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Subject: POVRay 3.5 problems with some chars
Date: 11 Jul 2002 15:32:24
Message: <3d2ddd48@news.povray.org>
Hi

i have some problems with POVRay3.5 for Windows. POVRay don't accept the
^-Operator. I think x^4 should be the same as x*x*x*x but in the

Everytime i would like to use this caracter i receive the warning that
this is not an ASCII-character. But the font i use (corbd.ttf) contains

Editor to POVRay.
Is ist possible to solve this problems in any way?
Excuse my bad English. I am not very skilled in languages.
Greetings from Germany.


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From: Christoph Hormann
Subject: Re: POVRay 3.5 problems with some chars
Date: 11 Jul 2002 15:43:40
Message: <3D2DDFEC.481E7D19@gmx.de>

> 
> Hi
> 
> i have some problems with POVRay3.5 for Windows. POVRay don't accept the
> ^-Operator. I think x^4 should be the same as x*x*x*x but in the
> messagewindow i receive an error. 

Why do you assume the ^-operator is supported? Use the pow() function
instead.


> Everytime i would like to use this caracter i receive the warning that
> this is not an ASCII-character. But the font i use (corbd.ttf) contains

> Editor to POVRay.
> Is ist possible to solve this problems in any way?

Look for 'charset' in the documentation (section 6.11.6)

Christoph

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Subject: Re: POVRay 3.5 problems with some chars
Date: 12 Jul 2002 03:27:17
Message: <3d2e84d5@news.povray.org>
Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde> meinte:


>>
>> Hi
>>
>> i have some problems with POVRay3.5 for Windows. POVRay don't accept
>> the ^-Operator. I think x^4 should be the same as x*x*x*x but in the
>> messagewindow i receive an error.
>
> Why do you assume the ^-operator is supported? Use the pow() function
> instead.

I thougt i have seen this operator in some example-files. Is it realy
not supported? OK. I will use pow() in the future.


>> Everytime i would like to use this caracter i receive the warning
>> that this is not an ASCII-character. But the font i use (corbd.ttf)

>> Layout Editor to POVRay.
>> Is ist possible to solve this problems in any way?
>
> Look for 'charset' in the documentation (section 6.11.6)

That was the point. Thank you.


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Subject: Re: POVRay 3.5 problems with some chars
Date: 12 Jul 2002 03:37:30
Message: <5c1tiug5p7cdesr5rrsg5a01gfu42rgv8j@4ax.com>

wrote:
> I thougt i have seen this operator in some example-files.

in final release ? it appear only in comments.

> Is it realy
> not supported?

It was experimentally supported during beta-testing. Dig this news server if
you are interested why it is replaced with pow().

> OK. I will use pow() in the future.

And of course *, /, and sqrt in reasonable cases :-)

ABX


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: POVRay 3.5 problems with some chars
Date: 14 Jul 2002 11:39:51
Message: <3d319b47@news.povray.org>

> It was experimentally supported during beta-testing. Dig this news server if
> you are interested why it is replaced with pow().

  I don't think that pow() *replaced* the hat operator. pow() has existed
for long time.

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Subject: Re: POVRay 3.5 problems with some chars
Date: 15 Jul 2002 04:50:03
Message: <c235ju0ucno9k16hffvvcum4tfk6crqdf5@4ax.com>
On 14 Jul 2002 11:39:51 -0400, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> > It was experimentally supported during beta-testing. Dig this news server if
> > you are interested why it is replaced with pow().
>
> I don't think that pow() *replaced* the hat operator. pow() has existed
> for long time.

Yes, just dump simplification, of course it is an old feature.

ABX


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