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Options Reference

As explained in the previous section, options may be specified by switches or INI-style options. Almost all INI-style options have equivalent +/ - switches and most switches have equivalent INI-style option. The following sections give a detailed description of each POV-Ray option. It includes both the INI-style settings and the +/ - switches.

The notation and terminology used is described in the tables below.

Keyword=bool

Turn Keyword on if bool equals true, yes, on or 1 and Turn it off if it is any other value.

Keyword=true

Do this option if true, yes, on or 1 is specified.

Keyword=false

Do this option if false, no, off or 0 is specified.

Keyword=filename

Set Keyword to filename where filename is any valid file name. Note: some options prohibit the use of any of the above true or false values as a file name. They are noted in later sections.

n

Any integer such as in +W320

n.n

Any float such as in Clock=3.45

0.n

Any float < 1.0 even if it has no leading 0

s

Any string of text

x or y

Any single character

path

Any directory name, drive optional, no final path separator ("\" or "/", depending on the operating system)

Unless otherwise specifically noted, you may assume that either a plus or minus sign before a switch will produce the same results.

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