#2 Problem with 3.7 beta

[Vaclav Cermak]

POV-Ray 3.7 beta is currently unavailable to redirect text message to files but PovClipse heavily uses it. Is any way to switch this off at the cost of loosing all messages? (POV hangs up when text redirection is specified in INI file)

[Wolfgang Moestl]

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The PovClispe preference Page offers checkboxes for each Povray text output console.
(Menu Window => Preferences => PovClipse, Tab "Consoles").
The bad news is that the "Fatal Console" can not be switched off as this one is considered the error output, thus this will not solve your problem.

I'm afraid PovClipse does not support Povray 3.7 beta yet. PovClipse will support the 3.7 version after it's released to the public, but any beta version will not be supported, I'm sorry!

A possible (temporary!) solution would be:
1. Write a shell script and configure it as your Povray executeable in PovClipse
2. The script takes all input parameters from the commandline (INI file, additional commandline options, "/NR" and "/EXIT" if you're runnin on Windows)
3. The script opens the created ini file (the path can be extracted from the first commandline parameter) and removes the console settings
4. The script calls Povray 3.7 along with the commandline parameters.
5. Make sure your script terminates AFTER Povray has finished rendering (that is, Povray itself has terminated)

I hope that helps!

Cheers,
Wolf