True, i use xemacs for writting scenes and I will use it in the future
too,
so, for me, any GUI integrated in POV will be only time and memory
consuming.
And X routine for displaying result image can be the same as in 3.0
version.

Dan Connelly wrote:
> 
> But given that Ron Parker and others have been able to compile
> the DOS source with so little difficulty on the UNIX system,
> it appears that the POV team is trying to do more than this.
> 
> But what?
> 
> All I can think of is GUI development.  But the beauty of UNIX
> is you don't need a fancy GUI.  My UNIX installation doesn't
> even use the X code -- you really don't need it.
> 
> I think if one polled UNIX users, they'd much rather have the
> official source sooner than wait around for GUI code they likely
> won't need anyway.
> 
> Dan
> 
> Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> 
> > PS: Why don't you try one of the unofficial versions for now if you absolutely
need a unix version *now*?
> 
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