Mark Gordon wrote:

> OK, here are the questions:
> 
> 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.
> 

I'm now using Redhat 6.1 with an 2.2.12 kernel. I'm going to switch to
my own build 'distribution' (LFS: www.linuxfromscratch.org).


> 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.
> 

Do you mean a window where a can click at the options? Would be nice, as
long as I can disable it. (I don't like the way it works in povray for
windows).
And can it automatically check for a newer saved version of the current
scene and render it?

> 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)
> 

gtk+ or Gnome. I persionally dislike the windows look like GUIs. Like
QT. i don't wheter the other possibillities look like windows

> 5) What editor do you use for editing .pov files?
> 

Mcedit. The build in editor of the Midnight Commander, which can be
externally invoked.
I'm thinking about switching to emacs, because of the LISP
possibillities.

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

HTML for the full documentation (some more clarifying images would be
nice.
A man page for a describtion of the commandline parameters.

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

.tar.gz
.rpm or .deb gives you so less freedom about how you want to install the
software
> 
> 8) What unofficial version(s) of POV-Ray (e.g. MegaPov, PVMPOV) do you
> use on a regular basis?

None

Remco Poelstra

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