Mark Gordon wrote:
> 
> 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.
>

RedHat Linux 6.1 kernel 2.2.14 (sometimes 2.3.51)

> 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 really a big deal for me, although it would make things a bit more
convenient.

> 3) Would you want such a front-end to have a built-in editor?
> 

Again, not such a big deal. There are several good editors already available,
although I do prefer the built-in editor of POVWin. Maybe it would suffice to
have officially supported language plugins for some editors...

> 4) Any preference on languages/GUI libraries on such a front end, pro or
> con?

I don't like Tcl/Tk, had some problems with it in the past. I'd prefer a gtk+
frontend, but would it be portable enough?

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

Mostly gEdit (Gnome Edit)

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

HTML, maybe man

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

rpm, if any. Personally, I prefer to compile it myself.

> 8) What unofficial version(s) of POV-Ray (e.g. MegaPov, PVMPOV) do you
> use on a regular basis?
>

MegaPOV

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