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  Re: Descriptions of standard inc files missing?  
From: Alain
Date: 12 Jan 2016 18:58:55
Message: <5695933f@news.povray.org>

> On 1/10/2016 9:58 AM, Kenneth wrote:
>> I have both v3.7 and v3.62 installed on my own Windows machine; so if
>> I need to
>> find a particular reference item that I can't locate in v3.7's included
>> documentation, I launch v3.62 and look there. (Honestly, I rarely go
>> to the
>> online wiki, only because I'm usually not on-line when I work in
>> POV-Ray. Of
>> course, if I need to learn about a new v3.7 feature that I can't find, I
>> definitely go there.)
>>
>> I have a suggestion for the developers (if it's practical): To make
>> available a
>> separate download of *just* v3.62's included 'help' file-- at least
>> until v3.7's
>> search engine is made up-to-date. (For this to work, I imagine that
>> the help
>> file would need to be 'de-coupled' from the main 3.62 installation;
>> would that
>> be possible?)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> I don't use the online docs either. The wiki doesn't have an index in
> the left pane like the help file, and the help file loads much faster
> since it doesn't have to connect to the internet. I use the index in the
> help file 90% of the time, and the wiki doesn't have that.

You can download those documents. Just right-click and sellect "Save 
page as..." or "Save as..."

It'll save a functional copy of the page to your hard drive including 
any associated images and other imbeded documents.


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