One thing I would like to add to any Wish List for
new PovRay additions would be the ability of the
parser to refer to resources by URL, in addition to
file names.  This would enormously simplify the problem
of transferring resources for distributed raytracing.
For example, if povray could have a command-line
switch like:

+Ihttp://someserver/somfile.pov

and the parser could handle:

#include "http://server/someotherfile.pov"

or

gif "http://imageserver/image.gif"


...then a client application would never have to explicitly
copy any data at all.

The libwww library from W3.org adds this functionality
simply&easily, and is almost as multi-platform as POV itself.
This would also aid in the addition of XML and UML
capabilities in the future.
I have tested a simple patch, and would share the info
with anyone who would like to know how.



Bob
rja### [at] lincom-asgcom

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