--- ray/doc/man/man1/rcontrib.1	2019/02/22 19:42:27	1.16
+++ ray/doc/man/man1/rcontrib.1	2025/04/23 15:09:03	1.26
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" RCSid "$Id: rcontrib.1,v 1.16 2019/02/22 19:42:27 greg Exp $"
+.\" RCSid "$Id: rcontrib.1,v 1.26 2025/04/23 15:09:03 greg Exp $"
 .TH RCONTRIB 1 5/25/05 RADIANCE
 .SH NAME
 rcontrib - compute contribution coefficients in a RADIANCE scene
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ rcontrib - compute contribution coefficients in a RADI
 ][
 .B \-V
 ][
+.B "\-t secs"
+][
 .B "\-c count"
 ][
 .B \-fo
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ rtrace options
 .B octree
 .br
 .B "rcontrib [ options ] \-defaults"
+.br
+.B "rcontrib \-features [feat1 ..]"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I Rcontrib
 computes ray coefficients
@@ -119,6 +123,26 @@ Note that output flushing via zero-direction rays is d
 .I \-c
 set to zero.
 .PP
+Output flushing at fixed intervals may be enabled with the
+.I \-x
+option, which specifies the number of records
+(-c accumulations) before each flush.
+If the
+.I \-y
+option is also set, then periodic flushing is disabled and the
+output size for an RGB image is the taken from the x and y dimensions.
+In lieu of periodic flushing, a flush may be forced as mentioned above
+by sending a sample with a zero direction vector, although you
+must still send a full record of rays before output occurs.
+.PP
+If progress reports are desired, the
+.I \-t
+option specifies a time interval in seconds for reports sent to
+standard error.
+This requires that the number of input samples is known, meaning a
+.I \-y
+parameter has been specified.
+.PP
 The output of
 .I rcontrib
 has many potential uses.
@@ -184,7 +208,11 @@ and
 .I \-o
 options to the left of each
 .I \-m
-setting are the ones used for that modifier.
+name are the ones used for that modifier.
+Any
+.I \-cs
+option changing the number of spectral color
+samples must appear before the first modifier.
 The ordering of other options is unimportant, except for
 .I \-x
 and
@@ -211,7 +239,7 @@ Additional parameter values that apply only to this mo
 with a
 .I \-p
 option, which contains a list of variable names and assigned values, separated
-by commas or semicolons.
+by commas, colons, or semicolons.
 The computed bin value will be
 rounded to the nearest whole number.
 (Negative bin values will be silently ignored.)\0
@@ -226,12 +254,20 @@ The rules and predefined functions available for these
 described in the
 .I rcalc(1)
 man page.
-Like
-.I rcalc,
+Like the other rendering tools,
 .I rcontrib
-will search the RADIANCE library directories for each file given in a
+will search the 
+.I RAYPATH
+library directories for each file given in a
 .I \-f
 option.
+However, a special evaluation context is set for the
+.I \-f
+and
+.I \-e
+definitions, so attach a back-quote ('`') to variable and function names
+you wish these to apply at the global evaluation level and used by all
+materials and modifiers during rendering.
 .PP
 If no
 .I \-o
@@ -302,7 +338,7 @@ density estimates results in omitted contributions, th
 is clamped accordingly and a warning is issued. 
 .SH EXAMPLES
 To compute the proportional contributions from sources modified
-by "light1" vs. "light2" on a set of illuminance values:
+by "light1" vs. "light2" on a set of irradiance values:
 .IP "" .2i
 rcontrib \-I+ @render.opt \-o c_%s.dat \-m light1 \-m light2 scene.oct < test.dat
 .PP
@@ -318,7 +354,7 @@ of light1 and light2:
 .IP "" .2i
 pcomb \-c 100 90 75 c_light1.hdr \-c 50 55 57 c_light2.hdr > combined.hdr
 .PP
-To compute an array of illuminance contributions according to a Tregenza sky:
+To compute an array of irradiance contributions according to a Tregenza sky:
 .IP "" .2i
 rcontrib \-I+ \-f tregenza.cal \-b tbin \-bn Ntbins \-o sky.dat \-m skyglow
 \-b 0 \-o ground.dat \-m groundglow @render.opt scene.oct < test.dat
@@ -338,7 +374,7 @@ is detected.
 .SH AUTHOR
 Greg Ward
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-cnt(1), genklemsamp(1), getinfo(1), mkpmap(1), pcomb(1), pfilt(1), 
-ra_rgbe(1), rcalc(1), rfluxmtx(1), rmtxop(1), rpict(1), rsensor(1), 
-rtrace(1), total(1), vwrays(1), ximage(1)
+cnt(1), dctimestep(1), genklemsamp(1), getinfo(1), mkpmap(1), pcomb(1), pfilt(1), 
+pvsum(1), ra_rgbe(1), rcalc(1), rcomb(1), rfluxmtx(1), rmtxop(1), rpict(1),
+rsensor(1), rtrace(1), total(1), vwrays(1), ximage(1)