----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Osuch" <osuchj@avalon.net> To: "Fractint and General Fractals Discussion" <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [Fractint] Sticky Functions -- Set and Forget
Jay,
Last time I checked, the default functions were sin, and every time I changed fractal type, they were RESET to "sin". I would like to see the default functions changed to "ident", and the function reset operation deleted. That way I could go through a formula file looking for an appreciable outside=atan result without manually changing the functions BACK to "asin" and "atan" (or whatever): Set and forget. Notice that in my above formula, if fn1=ident, fn2=ident, and P1=(2,4), then you get our first example (with six bells and two whistles to play with). fn1=zero does not make much difference.
Insert the following line in your sstools.ini file:
function=ident/ident/ident/ident
or any other desirable combination.
So nothing is here for you do to, thanks: [FRACTINT] function=ident/ident/ident/ident FLOAT=YES PERIODICITY=0 INSIDE=0 TYPE=FORMULA MAXITER=255 FASTRESTORE=YES MAXLINELENGTH=70 ________________________ The float choice is a choice for performance, at least in formulas. The ident choice lets me get a rough idea of what a formula does. The peridocity choice is about accuracy on deep zooms and inversions, even in the mandelbrot set, not a performance choice. I might change the inside colour choice, because it does not allow border tracing, and those are more fun to watch than the other pass options.