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- From: jesjones@stein.u.washington.edu (Jesse Jones)
- Newsgroups: sci.fractals
- Subject: Re: Mandella/Fractint
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 02:22:17 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- Message-ID: <1htlgpINNlks@shelley.u.washington.edu>
- References: <1992Dec30.085522.20317@dorsai.com>
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- Keywords: Mandella Fractinit parameters
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- In article <1992Dec30.085522.20317@dorsai.com> emjay@dorsai.com (Michael J. Lavery) writes:
- > The version notes make reference to the ability of
- >Mandella to read Fractint parameter files. However, it seems
- >that everyway that I try to read in a parameter, I get an error.
- > The Documentation other than the passing references does
- >not provide any other information.
- > Does anyone know what format it is necessary to have the
- >.par file so that Mandella can read it?
-
- Hi Mike,
-
- You've probably got some extra stuff in the par file that confuses
- Mandella. Try deleting everything but the parameters. If it still doesn't
- work email me a copy of the file and I'll find out what the problem is.
-
- I did some work on the par file support for version 8.2 (uploaded not
- too long ago). The changes make par files much easier to deal with. For
- example, when a par file is opened the user is presented with a scrolling
- list so he can choose the one he wants to use. Then the Next File command
- changes to Next Preset so the user can get the next fractal with one
- keystroke. Also, a comment enclosed in braces is allowed at the beginning
- of the file. (I'll change this in the next version. Apparently Fractint
- treats any line starting with a semi-colon as a comment, so I'll use
- that instead).
-
- --Jesse
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