Ron Parker wrote:

> On Tue, 02 Nov 1999 07:41:26 -0800, Jon A. Cruz wrote:
> >Ron Parker wrote:
> >
> >> I just started playing with pov-mode myself, and the first thing I
> >> found is that rendering the scene is a lot more work than it should
> >> be.  Is there some variable somewhere I can set with the default
> >> render command so I don't have to retype it every time I run emacs?
> >
> >Just make a make file. Then you can just do the emacs compile command to
> >make it work. Plus, you can setup all the dependencies of .inc files and map
> >files, etc.
>
> I don't tend to do big complicated scenes, and I certainly don't put them
> in separate directories.  I just want a simple command I can execute to
> render the current buffer using some default ini file.  It's the "render
> the current buffer" part it doesn't seem to handle - I have to actually
> type the name of the current file into the minibuffer whenever I switch
> to another project.  I also have to manually type in
> "~/sp31g/source/unix/x-povray dw320.ini" each time I restart emacs.
> That seems like too much work.  Of course I could add a symlink or shell
> script to make it a little shorter, but ideally it would remember it from
> session to session.
>
> But, inspired by what you suggested, wouldn't it be cool if POV had an
> option like GCC's -E -MMD to automatically generate dependency information?
>
>

I use a make file even if I only have one file. Its easy to make different
settings. I never use inc files as I have yet to see a need for them. Then i
have bind the compile command to f12 in emacs.


Note that this will always execute even if the source has not changed.
-----------

SRC=<change_to_your_file>.pov

CC=/usr/src/pov/povray31/source/unix/x-povray
INC=/usr/src/pov/bin/povray31/include

WIDTH=640
HEIGHT=480

QWIDTH=320
QHEIGHT=240


normal:
        $(CC) -L$(INC) -i $(SRC) +w$(WIDTH) +h$(HEIGHT) +d +v

quick:
        $(CC) -L$(INC) -i $(SRC) +w$(QWIDTH) +h$(QHEIGHT) +d +v

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