On Tue, 04 May 2010 12:16:05 +0200, Jaime Vives Piqueres  

<jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:


>> I have 4Gb Ram and I'm dual-booting WinXP 32bit and Linux Ubuntu  

>> Ultimate
>> Edition 64Bit.
>>
>> Will Pov-Ray 3.7 Beta 36 on Wine be able to use the full 4Gb RAM?
>
>    I'm not sure as I didn't find a clear answer to this, but it seems 
so.
>
>> I'm a total n00b at Unix. I've installed Pov-Ray 3.6 on Linux via the

>> software manager, but I obviously can't get the beta there. I also ha
ve
>> yet to figure out how to use Pov-Ray on Linux :)
>
>    My preferred method is to have a file manager window showing the sc
ene
> folder, then I open the scene/include files with my favorite editor, a
nd
> also a terminal to type the command line:
>
>    http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/Screenshot.jpg
>
>    If you are using nautilus as file manager, there is an additional  

> package
> which adds the ability to open a terminal on the current folder: it's 
 

> very
> useful. As for the editor, I use SciTE: it has a POV language definiti
on  

> for
> syntax coloring, and manages *big* files pretty well.
>
>    The typical command line would be something like:
>
>    povray +Itest.pov +w800 +h600
>
>    Usually you type this one time, as later you can go back on the  

> command
> line history by using the keyboard arrows, change the resolution or ad
d  

> more
> options, and render again.
>
>    Hope this short intro helps...
>


Thanks for the help, Jaime.

-Nekar Xenos-

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