I'll give it a shot.
I launch mine by typing "x-povray" at the bash prompt followed by a buncha
arguments.

KDE shows a "meshed gears" icon when the file in question has the "x"
(executable) permission.
Under Linux a file is executable because of this permission, not because of
any property of the
file itself. (Under Windows for example a file must be a *.EXE file, there
is no equivalent "permission".)
I have zero Mac knowlege to relate this to.

I have an older version of Red Hat, and I haven't been able to make this
work, but you're supposed
to be able to configure the system so that x-povray is considered the
interpreter for .pov files, and
then you could invoke a .pov file just like a command, and x-povray is run
as the interpreter, and
does a render for you. I don't know how to make it work. Check out
"miscellaneous executables".

"David" <dav### [at] maccom> wrote in message
news:B6397AA4.2E24%dav### [at] maccom...
> I just installed Red Hat Linux a few days ago, and noticed that it
includes
> POV-Ray - long my Macintosh hobby. I installed it, and now I con't launch
> it. What's the trick to starting the thing? I've been using the KDE
system,
> which calls the smaple files "executables" (!). Can anyone help this
newbie?
>
> Thanks!
> -----------------
> David McCabe
> dav### [at] maccom
> http://homepage.mac.com/davidmccabe/index.htm
> God is good!
>

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