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9 Jan 2026 14:12:46 EST (-0500)
  Re: Ambient and diffuse for include files?  
From: jr
Date: 6 Jan 2026 13:10:00
Message: <web.695d4f35485c224d52af7e976cde94f1@news.povray.org>
hi,

"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> ...
> In fact, I'm thinking that a lot of the directives could be recast as
> (capitalized) macros that do a lot of sanity checking and special handling.  As
> a macro, we could internally document the use of the directive and guard against
> any recurrent newbie (ab)uses.
>
> It would be a great way to embed all of our accumulated knowledge into a
> parallel system of commands that would be didactic/pedagogical,
> self-documenting, and only a bit slower for most small, static scenes.

v nice idea.  "self-documenting" - exactly, I like that.


regards, jr.


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