Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:
>>Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:
>>>hmm, I did a fresh install, double clicked on the POV-Ray Icon but it 
>>>just loaded the script editor, so I changed it to use the Application 
>>>Loader, but when I double click it, nothing happens.
> 
> ctrl+click on the binary "POV-Ray Mac 3.6" and choose "open with".

Something seems wrong here. The "open with" submenu shouldn't even 
appear for applications. At least it doesn't here on Panther, I don't 
know about Tiger.

> Anyway, I know it is not an "application" where you write code, but I 
> tried to run it in the shell to get some output like I do in Linux.

You can't do that with the Mac version (well, you can start it from a 
shell, but that's no different than doubleclicking it in the Finder). If 
you want to do that, install the Unix version - compile from source, or 
install a binary from a place like Fink (http://fink.sf.net/) (I think 
they don't have 3.6 yet, though).

> I couldn't find any quick help description for it.

That's because there's supposed to be no need for it. If you open the 
application, the basics should be obvious - there's a text editor, a 
"Render" menu, etc. For more details, you can read chapter 1 "POV-Ray 
for Mac OS" in the documentation that you can open from the "POV-Ray 
Documentation in HTML" file. Obviously something is wrong with your copy 
of POV-Ray or your computer.

When you say "it loaded the script editor", I assume you're not talking 
about POV-Ray's scene editor (because that's what's supposed to open), 
but about /Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor?

> My issues is, that I have no idea how to start rendering 
> something on Mac. Should I just drop a pov-ray text file on the app?

That's one way to do it. That should open the file in POV-Ray's editor, 
and you can then render it using the "Render" menu.


  -Christian

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