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?  

No, you can also specify the ful path e.g. if you have unpacked it into
/home/testuser/thisdirectory/ then call it with
/home/testuser/thisdirectory/povray 


> I suppose
> adding said dir. would be too confusing, assuming I hadn't uninstalled
> the other binary, and that's the reason?

You could just copy it into a directory that is already in your path, e.g. 
/usr/local/bin/. But don't call it 'povray' then when you want to keep the 
original. My new binaries have different names anyways (like 
povray.pentium3) so there will be no problem.

> Am I correct in thinking that the new on the POV-Ray site is a "revised"
> 3.5?

Yes, the new official binary is faster but still quite a bit slower than 
mines. A quick test on chess2.pov gave:

        old official binary: 181s
        new official binary: 134s
        my generic-pentium binary: 109s
        my pentium III binary: 96s
        my pentium3 icc binary: 79s

BTW: povworld.org is back up!

- Micha

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