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Version 0.4.0 of the Unix render frontend patch to POV-Ray 3.6
and MegaPOV 1.2 for Unix is available for download from:
http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/
Changes from version 0.3.0:
- add improved ascii display by using ansi control sequences [ascii.cpp,h]
- add tab stop marker via $POV_STREAM_TAB_STOP=character (or char code)
- add support for more terminfo entries; make file reading more robust
- fix missing empty lines in non-status messages (0.3.0 regression)
- fix unwanted limitation in setting tab stops near the end of line
- fix inconsistencies in tab expansion and line wrap; simplify code
- fix problem with specifying negative tab stops
Release notes:
This 4th release of the Unix render frontend patch introduces an alternate
implementation of the ASCII (text) display of POV-Ray 3.6. In POV-Ray 3.6
this feature does not work well as it interferes with the status messages
that keep reporting render progress. This patch makes use of ANSI control
sequences (just like for setting stream colors) to control how the text
display and status messages should be output. Therefore this new implemen-
tation will work on ANSI-compatible terminals only (e.g. xterm, linux,
dec vt102 and vt220, cygwin). A sample image is available here:
http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/ascii.png
This release is also the first to be fully compatible with MegaPOV 1.2
(megapov-1.2.1). Precompiled PC-Linux binaries including this patch
as well as the Linux framebuffer display patch are now available for
both POV-Ray and MegaPOV.
Direct links:
Unix render frontend patch
http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/#frontend
Unix render frontend patch user manual
http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/frontend.php
Installation instructions for the patches
http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/install.php
Precompiled PC-Linux binaries
http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/binary.php
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