I second that about the help file, but imagine that the
younger/newer users would find the new format more accessible.

So maybe it would be good to have the help files in the two
different formats, or at least have the current information in
the old format available for download, as packaging two lots of
help would increase the size of the package unreasonably.

Ken wrote:
> 
> Alan Kong wrote:
> >
> >   See docs sections 3.2.5.2 and 3.2.5.3 for a list of command line
> > switches or keywords to be used in an .ini file. I have the messages
> > directed to file for each trace, rather than to the console.
> > --
> > Alan
> 
>    Your reply just reminded me of a question I have been meaning to ask
> for a while now. When I upgraded from Pov v3.01 to Pov v3.1 The help
> file that I have is not in a version that allows you to quote chapter
> and verse like the previous version did and yours still seems to allow.
> 
> The help file has this to say about itself:
> == - - > This help file was produced from HTML source by WebTwin
> 
>   Is there another win help file available that will allow access
> to the doumentation pages via section and paragraph without having
> to go through through the menu selection process for each topic I
> wish to look up such as the current version force me to so do ?
>   I much preferred the previous version and would like to see a return
> to those simpler times when you could scroll through the entire help
> file with only one finger resting on a down or up arrow on the key board.
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler
> 
> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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I printed it out at work when I got the old version, it held the
printer up all morning, but was well worth it.  I've got it all
in a big ring binder and still use it almost all the time as the
new help format is horible. 

GrimDude wrote:
> 
> Heh, uh,...Ken? I printed out the docs when I got 3.01. <G>
> I won't do it again, but there are a majority of sections still valid. :)
> 
> Thanks for bringing this up. The new method drives me nuts.
> 
> GrimDude
> vos### [at] arkansasnet

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On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:22:11 +0100, Steve <sjl### [at] ndirectcouk> wrote:

>So maybe it would be good to have the help files in the two
>different formats[..]

  Hi, Steve. If you go to www.povray.org you will find the official
documentation in three different formats - Word97, HTML, and Adobe Acrobat
(.pdf).

http://www.povray.org/ftp/pub/povray/Official/Docs/

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Thanks Alan

I checked it out yesterday and got my Word version,  dohn't know
why I didn't look there in the first place.  I tend to think of
the Pov.org as being old ground, so don't look there much.


Alan Kong wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:22:11 퍝, Steve <sjl### [at] ndirectcouk> wrote:
> 
> >So maybe it would be good to have the help files in the two
> >different formats[..]
> 
>   Hi, Steve. If you go to www.povray.org you will find the official
> documentation in three different formats - Word97, HTML, and Adobe Acrobat
> (.pdf).
> 
> http://www.povray.org/ftp/pub/povray/Official/Docs/
> 
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