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From: David Buck
Subject: Rainbow insert menu item inserts text that doesn't parse.
Date: 5 Sep 2001 22:11:50
Message: <3B96DB93.2AF6EF28@simberon.com>
If you try to use the "Insert/Special Effects/Rainbow" menu item, it
inserts:


// create a rainbow arc
rainbow {
  angle 25 // degrees
  width 4 // degrees
  distance 1.0e7
  direction <0,-0.5,1>
  jitter 0.01
  arc_angle 180 // degrees
  falloff_angle 60 // degrees
// up <UP>
  colour_map {
    [0.000  colour colour red 1.0 green 0.5 blue 1.0 filter 1.0]
    [0.100  colour colour red 1.0 green 0.5 blue 1.0 filter 0.8]
    [0.214  colour colour red 0.5 green 0.5 blue 1.0 filter 0.8]
    [0.328  colour colour red 0.2 green 0.2 blue 1.0 filter 0.8]
    [0.442  colour colour red 0.2 green 1.0 blue 1.0 filter 0.8]
    [0.556  colour colour red 0.2 green 1.0 blue 0.2 filter 0.8]
    [0.670  colour colour red 1.0 green 1.0 blue 0.2 filter 0.8]
    [0.784  colour colour red 1.0 green 0.5 blue 0.2 filter 0.8]
    [0.900  colour colour red 1.0 green 0.2 blue 0.2 filter 0.8]
  }
}

Which doesn't parse because of the repeated word "colour".

David Buck

PS.  It looks really nice - congratulations.


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From: Bob H 
Subject: Re: Rainbow insert menu item inserts text that doesn't parse.
Date: 6 Sep 2001 08:37:04
Message: <3b976df0@news.povray.org>
"David Buck" <dav### [at] simberoncom> wrote in message
news:3B96DB93.2AF6EF28@simberon.com...
> If you try to use the "Insert/Special Effects/Rainbow" menu item, it
>
> Which doesn't parse because of the repeated word "colour".

Ha! Wow, I couldn't believe it when I looked for myself.  Hadn't even opened
that text file while making my own rainbow for the preview menu.  Which, by
the way, you can try that one out (copy and paste it) by going into the
Insert Menu folder and opening the Sky_Sphere_Rainbow.pov file.  It isn't as
solid colored as the other is.
Sometimes I just trust the stuff that's been in there for years is correct.
Can be a big mistake.

I'll put the changed rainbow.txt file at p.b-t.b.

Bob H.


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