On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:51:00 -0800, David wrote:
>I just installed Red Hat Linux a few days ago, and noticed that it includes
>POV-Ray - long my Macintosh hobby. I installed it, and now I con't launch
>it. What's the trick to starting the thing? I've been using the KDE system,
>which calls the smaple files "executables" (!). Can anyone help this newbie?

In an Xterm type:

$ which x-povray

I get "/usr/local/bin/x-povray", so it's in my path, to find out what your 
path is set to do:

$ echo $PATH 

Must be PATH must be upper case, I get
"/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/sjlen/bin", 

so I go into my home directory and set up the .povrayrc file which is like
the povray.ini file in windows, edit that file and make the appropriate 
changes.  Create yourself a pov directory in your home directory, and then
put some pov files in it.  

To render type:

$ x-povray -Isomefile.pov -Osomefile.ppm -W320 -H240 -A

The -I stands for input file, the -O for output file, -W for image
width, -H for image height and -A to turn AA off.

Fur some brief help do:

$ x-povray -h

I've produced a small utility which works with an Rxvt window to 
give you menu access to the most common command line options, 
it's on my websit in the Linux Stuff section, d/l it and read
the documentation, it's fairly straight forward to get it up and
running.   

-- 
Cheers
Steve              email mailto:ste### [at] zeroppsuklinuxnet

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