In article <3ce96a13@news.povray.org> , "Anders K." <and### [at] prostard2gcom>
wrote:

>> Linux uses .rc files not .ini files, this is a hangover from your windows
>> day.
>
> From the docs, section 5.1.2  Using INI Files:
>
> Note: although the term 'INI file' is used by POV-Ray, this was implemented
> before the widespread acceptance of Microsoft Windows, and while POV-Ray's
> INI files are almost identical to those of Windows, there are some minor
> differences (the foremost being that it is legal to have multiple instances
> of the same item in a section). INI files are used on all platform versions
> of POV-Ray, not just on the Windows platform

It says nothing about povray.ini being read at startup, does it?  Actually, it
can't because that is a platform specific thing, so:

The Unix documentation however, does still call the file povray.ini while it
should say povray.rc...

    Thorsten

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