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Clipka: /* X Window display */ canonicalize a version number

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X Window display: canonicalize a version number

Jholsenback: generic version

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generic version

Clipka: /* Rendering the Sample Scenes */ version number in file path

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Rendering the Sample Scenes: version number in file path

Clipka: /* Available distributions */ version number and minor edit

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Available distributions: version number and minor edit

Jholsenback: fixed broken link

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fixed broken link

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delete inaccurate (old) information

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 <p>When the X Window display is used, the rendered image is displayed in a graphics window. During rendering, the window will be updated after every scanline has been rendered, or sooner if the rendering is taking a long time.  To update it sooner you can click any mouse button in the window or press (almost) any key.  Pressing <code>&lt;CTRL-R&gt;</code> or <code>&lt;CTRL-L&gt;</code> during rendering will refresh the whole screen.  If you have the <code>Exit_Enable</code> or <code>+X</code> flag set, pressing 'q' or 'Q' at any time during the rendering will stop POV-Ray rendering and exit.  The rendering will pause when complete if the <code>Pause_When_Done</code> or <code>+P</code> flag is set.  To exit at this point, press the 'q' or 'Q' key or click any mouse button in the window.</p>
-<p>POV-Ray 3.7 includes a color icon in the program if it was compiled with libXpm (which is available on most platforms where the X Window System is installed). If this icon is used for the render view window depends on the window manager
+<p>POV-Ray v3.7 includes a color icon in the program if it was compiled with libXpm (which is available on most platforms where the X Window System is installed). If this icon is used for the render view window depends on the window manager
 being used (KDE, Gnome, fvwm, or ...). POV-Ray also comes with a separate color icon <code>xpovicon.xpm</code>
 for use with the window managers that can use external icons.  For instance, to have fvwm use this icon, copy the icon file to one of the directories pointed to by PixmapPath (or ImagePath) which is defined in your <code>$HOME/.fvwmrc</code>.  Then, add the following line in <code>$HOME/.fvwmrc</code>:</p>

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 <p>POV-Ray for Unix comes with a set of shell scripts to automatically render the sample scenes coming with POV-Ray.</p>
-<p>These shell scripts are usually installed in <code>/usr/local/share/povray-3.8/scripts</code>.  They require a bash
+<p>These shell scripts are usually installed in <code>/usr/local/share/povray/vX.y/scripts</code>.  They require a bash
 compatible shell.  There are three scripts that are supposed to be called by the user.</p>
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 <p>If the option <code>log</code> is specified, a log file with the complete text output from POV-Ray is written to filename <code>log.txt</code></p>
-<p>If <code>scene_directory</code> is specified, the sample scenes in this directory are rendered, otherwise the scene directory is determined form the main povray ini file, usually <code>/usr/local/share/povray-3.8/scenes</code>.</p>
+<p>If <code>scene_directory</code> is specified, the sample scenes in this directory are rendered, otherwise the scene directory is determined form the main povray ini file, usually <code>/usr/local/share/povray/vX.y/scenes</code>.</p>
 <p>If <code>output_directory</code> is specified, all images are written to this directory; if it is not specified the images are written into the scene file directories.  If the directories are not writable, the images are written in the current directory.  All other files (html files, thumbnails) are written here as well.</p>

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 <p>POV-Ray for Unix comes with a set of shell scripts to automatically render the sample scenes coming with POV-Ray.</p>
-<p>These shell scripts are usually installed in <code>/usr/local/share/povray-3.7/scripts</code>.  They require a bash
+<p>These shell scripts are usually installed in <code>/usr/local/share/povray-3.8/scripts</code>.  They require a bash
 compatible shell.  There are three scripts that are supposed to be called by the user.</p>
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 <p>If the option <code>log</code> is specified, a log file with the complete text output from POV-Ray is written to filename <code>log.txt</code></p>
-<p>If <code>scene_directory</code> is specified, the sample scenes in this directory are rendered, otherwise the scene directory is determined form the main povray ini file, usually <code>/usr/local/share/povray-3.7/scenes</code>.</p>
+<p>If <code>scene_directory</code> is specified, the sample scenes in this directory are rendered, otherwise the scene directory is determined form the main povray ini file, usually <code>/usr/local/share/povray-3.8/scenes</code>.</p>
 <p>If <code>output_directory</code> is specified, all images are written to this directory; if it is not specified the images are written into the scene file directories.  If the directories are not writable, the images are written in the current directory.  All other files (html files, thumbnails) are written here as well.</p>

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 ===Available distributions===
-<p>The <em>official</em> distribution for version 3.7 of POV-Ray for Unix is a source code <em>only</em> release. This package contains all the source files and Makefiles required for building POV-Ray.  Building the program from source should work on most Unix/Linux systems. The package uses a configuration mechanism to detect the appropriate settings needed to build POV-Ray on your platform. Since all the required support libraries are <em>NOT</em> included in the package, you need to make sure you have an adequate build environment.</p>
+<p>The <em>official</em> distribution for version 3.8 of POV-Ray for Unix is a source code <em>only</em> release. This package contains all the source files and Makefiles required for building POV-Ray.  Building the program from source should work on most Unix/Linux systems. The package uses a configuration mechanism to detect the appropriate settings needed to build POV-Ray on your platform. Since all the required support libraries are <em>NOT</em> included in the package, you need to make sure you have an adequate build environment.</p>
-<p>The distribution package is available for download from the POV-Ray [http://www.povray.org/ website]. See the INSTALL file in the source package for more details.</p>
+<p>The distribution package is available for download via the POV-Ray [http://www.povray.org/ website]. See the INSTALL file in the source package for more details.</p>
 ===Configuration===

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 <p>See also <!--<linkto "Directing Text Streams to Files">Directing Text Streams to Files</linkto>--->[[Reference:Text Output Options#Directing Text Streams to Files|Directing Text Streams to Files]].</p>
-<p>For remote execution of POV-Ray, as for example in a rendering service on the web, make sure you read and comply with the <!--<linkto "POV-Ray Legal Document">POV-Ray Legal Document</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Tutorial Section 5#POV-Ray User License|POV-Ray Legal Document]].</p>
+<p>For remote execution of POV-Ray, as for example in a rendering service on the web, make sure you read and comply with the <!--<linkto "POV-Ray License">POV-Ray License</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Tutorial Section 5#POV-Ray License|POV-Ray Legal Document]].</p>
 ====Post-processing Images====

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 <p>Other convenient formats on Unix systems might be PPM <code>+fp</code> and TGA <code>+ft</code>.</p>
-<p>For more information about output file formats see <!--<linkto "File Output Options">File Output Options</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Reference Section 1.1#File Output Options|File Output Options]].</p>
+<p>For more information about output file formats see <!--<linkto "File Output Options">File Output Options</linkto>--->[[Reference:File Output Options|File Output Options]].</p>
-<p> If you are generating histogram files (See <!--<linkto "CPU Utilization Histogram">CPU Utilization Histogram</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Reference Section 1.1#CPU Utilization Histogram|CPU Utilization Histogram]]) in the CSV format (comma separated values), then the units of time are in tens of microseconds (10 x 10<sup>-6</sup> s), and each grid block can store times up to 12 hours.</p>
+<p> If you are generating histogram files (See <!--<linkto "CPU Utilization Histogram">CPU Utilization Histogram</linkto>--->[[Reference:File Output Options#CPU Utilization Histogram|CPU Utilization Histogram]]) in the CSV format (comma separated values), then the units of time are in tens of microseconds (10 x 10<sup>-6</sup> s), and each grid block can store times up to 12 hours.</p>
 ===Interrupting POV-Ray===
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 </pre>
-<p>See also <!--<linkto "Directing Text Streams to Files">Directing Text Streams to Files</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Reference Section 1.3#Directing Text Streams to Files|Directing Text Streams to Files]].</p>
+<p>See also <!--<linkto "Directing Text Streams to Files">Directing Text Streams to Files</linkto>--->[[Reference:Text Output Options#Directing Text Streams to Files|Directing Text Streams to Files]].</p>
 <p>For remote execution of POV-Ray, as for example in a rendering service on the web, make sure you read and comply with the <!--<linkto "POV-Ray Legal Document">POV-Ray Legal Document</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Tutorial Section 5#POV-Ray User License|POV-Ray Legal Document]].</p>

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 <p>Both distributions are available for download at the [http://www.povray.org/ POV-Ray website] and on the POV-Ray FTP server <code>ftp.povray.org</code>.</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>
+<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> If you are building POV-Ray from the source package, you should review the section [[Documentation:Unix Section 7#Known Bugs|Known Bugs]] for more information.</p>
 ===Configuration===

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 ===Tutorials===
-<p>There is a comprehensive <!--<linkto "Getting Started">beginner's tutorial</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Tutorial Section 2#Getting Started|beginner's tutorial]] included in this help file. It relates to the use of POV-Ray in general, on all platforms, not only Unix, so we recommend that you read the rest of section 1 first before attempting to go any further, as section 1 tells you how to use the interface of POV-Ray for Unix itself. The more ambitious may like to check out the <!--<linkto "Advanced Features">advanced features</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Tutorial Table of Contents#Advanced Features|advanced features]] section.</p>
+<p>There is a comprehensive <!--<linkto "Getting Started">beginner's tutorial</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Tutorial Section 2#Getting Started|beginner's tutorial]] included in this help file. It relates to the use of POV-Ray in general, on all platforms, not only Unix, so we recommend that you read the rest of section 1 first before attempting to go any further, as section 1 tells you how to use the interface of POV-Ray for Unix itself. The more ambitious may like to check out the <!--<linkto "Advanced Features">advanced features</linkto>--->[[Documentation:Tutorial Section 3#Advanced Features|advanced features]] section.</p>
 ===Rendering the Sample Scenes===