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From: clipka
Date: 3 Sep 2014 18:08:58
Message: <5407917a$1@news.povray.org>

Am 03.09.2014 22:02, schrieb Adam Ryan:
> Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
>> This is not supported.
>>
>> The #macro system need to move back in file(s), which is not possible
>> with the stdin stream. Other functionalities also move back in file(s).
>> (such as loop)
>>
>> The right call is:
>> * povray -Ipov.pov
>>
>> Or
>>
>> * cat - >pov.pov && povray -Ipov.pov
>> --
>> IQ of crossposters with FU: 100 / (number of groups)
>> IQ of crossposters without FU: 100 / (1 + number of groups)
>> IQ of multiposters: 100 / ( (number of groups) * (number of groups))
>
>
> http://www.povray.org/documentation/3.7.0/r3_2.html#r3_2_5_2
>
> So is the documentation saying it's only possible on Windows? Or is the
> documentation just out of date and it's not possible anywhere anymore?

I guess this was removed intentionally and the docs are out of date.

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