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.
bool |
Turn |
|
Do this option if |
|
Do this option if |
filename |
Set |
n |
Any integer such as in |
n.n |
Any float such as in |
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.