--- ray/src/util/rad.c	1995/12/12 13:30:14	2.48
+++ ray/src/util/rad.c	1996/01/05 14:43:03	2.50
@@ -535,8 +535,8 @@ ambval()				/* compute ambient value */
 {
 	if (vdef(EXPOSURE)) {
 		if (vval(EXPOSURE)[0] == '+' || vval(EXPOSURE)[0] == '-')
-			return(.5/pow(2.,atof(vval(EXPOSURE))));
-		return(.5/atof(vval(EXPOSURE)));
+			return(.5/pow(2.,vflt(EXPOSURE)));
+		return(.5/vflt(EXPOSURE));
 	}
 	if (vlet(ZONE) == 'E')
 		return(10.);
@@ -796,7 +796,8 @@ char	*ro;
 		return;
 	if (vdef(OPTFILE)) {
 		for (cp = ro; cp[1]; cp++)
-			if (isspace(cp[1]) && cp[2] == '-' && isalpha(cp[3]))
+			if (isspace(cp[1]) && (cp[2] == '@' ||
+					(cp[2] == '-' && isalpha(cp[3]))))
 				*cp = '\n';
 			else
 				*cp = cp[1];