> Philippe Debar wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>> Should really using (or wanting to use) a specialized tool be 
>> considered an heresy?
> 
> No but i offered an explanation why an editor specialized for POV-Ray 
> does not exist (at least not a mature and broadly used one).

I am sorry. I overreacted and misunderstood your statements. And I 
should not have brought my bad temper here. Sorry.

I'll refrain from dragging this thread to OT...


> If you really want to experience the different philosophy of Unix you 
> might try doing things the Unix way if you find Unix does not offer the 
> Windows way and you have the impression of "typical linux fragmentation".
> 
> And there are perfectly normal people who use a text editor to write 
> code, letters, books, web pages.  This isn't insane, this is just a 
> different way of doing things.
> 
> Just for giving some hints why people might actually prefer using 
> something different then the WinPOV internal editor:
> 
> - if you like to use different versions of POV-Ray (official, MegapPOV, 
> ....) you have to open several instances of the editor.  If you want to 
> try rendering a scene you happen to edit in official POV in MegaPOV you...

Never thought of that.

> - if you like to run several renders at the same time (either on the 
> same or on different computers) you have to open another editor instance 
> for each.

This never bothered me, but I agree it is wasting (some) resources.


> - you might like to be able to do a render with the same options used 3 
> render tests ago without actually remembering which options you used 
> back then and without extracting them from the logs.

I tend to paste them in comments in my scene and just tell the editor to 
use that option line. Or use ini files.


> - you might want to render a dozen scenes one after the other without 
> clicking through a file dialog a dozen times.

No problem, I use the queue option.

But anyway if I want to do any of these, I can always use the CLI. IMO, 
The fact that you can do all this - and more - with the shell does not 
mean that these features are valueless in the IDE.



> These are just some examples of advantages you have with *any* editor.
> 
>>  > Your list of requirements can be split into two parts: 1) general 
>> editor
>>  > features, most advanced editors offer these.  2) POV-Ray specific
>>  > requirements, most general purpose editors won't offer those.  And for
>>  > some (like a pause function) there isn't even support in POV-Ray.
>>
>> Will there be?
> 
> Most likely not since suspending running processes is a task for the 
> operating system and not for the process to do itself.

Agreed, but couldn't the editor provide a pause function that calls the 
OS one?

BTW, I think I'll try (again) to grok (X)Emacs. Wish me luck ;)


Povingly,

Philippe

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