
misplaced) "Animation tip" on page 29 of the 3.1g POV-Ray MacOS Read Me.


    Thorsten

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In article <3bcd9b2d@news.povray.org>, "Thorsten Froehlich"
<tho### [at] trfde> wrote:

>A cyclic animation can easily be created *without* the INI option because
>the Mac version calculates the correct values for you.
>This is not new, it is also in the (I have to admit hard to find and
>misplaced) "Animation tip" on page 29 of the 3.1g POV-Ray MacOS Read Me.

Ah, thanks Thorsten.
That's the way I usually does it, so I guess that I at some point have
read it in the docs. But it would still be nice to have access to the
Cyclic_Animation command.

That aside, is there a problem with the handling with INI files, or am I
doing something wrong? Like for example, have you yourself been able to
render the Portfolio folder the way the Readme file there instructs? If
so, how did you do it?

And have the "write INI file" been removed or moved somewhere else,
because I can't find it in version 3.5?

Also (sorry for repeating anything that is mentioned on the website, but
I'm on a computer without a internet browser today), the windows menu is
not disappearing anymore in beta 6, but now it doesn't seem to do anything
at all.

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Tom Stone
Domarebacken 42, 14557 Norsborg, Sweden
Phone: Int+46 8 5318 4318, Tel: 08-5318 4318
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In fact, it would be nice if it was possible to just import the details in
a INI file to the settings dialogue. Because, even if it would be possible
to use the INI files, there is no INI option for a QuickTime output. But
if the details in an INI file was imported to the settings, then it would
be easy to change the output to any of the available file formats.

Or if there was a section in the Mac specific documentation about how the
preferences and settings are stored in the .pov file's resource fork, then
I (or someone else) could try to make a separate utility to merge the
contents of the INI files with the information in the resource fork. (I
guess - I'm not an expert in these things).

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Tom Stone
Domarebacken 42, 14557 Norsborg, Sweden
Phone: Int+46 8 5318 4318, Tel: 08-5318 4318
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In article <tom### [at] d212-151-176-92swipnetse> , 
tom### [at] swipnetse (Tom Stone) wrote:

> That aside, is there a problem with the handling with INI files

There is, but as the template menu isn't fully working and Apple Events need
to be finished the (rarely used) INI file bug is lower priority considering
the little time I have had in recent weeks to do anything with POV-Ray :-(


    Thorsten


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In article <tom### [at] d212-151-230-43swipnetse> , 
tom### [at] swipnetse (Tom Stone) wrote:

> In fact, it would be nice if it was possible to just import the details in
> a INI file to the settings dialogue.

And it is possible, but I don't have the time to make the adjustment :-(
Probably it has to wait for 3.5.1 or whatever bug fix release will follow
the 3.5 release.

    Thorsten

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In article <3bcdbeb8$1@news.povray.org>, "Thorsten Froehlich"
<tho### [at] trfde> wrote:

>In article <tom### [at] d212-151-176-92swipnetse> , 
>tom### [at] swipnetse (Tom Stone) wrote:
>
>> That aside, is there a problem with the handling with INI files
>
>There is

Thanks! For a short while I thought that I was more stupid than usual, so
I'm happy to hear that it is a bug :-)

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Tom Stone
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Phone: Int+46 8 5318 4318, Tel: 08-5318 4318
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In article <tom### [at] d212-151-176-92swipnetse> , 
tom### [at] swipnetse (Tom Stone) wrote:

> And have the "write INI file" been removed or moved somewhere else,
> because I can't find it in version 3.5?

Actually, I forgot:  When opening the Settings dialog for a scene via the
menu, hold down the "command" key.  It will create an INI file with the
current settings and activate reading of the INI file.

    Thorsten

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