--- ray/doc/man/man1/total.1	2003/12/09 15:59:07	1.2
+++ ray/doc/man/man1/total.1	2005/06/21 02:34:22	1.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" RCSid "$Id: total.1,v 1.2 2003/12/09 15:59:07 greg Exp $"
+.\" RCSid "$Id: total.1,v 1.5 2005/06/21 02:34:22 greg Exp $"
 .TH TOTAL 1 2/3/95 RADIANCE
 .SH NAME
 total - sum up columns
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ total - sum up columns
 |
 .B \-l
 ][
+.B \-i{f|d}[N]
+][
+.B \-o{f|d}
+][
 .B \-tC
 ][
 .B \-N
@@ -64,6 +68,23 @@ For products, the geometric mean is computed.
 (A logarithmic sum of absolute values is used to avoid overflow, and 
 zero values are silently ignored.)
 .PP
+If the input data is binary, the
+.I \-id
+or
+.I \-if
+option may be given for 64-bit double or 32-bit float values, respectively.
+Either option may be followed immediately by an optional
+count, which defaults to 1, indicating the number of double or float
+binary values to read per record on the input file.
+(There can be no space between the option and this count.)\0
+Similarly, the
+.I \-od
+and
+.I \-of
+options specify binary double or float output, respectively.
+These options do not need a count, as this will be determined by the
+number of input channels.
+.PP
 A count can be given as the number of lines to read before
 computing a result.
 By default,
@@ -88,7 +109,11 @@ The
 option can be used to specify the input and output tab character.
 The default tab character is TAB.
 .PP
+At least one set of totals is produced for each input file.
 If no files are given, the standard input is read.
+If a file contains any blank lines, then the total is reported
+at that point as if it constituted the end of file, and the tallies
+are reset.
 .SH EXAMPLE
 To compute the RMS value of colon-separated columns in a file:
 .IP "" .2i
@@ -107,4 +132,4 @@ the tab character is white.
 .SH AUTHOR
 Greg Ward
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-cnt(1), lam(1), neat(1), rcalc(1), tabfunc(1)
+cnt(1), neaten(1), rcalc(1), rlam(1), tabfunc(1)