Nieminen Juha wrote in message <38105272@news.povray.org>...
>  If I understood correctly (after autoindenting with emacs :) ), it tries
>all possible character combinations for a file name. That takes years!

My estimate is that it will take about 80 years on a resonably fast
computer.

>  There must be an easier way.


I've come up with a few ideas, such as providing a method for ruling out
filenames that probably won't be used.

>  I was thinking about a codemax macro or similar: When active, each time
>you save a .pov-file it will check if it's infected; it not, it infects it
>and saves. The macro would be loaded when an infected file is rendered
>(perhaps by writing to some codemax ini file first, or something).
>  But perhaps this is not possible.


It might be possible.  I'll have to check on that.

Mark

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