As I said above, please ignore the "Fast Functions" bug report; you already
know about that one. The issue with the beta expiration dialog is more of an
annoyance than a problem; since it's an issue peculiar to beta versions of
POV-Ray and since POV-Ray still works, it doesn't seem worth wasting time on
fixing this one (I only mentioned it because I was already reporting the
"Fast Functions" issue).

thanks...

"Scott Gammans" <deepgloathatesspamaatyahoodotcom> wrote in message
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> Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> >It is a Mac-only beta, so posting in this group would be most
appropriate.
> >The posts should definitely not go to p.bugreports because that is for
final
> >versions only.  I expect we will open the beta testing groups again once
> >betas for all platforms exist (I can't tell you when/if this will
happen),
> >and when this happens, those groups would be the most appropriate place
for
> >all beta bug reports.  So, in the meantime, post here.
> >
> >    Thorsten
>
> Understood; thanks.
>
> I have two possible bugs I would like to report for independent
> confirmation, in descending order of seriousness:
>
> (1) The "Fast Functions" G5 rendering engine problem that I described in
> detail elsewhere in this thread. To summarize, if you select the "Fast
> Functions" performance option when the G5-specific rendering engine is
> selected, any attempt to render the benchmark results in the following
> error during scene parsing:
>
> Parse Error: Internal error - code size difference for 15 03c4!
> File benchmark.pov line 615
>
> (2) Occasionally when you start POV-Ray, a dialog box pops up stating that
> "this beta version of POV-Ray has expired". Oddly enough, nothing prevents
> you from continuing to work inside POV-Ray. This usually occurs only once
> when you start POV-Ray after booting up OS X, but on at least one or two
> occasions I noticed the expiration dialog after restarting POV-Ray a
couple
> of times.
>
> thanks.
>

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Hi.

I also have a G5 mac running X 10.2.? and I haven't seen any message
about the expired beta.

Although I have some troubles with image maps. It seems that the sys
option for pic images doesn't work. Converting to jpg works.

Neither could I render images with system fonts, but fonts on included
paths worked well.

Best regards, Alberto.

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