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From: jr
Subject: Re: Ambient and diffuse for include files?
Date: 10 Jan 2026 02:35:00
Message: <web.69620050485c224d52af7e976cde94f1@news.povray.org>
hi,

"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> > On 2026-01-08 02:57 (-4), jr wrote:
> > > right, I used '#version version' as per "recommendation", ...
> > I read that paragraph a long time ago, and it didn't make sense to me.
> > Now I'm reading it over and over, and I still can't figure out what it
> > means, or why I should use that construct.
>
> I will agree that that paragraph is poorly phrased.
> It may even have typos.

in which case, would (either of) you mind sending (or posting) a suggestion for
a re-worded, improved paragraph ?


> In any event, I think that the general idea is to just be able to declare the
> version to be whatever software version is used. (automatically)
> You can get rid of the warning/error using boilerplate and without having to
> know what version is being used.
> Then you can do whatever manual versioning stuff afterwards.
> At least that seems to be the intent. (?)


regards, jr.


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