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13 Aug 2024 07:18:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Image Map Feature Question/Request  
From: Dan Connelly
Date: 15 Nov 1998 08:45:28
Message: <364EDAD8.A11724E7@flash.net>
Ken wrote:

>    Why is it when everything else is centered at origin these have
> been implemented to start at origin and go to x1 y1 ? There is no
> other feature, outside of the media feature and radiosity, that I
> can think of, that causes more confusion for new users and old,
> than this aggravating quirk.
>    Would it have been difficult to have had the image automatically
> centered ? I think this behavior should be changed in Pov-Ray release
> 4.0 if at possible. It sure would ease the suffering of millions.

I respectfully disagree.  The documentation is incredibly clear.
A simple "translate <-0.5, -0.5, -0.5>" centers things -- this is 
so trivial there is no reason to change the source code. 

-- 
http://www.flash.net/~djconnel/


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