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I'm working on getting output file types section updated with new types
supported as of v3.7 +fh (radiance HDR) and +fe (OpenEXR) and came across
a passage that doesn't seem to belong:
http://wiki.povray.org/content/
Documentation:Reference_Section_1.1#Output_File_Type
The passage I'm talking about is the fourth paragraph (GIF) after the
"Note" ... obsoleted +FD and +FR
Since we don't write GIF (did we ever?) ... I'm inclined to delete that
passage! Do you agree?
Jim
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Am 07.04.2010 15:24, schrieb Jim Holsenback:
> Since we don't write GIF (did we ever?) ... I'm inclined to delete that
> passage! Do you agree?
Absolutely. It is plain fact that there is not a single line of code in
POV-Ray 3.7 pertaining to GIF file output, so whether it was once
supported or not is a quite moot question.
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On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:47:32 +0200, clipka wrote:
> Absolutely. It is plain fact that there is not a single line of code in
> POV-Ray 3.7 pertaining to GIF file output, so whether it was once
> supported or not is a quite moot question.
Thanks for the sanity check! This whole section is going to be a
challenge to correct as it seems to be full of things that are simply
don't apply any more ... for instance in the Display Hardware Settings
section (a couple of sections up from the GIF passage) I see:
"The Display_Gamma=n.n setting is not available as a command-line switch"
On my Linux machine I have a bash script that invokes povray with that
very same command-line switch ... ha-ha sometimes I feel like I've bitten
off more than I can chew!
Jim
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Am 08.04.2010 11:36, schrieb Jim Holsenback:
> Thanks for the sanity check! This whole section is going to be a
> challenge to correct as it seems to be full of things that are simply
> don't apply any more ... for instance in the Display Hardware Settings
> section (a couple of sections up from the GIF passage) I see:
>
> "The Display_Gamma=n.n setting is not available as a command-line switch"
>
> On my Linux machine I have a bash script that invokes povray with that
> very same command-line switch ... ha-ha sometimes I feel like I've bitten
> off more than I can chew!
That statement should actually be interpreted as: "The Display_Gamma=n.n
setting does not have a command-line switch equivalent" (i.e. there's no
"+FOOn.n" that does the same as "Display_Gamma=n.n")
I think this distinction between command line switches and INI file
settings is pretty ugly - and is complicated by the fact that using INI
file settings on the command line may or may not work, depending on the
current phase of the moon, solar spot activity, and whether the user
wears green socks on tuesdays.
I'd rather have the documentation speak of "settings" and "shorthand
settings" (or something along these lines), have it mention that the
former can only be used one per line in INI files and are currently not
officially supported on the command line, and that's it.
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On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:56:20 +0200, clipka wrote:
> That statement should actually be interpreted as: "The Display_Gamma=n.n
> setting does not have a command-line switch equivalent" (i.e. there's no
> "+FOOn.n" that does the same as "Display_Gamma=n.n")
ah .. while on a coffee break I was thinking just the same thing! Amazing
what a little caffeine jolt does for the thought processes.
> I'd rather have the documentation speak of "settings" and "shorthand
> settings" (or something along these lines), have it mention that the
> former can only be used one per line in INI files and are currently not
> officially supported on the command line, and that's it.
point well taken ...
Jim
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