Documentation:Unix Section 2 - Revision history

Clipka: canonicalize some version numbers

2021-06-09T15:37:10Z

canonicalize some version numbers

Jholsenback: restored subsections (heavy handed delete?)

2011-09-04T09:52:37Z

restored subsections (heavy handed delete?)

Jholsenback: cleaning up a validation error

2011-01-09T12:14:43Z

cleaning up a validation error

Jholsenback: correction

2010-12-13T22:03:51Z

correction

Jholsenback: clarification

2010-12-13T17:39:26Z

clarification

Jholsenback: fixing headings

2010-12-13T17:33:43Z

fixing headings

Jholsenback: a little more cleanup and added a "Note"

2010-12-13T17:11:30Z

a little more cleanup and added a "Note"

Jholsenback: updates

2010-12-13T13:39:19Z

updates

Jholsenback: moved sub-section

2010-10-31T00:32:14Z

moved sub-section

Jholsenback: updates (WIP)

2010-10-27T19:19:02Z

updates (WIP)

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 ===Benchmark Mode===
-<p>POV-Ray 3.7 for Unix provides a new mode to render a built-in version of the standard POV-Ray benchmark scene. See the <!--<linkto "Benchmark Rendering Mode">Benchmark Rendering Mode documentation</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Unix Section 6#Benchmark Rendering Mode|Benchmark Rendering Mode documentation]] for details.</p>
+<p>POV-Ray v3.7 for Unix provides a new mode to render a built-in version of the standard POV-Ray benchmark scene. See the <!--<linkto "Benchmark Rendering Mode">Benchmark Rendering Mode documentation</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Unix Section 6#Benchmark Rendering Mode|Benchmark Rendering Mode documentation]] for details.</p>
 ===Sample scene render scripts===
-<p>POV-Ray 3.7 includes a set of shell scripts to automatically render all the samples coming with POV-Ray and that generate HTML files to easily browse the sample scenes.  See <!--<linkto "Rendering the Sample Scenes">Rendering the Sample Scenes</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Unix Section 3#Rendering the Sample Scenes|Rendering the Sample Scenes]] for more information.</p>
+<p>POV-Ray v3.7 includes a set of shell scripts to automatically render all the samples coming with POV-Ray and that generate HTML files to easily browse the sample scenes.  See <!--<linkto "Rendering the Sample Scenes">Rendering the Sample Scenes</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Unix Section 3#Rendering the Sample Scenes|Rendering the Sample Scenes]] for more information.</p>
 ===KDE Integration===

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 <p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> See the section [[Documentation:Unix Section 7#Known Bugs|Known Bugs]] for more information about a problem with the X11 windows system.</p>
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 <li>Reworked the built-in <code>--benchmark</code></li>
 <ul>
-<li>The built-in benchmark now accepts the <code>+L<path></code> command-line option</li>
+<li>The built-in benchmark now accepts the <code>+L&lt;path&gt;</code> command-line option</li>
 <li>and now <em>ONLY</em> reads the built-in INI file.</li>
 <li>It also accepts <code>+wt</code> to set the number of work threads</li>

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 <ul>
 <li>The built-in benchmark now accepts the <code>+L<path></code> command-line option</li>
-<li>and now <em>ONLY</em> reads the provided any INI file.</li>
+<li>and now <em>ONLY</em> reads the built-in INI file.</li>
 <li>It also accepts <code>+wt</code> to set the number of work threads</li>
 <li>and now also accepts the <code>--version</code> parameter</li>

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 <p>Text graphics display a crude 75x24 ASCII version of the image which can be useful none the less to monitor the render progress on a text terminal. Using text graphics and the Verbose <code>+v</code> option simultaneously will not work very well.</p>
-<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> See the section [[Documentation:Unix Section 7#Known Bugs|Known Bugs]] for more information about a problem with the X11 windows.</p>
+<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> See the section [[Documentation:Unix Section 7#Known Bugs|Known Bugs]] for more information about a problem with the X11 windows system.</p>
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 <br>
 <!--</wikitalk>--->
-==New Features==
+==Features==
 <p>This section covers version 3.7 changes and new features that apply to POV-Ray for Unix. See the section [[Documentation:Tutorial Section 1#Changes and New Features Summary|Changes and New Features Summary]] for information about <em>non-platform</em> specific changes.</p>
 <ol>
 <li>Reworked the built-in <code>--benchmark</code></li>

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 <p>This section covers version 3.7 changes and new features that apply to POV-Ray for Unix. See the section [[Documentation:Tutorial Section 1#Changes and New Features Summary|Changes and New Features Summary]] for information about <em>non-platform</em> specific changes.</p>
 <ol>
-<li> Reworked <code>--benchmark</code>:</li>
+<li>Reworked the built-in <code>--benchmark</code></li>
 <ul>
-<li>The built-in benchmark now accepts <code>+L<path></code> command-line options</li>
+<li>The built-in benchmark now accepts the <code>+L<path></code> command-line option</li>
-<li>now <em>ONLY</em> reads the provided any INI file.</li>
+<li>and now <em>ONLY</em> reads the provided any INI file.</li>
 </ul>
 <li> Added preliminary Linux support for these two features:
 <ul>
 <li> CPU timer; might return incorrect results depending on the platform.</li>
-<li> signal catching (e.g. when aborting a render by hitting Ctrl+C).</li>
+<li> signal catching when aborting a render by hitting Ctrl+C</li>
 </ul>
-<li> Added support for 'pause when done' in linux build.</li>
+<li> Added support for the <code>+P</code> option  to allow <em>pause when done</em>.</li>
 <li> Unix default file gamma changed from from 1.0 to 2.2.</li>
 </ol>
 ===Display Options===
-<p>
+<p>The Unix version now has a single binary which supports display using the X Window System, or using the SVGA library with the console on <em>GNU/Linux systems only</em>, or via text graphics otherwise.  If the command-line options or INI files turn on display, the following heuristic is used to determine what kind of display should be used.  If the DISPLAY environment variable is set, the X Window display is used.  Otherwise, if the user is on the console, and has permission to do so, SVGAlib is used.  Otherwise, text graphics are used.</p>
-<p>
+<p>Text graphics display a crude 75x24 ASCII version of the image which can be useful none the less to monitor the render progress on a text terminal. Using text graphics and the Verbose <code>+v</code> option simultaneously will not work very well.</p>
 Text graphics display a crude 75x24 ASCII version of the image which can
-be useful none the less to monitor the render progress on a text terminal.
+<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> See the section [[Documentation:Unix Section 7#Known Bugs|Known Bugs]] for more information about a problem with the X11 windows.</p>
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 of the Unix version.
 </p>
 ===I/O Restrictions===
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 </p>
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