The options:

All of the following:

+-ga all_console       all_file
+-gd debug_console     debug_file
+-gf fatal_console     fatal_file
+-gr render_console    render_file
+-gs statistic_console statistic_file
+-gw warning_console   warning_file
+-gp append_file

and

+-wl warning_level

have been replaced with a message set of streams and a trouble set of 
streams further grouped by a 'modular grouping':

+m_af_   -m_af_   message_animation_filename
+m_al    -m_al    message_animation_level
+t_af_   -t_af_   trouble_animation_filename
+t_al    -t_al    trouble_animation_level

+m_bf_   -m_bf_   message_bound_filename
+m_bl    -m_bl    message_bound_level
+t_bf_   -t_bf_   trouble_bound_filename
+t_bl    -t_bl    trouble_bound_level

+m_if_   -m_if_   message_image_filename
+m_il    -m_il    message_image_level
+t_if_   -t_if_   trouble_image_filename
+t_il    -t_il    trouble_image_level

+m_mf_   -m_mf_   message_master_filename
+m_ml    -m_ml    message_master_level
+t_mf_   -t_mf_   trouble_master_filename
+t_ml    -t_ml    trouble_master_level

+m_of_   -m_of_   message_options_filename
+m_ol    -m_ol    message_options_level
+t_of_   -t_of_   trouble_options_filename
+t_ol    -t_ol    trouble_options_level

+m_pf_   -m_pf_   message_parse_filename
+m_pl    -m_pl    message_parse_level
+t_pf_   -t_pf_   trouble_parse_filename
+t_pl    -t_pl    trouble_parse_level

+m_phof_ -m_phof_ message_photons_filename
+m_phol  -m_phol  message_photons_level
+t_phof_ -t_phof_ trouble_photons_filename
+t_phol  -t_phol  trouble_photons_level

+m_radf_ -m_radf_ message_radiosity_filename
+m_radl  -m_radl  message_radiosity_level
+t_radf_ -t_radf_ trouble_radiosity_filename
+t_radl  -t_radl  trouble_radiosity_level

+m_rf_   -m_rf_   message_render_filename
+m_rl    -m_rl    message_render_level
+t_rf_   -t_rf_   trouble_render_filename
+t_rl    -t_rl    trouble_render_level

+m_uf_   -m_uf_   message_user_filename
+m_ul    -m_ul    message_user_level
+t_uf_   -t_uf_   trouble_user_filename
+t_ul    -t_ul    trouble_user_level

The _level is a 0-8 value with 8 reporting everything and 0 nothing - 
except for the trouble streams where errors are always reported. Like 
the current code all stream output goes to stderr by default unless 
directed to a file.

Unlike, official POV-Ray output cannot be set up to be written to both 
stderr and to files. Lastly (lying), there is no all output file option. 
Lastly, the odd default naming when only using on|off strings over file 
names is being deleted.

The options parsing for these replacements streams is mostly there, but 
that's it. I have not wired them up so to speak. Additional groupings or
sub-groups might make sense too over time.

I have some dreams about versioning / version looping outputs by 
directories in general - for which there is currently no code at all, 
but with which these stream outputs would be tangled.

Bill P.

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