Version 0.3.0 of the Unix frontend patch to povray-3.6.1 for Unix
is available for download from:

http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/

	Changes from version 0.2.1:

- add tab stops via $POV_STREAM_TAB_STOPS, defaults to multiples of 8
- add global color control via $POV_STREAM_COLOR={never,always,auto}
- add global format control via $POV_STREAM_FORMAT={never,always,auto}
- add the --term command-line option to override $TERM (color capability)
- fix explicit empty format to not inherit the all= format as default
- fix potential byte-order problem in reading terminfo files


	Release notes:

This third release of the Unix frontend patch adds support for custom
tab stops and extra controls over how the POV-Ray streams are colored
and formatted.  The latter may be particularly useful in the context
of stream redirection.

Stream tab stops have been introduced to solve color and format problems
found in the previous releases of this patch.  When the POV-Ray message
contained tabular characters, the resulting tab expansion by the terminal
would defeat the text coloring and formatting.  In this release, tabs are
expanded to blank caracters so that wrap width and (background) colors
are output as expected.  Tab positions are set via the POV_STREAM_TAB_STOPS
value which default to the usual 8 characters.  See the user manual (link
below) for details.


	Quick links (web pages are work in progress):

Unix frontend patch        : http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/#frontend
Unix frontend patch manual : http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/frontend.php
Installation instructions  : http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/install.php
Precompiled PC-Linux binary: http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/binary.php

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