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  Re: user survey - please answer  
From: PoD
Date: 23 Jun 2000 14:36:55
Message: <3953B572.E13E7120@merlin.net.au>
> 1) Under what operating systems do you use POV-Ray? Please be specific
> as to e.g. Linux distributions, versions, and so forth.  Multiple
> answers are fine.

Started as Redhat Linux 6.0, lots of stuff upgraded from source.

> 
> 2) Do you want POV-Ray for Unix to have an official GUI front-end for
> your platform? Please indicate which one(s) if you list several
> platforms.

Not particularly, I wouldn't use it. It would just make the package take
longer to build.
 
> 3) Would you want such a front-end to have a built-in editor?

No.
 
> 4) Any preference on languages/GUI libraries on such a front end, pro or
> con? (Tcl/Tk, Perl/Tk, Python Tkinter, Java AWT, gtk+, Gnome, KDE,
> Motif/Lesstif)

No.
 
> 5) What editor do you use for editing .pov files?

Nedit, MC internal editor.
 
> 6) What format(s) do you prefer for documentation? (HTML, ASCII, PDF,
> ps, man, info, Word document, etc.)

TeX, HTML
 
> 7) What sort of package management do you prefer for precompiled
> binaries?

Don't use 'em any more.
 
> 8) What unofficial version(s) of POV-Ray (e.g. MegaPov, PVMPOV) do you
> use on a regular basis?

MegaPov

Cheers, PoD.


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