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Would someone please submit a FAQ for people who are compiling POV-Ray.
I've finally decided to take the plunge (I've got a C compiler that purports
to do auto parallelization) and I want to see how if affects POV rendering
times on my machine. I need to see what prior pitfalls people have found
and how they were resolved.
Thanks!
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Jim
Check out my web site http://www.kressworks.com/
It'll blow your mind (politically), stimulate your senses (artistically)
and provide scientific insights beyond compare!
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Jim Kress wrote:
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> Would someone please submit a FAQ for people who are compiling POV-Ray.
> I've finally decided to take the plunge (I've got a C compiler that purports
> to do auto parallelization) and I want to see how if affects POV rendering
> times on my machine. I need to see what prior pitfalls people have found
> and how they were resolved.
I think such a FAQ would require multiple authors if it were to cover
compilation on all platforms. I myself have only ever compiled the Unix
versions. Ask me some questions frequently enough, and I might throw
something together.
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I'll be glad to make a page on my site where questions can be collected.
I have a starter FAQ, unofficial for now, just need more questions, answers (or
better answers), and knowledge of anyone else who is inventing this same
wheel. I'll have to mash my notes together into one file, and I'll post it
here in a few days.
Also, inspired by a thread back in January, I've been wanting to write a guide
to the source code, and I've started it. Once this is complete, maybe there
won't be any more questions, it'll all be so clear...
Will upload it later this week, and announce it here in this newsgroup.
One thing that will slow down the research for the FAQ is the lack of an
extensive archive of these news.povray.org newsgroups - can't use
dejanews.org! If there exists an archive, I don't know where it is.
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Daren Scot Wilson
dar### [at] pipelinecom
www.newcolor.com
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"Do you think I'd eat those things? If you saw the poisons we put
on them you wouldn't ask that question. You'd never eat another..."
-- a farmer
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On Tue, 06 Apr 1999 00:23:36 +0000, Daren Scot Wilson wrote:
>One thing that will slow down the research for the FAQ is the lack of an
>extensive archive of these news.povray.org newsgroups - can't use
>dejanews.org! If there exists an archive, I don't know where it is.
news.povray.org is an extensive archive. When I retreive all articles
for povray.programming, the first articles in the list (sorted by date)
are dated in December 1997. (There are two articles with earlier dates,
but at least one of them is an error.) povray.general goes back to
November 1997.
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Ron Parker wrote:
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> On Tue, 06 Apr 1999 00:23:36 +0000, Daren Scot Wilson wrote:
> >One thing that will slow down the research for the FAQ is the lack of an
> >extensive archive of these news.povray.org newsgroups - can't use
> >dejanews.org! If there exists an archive, I don't know where it is.
>
> news.povray.org is an extensive archive. When I retreive all articles
> for povray.programming, the first articles in the list (sorted by date)
> are dated in December 1997. (There are two articles with earlier dates,
> but at least one of them is an error.) povray.general goes back to
> November 1997.
I does leave me to wonder how much top end they have available right now.
The images group has over 4000 messages now and probably 10 - 15 % of those
are image attachments. That has to be adding up quickly as the popularity
of this site is definatly growing with time. It was much quieter when I first
found the Pov groups.
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Ken Tyler
mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
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Thanks!
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
--
Jim
Check out my web site http://www.kressworks.com/
It'll blow your mind (politically), stimulate your senses (artistically)
and provide scientific insights beyond compare!
Be sure to read the Warp maintained POV VFAQ:
http://iki.fi/warp/povVFAQ.html
Daren Scot Wilson wrote in message <37095408.A545C774@pipeline.com>...
>I'll be glad to make a page on my site where questions can be collected.
>
>I have a starter FAQ, unofficial for now, just need more questions, answers
(or
>better answers), and knowledge of anyone else who is inventing this same
>wheel. I'll have to mash my notes together into one file, and I'll post it
>here in a few days.
>
>
>Also, inspired by a thread back in January, I've been wanting to write a
guide
>to the source code, and I've started it. Once this is complete, maybe
there
>won't be any more questions, it'll all be so clear...
>
>Will upload it later this week, and announce it here in this newsgroup.
>
>One thing that will slow down the research for the FAQ is the lack of an
>extensive archive of these news.povray.org newsgroups - can't use
>dejanews.org! If there exists an archive, I don't know where it is.
>
>
>
>
>--
>Daren Scot Wilson
>dar### [at] pipelinecom
>www.newcolor.com
>----
>"Do you think I'd eat those things? If you saw the poisons we put
> on them you wouldn't ask that question. You'd never eat another..."
> -- a farmer
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Whew, had a wild couple of weeks, hardly at home.... I didn't get far with my
FAQ list just due to lack of butt-chair contact time. But *now* I think life
is slowing down to normal...
I didn't know news.povray.org had stuff as old as late 1997. Nice. Is there
a search engine?
What about infrequently asked questions?
What is the skill level of those wanting to hack povray source? Answer: all
over the map, of course.... so what skill level can we assume for the FAQ
audience?
Probably is best to not ask questions, just start writing.
--
Daren Scot Wilson
dar### [at] pipelinecom
www.newcolor.com
----
"Do you think I'd eat those things? If you saw the poisons we put
on them you wouldn't ask that question. You'd never eat another..."
-- a farmer
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