POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : Setting the SYS file type : Re: Setting the SYS file type Server Time
27 Apr 2024 15:08:15 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Setting the SYS file type  
From: Jonathan
Date: 14 Jul 2012 11:35:00
Message: <web.50019150152a7c2ab4d36cf70@news.povray.org>
clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 14.07.2012 14:05, schrieb Jonathan:
>
> > So, how do I tell Povray 3.7 RC 6 that the SYS file type on this platform [1] is
> > Targa?
>
> Only way is to modify the source code.
>
<snip patch instructions>
> Rebuild POV-Ray, and it should work as desired.

Indeed it does, that's fantastic, thank you very much.  I make that only about
four hours between my posting the query and having a working patched
installation. Stunning.

> You may also want to inform the authors of CYCAS that what they're doing
> there is poor practice ...

I'm going to send mail to them now.

Thanks again

Jonathan


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