I am using Linux Mint 9 and have installed povray through synaptic package
manager.  The problem I am having is that I can't find the program launcher
anywhere.  If I "povray" in terminal I just get a bunch of info concerning the
program.  Can anyone help me with getting the the GUI for the program?

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On 06/01/2010 06:30 PM, nixnine wrote:
> I am using Linux Mint 9 and have installed povray through synaptic package
> manager.  The problem I am having is that I can't find the program launcher
> anywhere.  If I "povray" in terminal I just get a bunch of info concerning the
> program.  Can anyone help me with getting the the GUI for the program?
> 
> 
There is no unix/linux gui for povray ... a text editor (gedit or the
like) is used to create the scene description file and it is submitted
to the povray program via command line options/arguments. If the version
of povray that you have installed was built with the proper libraries
you can get a display of the render as it's taking place.

In my case, I use gedit to create the scene file, and have a bash script
that runs the render job, I also use  ini files to help keep track of
the options that I want povray to use:

My bash script has:

povray Work Options[RadiositySave] Options[NoDisplay] +w640 +h480

and I just run that from the command line.

the 1st arg (Work) looks in Work.ini for some general options, I also
have Options.ini were the RadiositySave, and NoDisplay options (among
others are defined) ... the +w640 and +h480 is self explanitory if
you've read the docs :-)

Jim

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Jim Holsenback <jho### [at] povrayorg> wrote:
> On 06/01/2010 06:30 PM, nixnine wrote:
> > I am using Linux Mint 9 and have installed povray through synaptic package
> > manager.  The problem I am having is that I can't find the program launcher
> > anywhere.  If I "povray" in terminal I just get a bunch of info concerning the
> > program.  Can anyone help me with getting the the GUI for the program?
> > 
> > 
> There is no unix/linux gui for povray ... a text editor (gedit or the
> like) is used to create the scene description file and it is submitted
> to the povray program via command line options/arguments. If the version
> of povray that you have installed was built with the proper libraries
> you can get a display of the render as it's taking place.

  See also:
http://wiki.povray.org/content/Knowledgebase:Miscellaneous#Topic_10

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                                                          - Warp

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nixnine wrote:

> program.  Can anyone help me with getting the the GUI for the program?

$ man gvim

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