I see what you mean now.
Well, this is not possible in the current version of MacMegaPOV.
As far as I know this isn't possible in the official version either, at
least I can not figure out how or where it is listed in the
documentation.

I will try to add this feature for the next release if time permits.
What you could do for now:
- Make several settings in the preference dialog and save each of them.
- You will only have to load the preferred setting and render your
scene.

I do realize that  this isn't the same but it is a possibility once you
are used to it.

Yvo

"Ironwolf" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Yvo, thanks for your response, but it doesn't quite answer my question.
> According to POV-Ray docs, INI files can have more than one "section", each
> (except the first) preceeded by a label in brackets, like so:
 
> ; Thumbnail
> Input_File_Name=test1.pov
> Output_File_Name=test1_thumbnail
> Width=80
> Height=60
> 
> [Quick]
> Input_File_Name=test1.pov
> Output_File_Name=test1_quick
> Width=320
> Height=240
> Quality=6
> Declare=pb_quick=true
> 
> [Small]
> Input_File_Name=test1.pov
> Output_File_Name=test1_small
> Width=320
> Height=240
> 
> [Final]
> Input_File_Name=test1.pov
> Output_File_Name=test1
> Width=640
> Height=480
> Antialias=true
> 
> 
> I have used the official POV-Ray release for the Mac (currently broken), the
> Windows version, and the command-line version under Unix. All of them have
> a way to select these other INI sections. But I prefer to use the Mac most
> of the time, and as I said, the official release is currently broken under
> Mac OS X. So, I discovered MacMegaPOV, which seems great. The only thing I
> can't figure out how to do is to get it to pay attention to sections of an
> INI file other than the first. I know I can break apart my INI files into
> multiple ones, but I would prefer to use a single INI file with multiple
> sections if possible. Any ideas?
> 
> Robert
> 
> Yvo Smellenbergh wrote:
> >"Ironwolf" <nomail[at]nomail> wrote:
> >
> >> I have not found a way to make MacMegaPOV use other sections of an INI file
> >> other than the default (first) section when starting a render. Am I missing
> >> something?
> >
> >You can select an ini file in the 'Files & Paths' panel from the
> >preferences dialog.
> >Simply select that option and choose a valid ini file.
> >Only options set in that ini file will be used, all other options are
> >taken from the preferences dialog. The ini-file is used ass last,
> >overwriting all other settings.
> >
> >If you  set the 'write-ini' option in the 'Image & Quality' panel from
> >the rendering preferences a file will be written with *all* options.
> >Simply use that file as base, edit the settings you want to change and
> >choose it as ini-file to use for the next render.
> >
> >Does this answer your question?
> >
> >MacMegaPOV at:
> >http://users.skynet.be/smellenbergh
> >
> >E-mail: yvo### [at] gmxnet
> >


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