On 2026-01-05 02:46 (-4), jr wrote:
> 
> Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>> ...
>> I am not familiar with 'include_header', and cannot find any mention of
>> it in the documentation or include files.  What does this do?
> 
> to use, add the this to your (global) 'povray.ini' file:
> 
>   include_header = /path/to/defaults.inc
> 
> guessing the path may be optional if the files are stored in same directory.
> 
> this causes the named file to be included, as first thing, before the
> scene/frame parsing gets underway.

This would defeat what I had in mind for the file.  The file would be
referenced by textures.inc, metals.inc, etc., but if the user wants
different defaults, they need to be #declared *before* these other files
are #included.

This is not a problem with the file as I posted it, but I was going to
post a new version of defaults.inc that set assumed_gamma and #default
finish automatically, to save the user a bit of redundancy.  If used via
'Include_Header', the global settings and #defaults would be set before
the scene file has a chance to tell it otherwise.

With my original version, this catch-22 is avoided by including
textures.inc, etc. *after* changing the default idenfifiers, but then
the scene file still has to set assumed_gamma and #default explicitly.

Where is Bald Eagle?  I'm sure he has some good input.

> <wiki.povray.org/content/Reference:Scene_Parsing_Options#Include_File_Name>
> 
> in my installed 3.8 documentation it's under "3.2.5.2 Scene Parsing Options".

Ah, this explains why I couldn't find it.  I looked for it under
keywords, and when it wasn't there. I did a global search on the
documentation, but the search was case sensitive.  In the docs, the word
is mixed case.

> (fwiw, you may need to refresh your browser's cache before revisiting the wiki's
> 'Reference:Keywords' page)

I searched on my local installation, not on the wiki.

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