Introduction
What is POV-Ray for Windows?
... And What Is It Not?
Who Can Use POV-Ray for Windows?
System Requirements
System Specific Features
Spelling
Reporting Bugs
Trademarks
Real-Time Raytracing
Getting Started
The Demo
Starting a Render Job
Dragging and Dropping Files
File Associations
Tutorials
Understanding File Types
Using the Internal Editor
I/O Restrictions
Command-Line Options
POV-Ray Documents Directory
Special Command-Line Options
The Benchmark Command-line Option
Non-Standard Installations
Adding New Resolutions
Windows
The Main Window
The Toolbar
The Status Bar
The Tab Control
The Message Window
The Editor Window
The Render Window
Menus
File Menu
Edit Menu
Search Menu
Text Menu
Editor Menu
Insert Menu
Render Menu
Options Menu
Tools Menu
Window Menu
Context Menus
Bug Reports
Bugs and GUI Extensions
Crash Upload Utility
Bug Reporting via Email
Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System
Speed Considerations
Render Priority
Render Window
Memory
Scene Features
Render Quality
POV-Ray for Windows
version 3.7
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Introduction
What is POV-Ray for Windows?
... And What Is It Not?
Who Can Use POV-Ray for Windows?
System Requirements
System Specific Features
What's new in POV-Ray for Windows
SYS File Type
System Specific Charset
Spelling
Reporting Bugs
Trademarks
Real-Time Raytracing
Clockless Animation
Video Capture
Options
Video Source
Getting Started
The Demo
Starting a Render Job
Dragging and Dropping Files
File Associations
Tutorials
Understanding File Types
POV Files
INI Files
INI File Sections
Using the Internal Editor
The Editor Feature Set
Turning the Internal Editor On or Off
Preventing File Restore
Switching between Editor windows
Keyword Expansion and CodeList
A Quick Example
How Keyword Expansion Works
CodeList
Using CodeList
Summary
Configuring the Internal Editor
Important Editor Notes
Default Key Mappings
Setting Key Mappings
Reserved Keys
Using the Mouse
Hints for Match Brace
The Language Setting
The Font Setting
I/O Restrictions
High-Level Configuration
Overall Options
No Restrictions
Restrict Write but Allow Read
Restrict Read/Write
Restrictions Affect all Core File I/O
Additional Options
Permit Read/Write in Current Directory
Disable Starting other Programs
Low-Level Configuration
Overall Concept
Implicitly Permitted Locations
Adding or Changing Allowed Directories
For Those Who use an Image Output Directory
Command-Line Options
POV-Ray Documents Directory
Special Command-Line Options
The Benchmark Command-line Option
Non-Standard Installations
Background
The /INSTALL and /QINSTALL switches
Publishing via Group Policy
System Admins / Lab Techs
Adding New Resolutions
Windows
The Main Window
The Toolbar
Preset Rendering Options
Toolbar Command Line
The Status Bar
The Tab Control
The Message Window
The Editor Window
The Render Window
Menus
File Menu
New File
Open File
Close
Close All
Print
Exit
MRU List
Older Files sub-menu
Edit Menu
Copy Pane
Clear Messages
Undo
Redo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Delete
Select All
Selection sub-menu
Indent
Indent To Previous
Undent
Uppercase
Lowercase
Convert Spaces To Tabs
Convert Tabs To Spaces
Search Menu
Find dialog
Match Whole Word Only
Match Case
Wildcard Search
Replace
Find Next
Match Brace
Text Menu
Show White Space
Set Repeat Count
Tab Size
Indent sub-menu
Auto-Indent Style sub-menu
None
Language Scope
Copy From Previous Line
Bookmarks sub-menu
Clear All
First
Last
Next
Previous
Toggle
Editor Menu
Auto-Load Error File
Auto-Show Parse Messages
Auto-Save Delay
Create Backups
Allow Undo After Manual Save
Click Beyond EOL
Constrain Caret To Text
Overlay Keyword Expansion On Tab Key
Show Message Window
Editor Preferences dialog
Record Macro/Play Macro
Auto-Reload sub-menu
Scroll Bars sub-menu
Color Scheme sub-menu
Editor Preferences
Color/Font
Item
Color
Background
Font
Language/Tabs
Auto Indentation Style
Tabs
Language
Keyboard
Misc
Smooth Scrolling
Show Left Margin
Line Tooltips on Scroll
Allow Drag and Drop
Allow Column Selection
Confine Caret to Text
Color Syntax Highlighting
Show Horizontal/Vertical Scrollbar
Allow Horizontal/Vertical Splitting
Line Numbering
Max Undoable Actions
Insert Menu
Physical Layout
Sorting the Insert Menu
Adding a Separator
Using the Insert Menu
Render Menu
Edit Settings/Render dialog
Select File and Render dialog
Start Rendering (Go!)/Stop Rendering
Run Demo
Run Benchmark
File Queue dialog
Clear Queue
Render Priority sub-menu
Duty Cycle sub-menu
Thread Count dialog
Prevent Sleep
Sound Settings dialog
On Completion sub-menu
Do Nothing
Display Message
Exit POV-Ray for Windows
File List
Options Menu
Keep Single Instance
Show Toolbar
Place in System Tray
Script I/O Restrictions
Drag'N'Drop Destination sub-menu
Update Checks sub-menu
Periodically Check for Updates
Include System Information
Check for Update Now
Other Settings sub-menu
Video Source sub-menu
Use Editor
Show Tips of the Day
Show Tooltips
Preserve Messages
Save Settings on Exit
Hide New User Help
Show Next Tip
Re-Render Insert Menu Bitmaps
Message Window sub-menu
Select Plain Background
Text Font
Text Color
Background Color
Tiling Options
Render Window sub-menu
Force 8 Bit Display
Preserve Contents During Animation
Re-Display
Autoclose
Close
Keep Above Main
Get Focus on Creation
Hide When Main Minimized
Editor Window sub-menu
Tools Menu
PVTOOLS.INI Syntax
Reload Tool Menu
Edit PVTOOLS.INI
Example PVTOOLS.INI
Window Menu
Context Menus
The Message Window context menu
Minimize to System Tray
Show Tip
The Render Window context menu
The Editor Window context menu
Show or Hide Messages
Context Help
Open Filename
Copy ... to Command-Line
Bug Reports
Bugs and GUI Extensions
Crash Upload Utility
Bug Reporting via Email
Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System
Speed Considerations
Render Priority
Render Window
Memory
Scene Features
Render Quality