Philippe Debar wrote:
> [...]
> 
> Should really using (or wanting to use) a specialized tool be considered 
> an heresy?

No but i offered an explanation why an editor specialized for POV-Ray 
does not exist (at least not a mature and broadly used one).

If you really want to experience the different philosophy of Unix you 
might try doing things the Unix way if you find Unix does not offer the 
Windows way and you have the impression of "typical linux fragmentation".

And there are perfectly normal people who use a text editor to write 
code, letters, books, web pages.  This isn't insane, this is just a 
different way of doing things.

Just for giving some hints why people might actually prefer using 
something different then the WinPOV internal editor:

- if you like to use different versions of POV-Ray (official, MegapPOV, 
...) you have to open several instances of the editor.  If you want to 
try rendering a scene you happen to edit in official POV in MegaPOV you...
- if you like to run several renders at the same time (either on the 
same or on different computers) you have to open another editor instance 
for each.
- you might like to be able to do a render with the same options used 3 
render tests ago without actually remembering which options you used 
back then and without extracting them from the logs.
- you might want to render a dozen scenes one after the other without 
clicking through a file dialog a dozen times.

These are just some examples of advantages you have with *any* editor.

>  > Your list of requirements can be split into two parts: 1) general editor
>  > features, most advanced editors offer these.  2) POV-Ray specific
>  > requirements, most general purpose editors won't offer those.  And for
>  > some (like a pause function) there isn't even support in POV-Ray.
> 
> Will there be?

Most likely not since suspending running processes is a task for the 
operating system and not for the process to do itself.

Christoph

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