Patrick wrote:
> 
> It may seems like a stupid question, but I'm very new to Linux.
> 
> I've just installed povray and I think I know how it works,
> using command line in the console.
> 
> But is it supposed to have some kind of a graphic interface (like an editor 
> and render button), or at least a display of the current rendering?
> 

No built-in editor, it is usually run from the command line. Some utilities do
exist that provide a GUI (for setting options, launching rendering etc), see the
POV-Ray links page for reference. I must say though that the ones I've tried
have some quirks.
You can of course use any text editor to create your scene files; for some (such
as emacs) plugins exist that provide syntax highlighting.
Both s-povray and x-povray can display the image as it's being rendered.
x-povray is meant to work under X (i.e. the graphical environment) where the
rendering is displayed in a new window. You can run it by typing 'x-povray' in
the terminal window (of course you have to provide some additional options on
the command line for it to do anything useful)

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Margus Ramst

Personal e-mail: mar### [at] peakeduee
TAG (Team Assistance Group) e-mail: mar### [at] tagpovrayorg

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