--- ray/doc/man/man1/rtcontrib.1	2005/06/09 17:27:27	1.8
+++ ray/doc/man/man1/rtcontrib.1	2005/10/11 16:54:26	1.14
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" RCSid "$Id: rtcontrib.1,v 1.8 2005/06/09 17:27:27 greg Exp $"
+.\" RCSid "$Id: rtcontrib.1,v 1.14 2005/10/11 16:54:26 greg Exp $"
 .TH RTCONTRIB 1 5/25/05 RADIANCE
 .SH NAME
 rtcontrib - compute contribution coefficients in a RADIANCE scene
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ rtcontrib - compute contribution coefficients in a RAD
 [
 .B "\-n nprocs"
 ][
+.B \-fo
+|
 .B \-r
 ][
 .B "\-e expr"
@@ -16,8 +18,13 @@ rtcontrib - compute contribution coefficients in a RAD
 .B "\-o ospec"
 ][
 .B "\-b binv"
+][
+.B "\-bn nbins"
 ]
-.B "\-m mod .."
+{
+.B "\-m mod | \-M file"
+}
+..
 [
 .B $EVAR
 ]
@@ -39,6 +46,14 @@ settings.
 These modifiers are usually materials associated with
 light sources or sky domes, and must directly modify some geometric
 primitives to be considered in the output.
+A modifier list may also be read from a file using the
+.I \-M
+option.
+The RAYPATH environment variable determines directories to search for
+this file.
+(No search takes place if a file name begins with a '.', '/' or '~'
+character.)\0
+.PP
 The output of
 .I rtcontrib
 has many potential uses.
@@ -61,9 +76,12 @@ specification.
 If a destination begins with an exclamation mark ('!'), then
 a pipe is opened to a command and data is sent to its standard input.
 Otherwise, the destination is treated as a file.
-An existing file of the same name is clobbered, unless the
+An existing file of the same name will not be clobbered, unless the
+.I \-fo
+option is given.
+If instead the
 .I \-r
-option is specified, in which case data recovery is attempted.
+option is specified, data recovery is attempted on existing files.
 If an output specification contains a "%s" format, this will be
 replaced by the modifier name.
 The
@@ -74,8 +92,16 @@ this will be applied to a "%d" format in the output fi
 specification if present.
 The actual bin number is computed at run time based on ray direction
 and surface intersection, as described below.
+If the number of bins is known in advance, it should be specified with the
+.I \-bn
+option, and this is critical for output files containing multiple values
+per record.
+Since bin numbers start from 0, the bin count is always equal to
+the last bin plus 1.
+Set the this value to 0 if the bin count is unknown (the default).
 The most recent
-.I \-b
+.I \-b,
+.I \-bn
 and
 .I \-o
 options to the left of each
@@ -113,8 +139,6 @@ Unlike
 will search the RADIANCE library directories for each file given in a
 .I \-f
 option.
-(No search takes place if a file name begins with a '.', '/' or '~'
-character.)\0
 .PP
 If no
 .I \-o
@@ -195,10 +219,10 @@ pcomb -c 100 90 75 c_light1.pic -c 50 55 57 c_light2.p
 .PP
 To compute an array of illuminance contributions according to a Tregenza sky:
 .IP "" .2i
-rtcontrib -b tbin -o sky.dat -m skyglow -b 0 -o ground.dat -m groundglow
+rtcontrib -I+ -b tbin -o sky.dat -m skyglow -b 0 -o ground.dat -m groundglow
 @render.opt -f tregenza.cal scene.oct < test.dat
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
-RAYPATH		path to search for -f files
+RAYPATH		path to search for -f and -M files
 .SH AUTHOR
 Greg Ward
 .SH "SEE ALSO"