I too have a customized 3.02 Insert Menu template file.
I wondered how many people would have to nag (heh-heh) about this convertor 
that's  mentioned. I didn't want to seem pushy about getting this right away 
(if it is indeed possible at all). Figured I would need time with 3.1 before 
editing the Insert Menu again anyway.
Since so much does work the same as before though, and my 3.02 template is 
quite extensive, this "convertor" would be a great thing.

Well, there's 2 asking....

Message <3624f422.0@news.povray.org>, Daniel A.K. Halsey  typed...
>
> was kind of disappointed to find that I couldn't
>automatically bring in my old customized template.
>
>On that note, I'd like to request a converter for the old template. (as per
>the notice in the changes.txt file, which I hope is still valid)
>
>I noticed in "changes.txt" that the Insert menu had been changed from the
>old style to a set of individual text files.  While this makes it much
>easier to generate encapsulated insertion files, I miss the layout control
>and unified modification capabilities of the old template.
>
>The mod caps I can get over (I like hard-tabs, and a search and replace is
>much easier to do on a single file, but I think the benefit of encapsulation
>outweighs this minor gripe), but I'd like to be able to rearrange the
>sub-menus and their contents to represent some (non-alpha) logical order
>(Headers -> Light Sources -> Expressions -> Shapes, etc.) without resorting
>to adding prefixes to the directory and file names (00_Headers -> 01_Light
>Sources...).  I guess the best example of this would be the IE4 Bookmarks
>directory, wherein, sections and bookmarks can be rearranged, but are kept
>in a directory (folder) rather than the Netscape/old template-style single
>file.
>
>Thanks, Chris, and the rest of the POV-Team, for an excellent update.
>(Thanks also for keeping the Alt-C and Alt-G keys the same)
>
>Sorry if my post is a bit messy, but I tend to write in the same way that I
>think...
>(Also: I assumed this was the right ng, as opposed to p.bugreports, since
>it's not a bug)
>
>
>Thanks,
>Daniel A.K. Halsey
>
>

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