POV-Panel/2 1.1 Features

- POV-Ray graphical front-end for OS/2
- Very intuitive interface for experienced POV-Ray users
- Supports all OS/2 POV-Ray features
- Provides easy access to POV-Ray manual
- Supports Moray or other wireframe editors
- Uses built-in or external editor
- Built-in editor has 3 different sizes, to fit 640x480 screens, and up
- Built-in editor supports drag-and-drop fonts
- Easy click-and-set configuration of POV-Ray compiles
- Great context-sensitive help for beginners
- Remembers screen position between sessions
- Accepts files from commandline
- Can use specified INI files for separate users
- No fluff for advanced users
- Only $10 (US or CAN) to register - free upgrades within 1.x

Installation

- Copy the zipfile to the directory you want POV-Panel to live in
- Unzip everything
- Run install.cmd to create icon and association
- Run POV-Panel/2 1.1
- Set up the paths in the Options menu
- Set editor preferences in the options menu
- Set other preferences in the Options menu
- Use it

Author and Registration Information

-  To register, please send cheque or money order ($10 US or CAN), and
   directions on how to contact you, to:

   Carsten Whimster
   318A Spruce Street
   Waterloo, Ontario
   Canada
   N2L 3M7

-  You can also write to me at:

   bcrwhims@uwaterloo.ca - Internet

   or see my homepage at:

   http://www.undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca/~bcrwhims/

Known Bugs

- Various problems occur when you have spaces in your pathnames
  As far as I can figure, this is actually a REXX or VX-REXX problem

Release History

- POV-Panel/2 1.1 - 03/07/95
  - Added scene path
  - Added output path
  - Added autolaunch picture after render
  - POV-Panel/2 now resizes before showing on screen
  - Changed file handling slightly, to avoid errors on some systems
  - Made window smaller to work better on 640x480 and 800x600 screens
  - Added winow size option for handling differently sized screens
  - Added installation script
  - Added "go to line" function
  - Added auto-name feature for animations (adds clock value to name)
  - The name has been changed to POV-Panel/2 due to possible conflict
    with an Amiga product
- POV-Panel 1.0   - 19/07/94
  - Original release