--- ray/src/util/trad.hlp 1994/12/05 10:19:25 2.7 +++ ray/src/util/trad.hlp 1994/12/06 13:00:26 2.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - $Id: trad.hlp,v 2.7 1994/12/05 10:19:25 greg Exp $ + $Id: trad.hlp,v 2.8 1994/12/06 13:00:26 greg Exp $ This help file is associated with the trad interface to the Radiance rad(1) program. Trad consists of trad.wsh and one do_*.tcl file for @@ -1102,11 +1102,17 @@ disabled, and rendering progress can be monitored by c the error file periodically. (This file is named by the root of the rad input file followed by ".err".) -When a batch process is started or already running, this button -will be disabled. +When a batch process is started or already running, or when a +process is on another host and its status is unknown, +this button will be disabled. The background process can be killed during this or later invocations of trad using the "Kill" button. +If the process was started on another machine and the status is unknown, +it will be necessary to run trad from the other host or remove the error +file manually before starting a background process on this machine. +This is to protect you from the great confusion that results when two +machines are working from the same project file. .Action.Kill @@ -1121,7 +1127,7 @@ screen, no data is lost by killing and restarting a ba rendering, though some new startup costs will be incurred. The "Kill" button is disabled if no running batch process is -detected. +detected on the current host machine. .Action.CheckErr