POV-Ray 3.6 for UNIX documentation 1 POV-Ray for Unix

1.1 Introduction

1 POV-Ray for Unix

Section Contents

• 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.1.1 What is POV-Ray?
  • 1.1.2 What is POV-Ray for Unix?
    • 1.1.2.1 ... And What Is It Not?
  • 1.1.3 Who Can Use POV-Ray for Unix?
  • 1.1.4 Spelling
  • 1.1.5 Reporting Bugs
  • 1.1.6 Trademarks
• 1.2 New Features
  • 1.2.1 I/O Restrictions
  • 1.2.2 Display Options
  • 1.2.3 Benchmark Mode
  • 1.2.4 Sample scene render scripts
  • 1.2.5 KDE integration
• 1.3 Getting Started
  • 1.3.1 Available distributions
  • 1.3.2 Configuration
    • 1.3.2.1 The I/O Restrictions configuration file
    • 1.3.2.2 The main POV-Ray INI file
  • 1.3.3 Starting a Render Job
    • 1.3.3.1 X Window display
    • 1.3.3.2 SVGAlib display
    • 1.3.3.3 Output file formats
  • 1.3.4 Interrupting POV-Ray
  • 1.3.5 Tutorials
  • 1.3.6 Rendering the Sample Scenes
  • 1.3.7 POV-Ray for Unix Tips
    • 1.3.7.1 Automated execution
    • 1.3.7.2 Post-processing Images
• 1.4 I/O Restrictions
  • 1.4.1 Configuration file format
  • 1.4.2 File I/O Security
  • 1.4.3 Shellout Security
  • 1.4.4 Permitted Paths
    • 1.4.4.1 Examples for path settings
  • 1.4.5 Example configuration file
• 1.5 Understanding File Types
  • 1.5.1 POV Files
  • 1.5.2 INI Files
    • 1.5.2.1 INI File Sections
• 1.6 Understanding POV-Ray Options
  • 1.6.1 Special Command-Line Options
  • 1.6.2 Benchmark Rendering Mode
• 1.7 Bug Reports
  • 1.7.1 Feature Requests are not bugs
  • 1.7.2 Known Bugs
  • 1.7.3 Spelling
  • 1.7.4 Bug Reporting via Email
  • 1.7.5 Bug Reporting via our News Server
• 1.8 Speed Considerations
  • 1.8.1 Render Priority
  • 1.8.2 Render Window
  • 1.8.3 Memory
  • 1.8.4 Scene Features
  • 1.8.5 Render Quality

1 POV-Ray for Unix

1.1 Introduction