5 POV-Ray for Unix

Section Contents

• 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.1.1 What is POV-Ray?
  • 5.1.2 What is POV-Ray for Unix?
    • 5.1.2.1 ... And What Is It Not?
  • 5.1.3 Who Can Use POV-Ray for Unix?
  • 5.1.4 Spelling
  • 5.1.5 Reporting Bugs
  • 5.1.6 Trademarks
• 5.2 New Features
  • 5.2.1 I/O Restrictions
  • 5.2.2 Display Options
  • 5.2.3 Benchmark Mode
  • 5.2.4 Sample scene render scripts
  • 5.2.5 KDE integration
• 5.3 Getting Started
  • 5.3.1 Available distributions
  • 5.3.2 Configuration
    • 5.3.2.1 The I/O Restrictions configuration file
    • 5.3.2.2 The main POV-Ray INI file
  • 5.3.3 Starting a Render Job
    • 5.3.3.1 X Window display
    • 5.3.3.2 SVGAlib display
    • 5.3.3.3 Output file formats
  • 5.3.4 Interrupting POV-Ray
  • 5.3.5 Tutorials
  • 5.3.6 Rendering the Sample Scenes
  • 5.3.7 POV-Ray for Unix Tips
    • 5.3.7.1 Automated execution
    • 5.3.7.2 Post-processing Images
• 5.4 I/O Restrictions
  • 5.4.1 Configuration file format
  • 5.4.2 File I/O Security
  • 5.4.3 Shellout Security
  • 5.4.4 Permitted Paths
    • 5.4.4.1 Examples for path settings
  • 5.4.5 Example configuration file
• 5.5 Understanding File Types
  • 5.5.1 POV Files
  • 5.5.2 INI Files
    • 5.5.2.1 INI File Sections
• 5.6 Understanding POV-Ray Options
  • 5.6.1 Special Command-Line Options
  • 5.6.2 Benchmark Rendering Mode
• 5.7 Bug Reports
  • 5.7.1 Feature Requests are not bugs
  • 5.7.2 Known Bugs
  • 5.7.3 Spelling
  • 5.7.4 Bug Reporting via Email
  • 5.7.5 Bug Reporting via our News Server
• 5.8 Speed Considerations
  • 5.8.1 Render Priority
  • 5.8.2 Render Window
  • 5.8.3 Memory
  • 5.8.4 Scene Features
  • 5.8.5 Render Quality