On 6 Feb 2000 08:56:37 -0500, ing### [at] homenl (ingo) wrote:

>That little annoyance, I allready have without the ini_options. Switching from 
>one scene to another and then wonder why it takes so long to render. Argh, 
>forgot to change the commandline options (windows pov). 
>That's why I prefer the in file ini_option, especialy with files that use the 
>new radiosity setting or a non 4:3 aspect ratio. No more changing commanline 
>options and forgetting them or editing (scene specific) ini files.
>

For what it's worth, I have wanted to specify the height and width of
an image from within a POV scene file since version 2.2, if not
earlier than that. The "ini_option" feature is one of my favorite
features. I'm not sure why it might be taken out in the future.

If someone is afraid of some "rogue" scene file having  too much
control of their computer, why not just make the settings on the
command line and/or the "povray.ini" file overide the settings made by
"ini_option." The settings suggested by "ini_option" would only take
effect if there were no "default" or overiding value set by either the
command line or the "povray.ini" file.

For those of us that like to specify ini options in the scene file, we
could simply leave empty spaces in our povray.ini files and carry on
as usual. Those that didn't like scene files having control, could
insert default values in their povray.ini, and they could likewise
carry on as usual.

Would there be any problems with this arrangement? I'd *really* like
to keep "ini_option" in the POV-Ray scene file.

thanks,
Glen Berry

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