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# Line 101 | Line 101 | The
101   option tells
102   .I rcontrib
103   how many rays to accumulate for each record.
104 < The default value is 1, meaning a full record will be produced for
104 > The default value is one, meaning a full record will be produced for
105   each input ray.
106 < For values greater than 1, contributions will be averaged together
106 > For values greater than one, contributions will be averaged together
107   over the given number of input rays.
108   If set to zero, only a single record will be produced at the very
109   end, corresponding to the sum of all rays given on the input
# Line 113 | Line 113 | This is equivalent to passing all the output records t
113   to sum RGB values together, but is much more efficient.
114   Using this option, it is possible to reverse sampling, sending rays from
115   a parallel source such as the sun to a diffuse surface, for example.
116 < Note that output flushing via zero-direction rays is disabled
117 < for accumulated evaluations.
116 > Note that output flushing via zero-direction rays is disabled with
117 > .I \-c
118 > set to zero.
119   .PP
120   The output of
121   .I rcontrib
# Line 168 | Line 169 | it has been defined via a previous
169   or
170   .I \-e
171   option.
172 < Since bin numbers start from 0, the bin count is always equal to
173 < the last bin plus 1.
174 < Set the this value to 0 if the bin count is unknown (the default).
172 > Since bin numbers start from zero, the bin count is always equal to
173 > the last bin plus one.
174 > Set the this value to zero if the bin count is unknown (the default).
175   The most recent
176   .I \-b,
177   .I \-bn
# Line 185 | Line 186 | and
186   .I \-y
187   if the
188   .I \-c
189 < is 0, when they control the resolution string
189 > is zero, when they control the resolution string
190   produced in the corresponding output.
191   .PP
192   If a
# Line 286 | Line 287 | pcomb \-c 100 90 75 c_light1.hdr \-c 50 55 57 c_light2
287   .PP
288   To compute an array of illuminance contributions according to a Tregenza sky:
289   .IP "" .2i
290 < rcontrib \-I+ \-b tbin \-o sky.dat \-m skyglow \-b 0 \-o ground.dat \-m groundglow
291 < @render.opt \-f tregenza.cal scene.oct < test.dat
290 > rcontrib \-I+ \-f tregenza.cal \-b tbin \-bn Ntbins \-o sky.dat \-m skyglow
291 > \-b 0 \-o ground.dat \-m groundglow @render.opt scene.oct < test.dat
292   .SH ENVIRONMENT
293   RAYPATH         path to search for \-f and \-M files
294   .SH AUTHOR

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