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- Setting up the stack size for POVRAY.TTP:
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-
- When these binaries were compiled, the stack size was set to a fairly
- low value of 64k. That is enough for the scenes I have tested, but it
- may not be enough for super-scenes that could depend on a really deep
- stack for parsing or even tracing. Alternatively, you may wish to
- reduce the size of the stack in order to release some memory on an
- ST with only 2MB RAM (which is really the smallest platform you could
- realistically hope to use with POVRay v3).
-
- To set the stack size for any of the supplied binaries, simply use
- the FIXSTK.TTP program like this:
-
- fixstk.ttp <stacksize_in_bytes> povray.ttp
-
- For example:
-
- fixstk.ttp 65536 povray.ttp
-
- The above would produce a 64k stack, which is the current default.
-
- Reducing the size of POVRAY.TTP:
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-
- If for any reason you might want to reduce the size of any of the
- supplied binaries to their absolute minimum, you can strip all of
- the debugging information out of the file. This will make the .TTP
- smaller, but it won't save you any memory. It will also stop you
- from ever using FIXSTK.TTP on the binary at any point in the future
- since the debugging information is needed for the stack size to be
- changed successfully (that's why I didn't strip the binaries myself).
-
- If you do decide you want to strip the symbol table away, use the
- STRIP.TTP program like this:
-
- strip.ttp povray.ttp
-
- You can use STRIP.TTP on any executable with a symbol table still
- present, but be careful not to damage anything that might require
- those symbols!
-
-
- Doug Little ~ July 1997
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