Mark M. Wilson wrote:
> 
> Roz wrote:
> 
>  Just extract a prebuilt binary into its own directory and
> 
>>run it from there with './povray [options] [scene-file]' (no quotes).
>>
> 
> 
> Ugh, would I always have to run it from its own directory?  I suppose
> adding said dir. would be too confusing, assuming I hadn't uninstalled
> the other binary, and that's the reason?

The only reason was just a safeguard for testing purposes. If it does
work good for you then you can copy it over to one of your default
paths such as:

cp /pathto/testbinary/povray /usr/local/bin/povray.fast

Then you can invoke it with just 'povray.fast [options] ...'. You can
overwrite it if you prefer or move the current binary to a backup
like 'mv /usr/local/bin/povray /usr/local/bin/povray.snail' prior to
copying the faster binary into the /usr/local/bin directory. This is
what I did because I'm used to typing 'povray ...' to render stuff
but I didn't want to lose the original file in case of problems or
to run a benchmark comparison.

> 
>>But at the very least, try the new one from POV-Ray's site and save
>>yourself some rendering time.
> 
> 
> Am I correct in thinking that the new on the POV-Ray site is a "revised"
> 3.5?

Yep. However, I agree with Micha Riser about the Pentium optimized ones
being even faster than the new official binary. Read Micha's replies to
your posts and check out the Pentium compatible optimized binary.

-Roz

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