Am 20.06.2010 11:14, schrieb SharkD:

> As for setting/overriding metrics, even an HTML coder can override
> things like x height using things like font-size-adjust and font-stretch.

You're forgetting that HTML browsers' main job is to display text. 
POV-Ray's main job is to render 3D images, which /occasionally/ may 
include text. Please understand that POV-Ray can therefore not 
double-act as a desktop publishing software.

But I do agree that a proper way to /get/ font metrics is a prerequisite 
to implement macros providing higher-level text layout capability.

As for font-size-adjust, this can easily achieved in POV-Ray by relative 
scaling; as for font-stretch, this can either be achieved by non-uniform 
scaling (e.g. faux condensed or faux expanded), or by choosing the 
appropriate font file (condensed or expanded font face, i.e. with 
individually designed glyphs).

>>> Ability to change the order of editor tabs by dragging them
>>
>> This is Windows only, I suppose.
>
> Why is that? Are Linux users too primitive to benefit from this feature?

Well, /POV-Ray for Linux/ is "too primitive" for users to benefit from 
the feature, because it doesn't come with a GUI at all.

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