> EinarDogfin wrote:
>> Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> writes:
>>
>>> frfo wrote:
>>>> I would suggest to use megapov (command line version on windows).
>>>> You launch it from your program with no input file, but with the "-"
>>>> option in place of the input file. The you can feed it on the standard
>>>> input with the scene description.
>>> That does not work. POV-Ray cannot read scenes from std input because std
>>> input is not random access capable.
>>>
>>> 	Thorsten
>> From the man page:
>>
>>    Parsing options:
>>        I<input_file_name> or Input_File_Name=file
>>               Specifies the input file to use.  If the input file name is '-',
>>               the scene description will be read from the standard
>>               input.  The
>>
>> Odd that it cuts off like that, but there you go.
> 
> The man page is simply outdated.
> 
> 	Thorsten, POV-Team

It does work with simple scenes. It fails with scenes with macro.
I haven't experimented to find out the exact limit, but if the scene is 
generated it should be possible to use only basic SDL (no macro, no 
declare, ...). The parser would not need random acces and it would do 
the trick.

I have a small ongoing project using this hack, but I've not spent 
enough time on it to be able to be definitive on the subject.
Let me know if you try it.

BTW, Thorsten, please, don't remove this in the next version, even with 
strong limitations is can be usefull.


Frederic

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