--- ray/src/util/trad.hlp	1994/12/06 13:00:26	2.8
+++ ray/src/util/trad.hlp	1995/09/28 14:11:45	2.15
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-	$Id: trad.hlp,v 2.8 1994/12/06 13:00:26 greg Exp $
+	$Id: trad.hlp,v 2.15 1995/09/28 14:11:45 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
@@ -569,15 +569,15 @@ An invented name should be kept as short as possible, 
 added to the picture file name along with the standard ".pic" suffix.
 
 The standard views are specified by strings of the form
-"[Xx]?[Yy]?[Zz]?[vlah]?".
+"[Xx]?[Yy]?[Zz]?[vlahc]?".
 (That is, an optional upper or lower case X followed by an optional
 upper or lower case Y followed by an optional upper or lower case Z
-followed by an optional lower case V, L, A or H.)
+followed by an optional lower case V, L, A, H or C.)
 The letters indicate the desired view position, where upper case "X"
 means maximum X, lower case "y" means minimum Y and so on.
 The final letter is the view type, where 'v' is perspective (the
-default), 'l' is parallel, 'a' is angular fisheye, and 'h' is
-hemispherical fisheye.
+default), 'l' is parallel, 'a' is angular fisheye, 'h' is
+hemispherical fisheye and 'c' is for cylindrical panorama.
 A perspective view from maximum X, minimum Y would be "Xy" or
 "Xyv".
 A parallel view from maximum Z would be "Zl".
@@ -618,8 +618,9 @@ interaction mode for trad.
 Consult the rpict(1) manual page for a full description of the various
 view options, all of which begin with "-v".
 Just briefly, the "-vt?" option sets the view type, where "?" is
-replaced by one of the letters "v, l, a or h", corresponding to
-perspective, parallel, angular and hemispherical fisheye, respectively.
+replaced by one of the letters "v, l, a, h or c", corresponding to
+perspective, parallel, angular fisheye, hemispherical fisheye
+and cylindrical panorama, respectively.
 The "-vp x y z" option sets the view position (eyepoint), where "x y z"
 is replaced by the position in 3-space.
 The "-vd xd yd zd" option sets the view direction, where "xd yd zd"
@@ -745,6 +746,41 @@ to maintain a specific pixel aspect ratio (1 by defaul
 
 The default value for this variable is "512".
 
+.Views.Rawfile
+
+The "Rawfile" entry window determines if and where the raw output picture
+from rpict will be saved.
+If the entry is empty, the file will be removed after rendering and
+filtering.
+This is the normal action, since the raw file
+takes up disk space and is not generally useful.
+However, if you wish to perform some special filtering function,
+this file can be renamed instead of removed by giving a
+root file name in this entry window.
+The final name in this case will be the given root plus and
+underscore plus the view name followed by a ".pic" suffix.
+
+In the special case when the raw file name and picture file name are
+the same, the raw file is saved and no filtering takes place.
+
+.Views.Zfile
+
+The "Zfile" entry window gives the root name of the file in which to
+store the raw (binary floating point) distances to pixels in the
+original generated image.
+If this entry is empty, then no z-file will be saved.
+
+The final z-file name will be the given root plus an underscore plus
+the view name plus a ".zbf" suffix.
+
+To convert this image to human-readable form, the program "od" will
+work on some systems, or the Radiance "pvalue" program may be used
+to first convert it to a greyscale Radiance picture using the
+options "-r -h -b -df `getinfo -d < pictname`" where "pictname" is
+replaced by the raw picture file name.
+(Getinfo simply gets the original image dimensions, which are not
+stored in the z-file.)
+
 .Views.Copy
 
 The "Copy" button in the Views screen permits those variables
@@ -875,7 +911,7 @@ a given rendering has progressed.
 Normally, progress reports and errors during batch renderings
 are sent to the error file given by the root of the rad input
 file name followed by the ".err" suffix.
-(See the "Errors" topic under the "Action" screen category.)
+(See the "CheckErr" topic under the "Action" screen category.)
 If you wish these reports and errors to be directed to a different
 file, follow the time interval by a space and a file name.
 
@@ -1057,12 +1093,13 @@ command, and new views can be added with the "V name"
 command.
 
 When using the "V" command to change an existing view, do not
-give it a name because the previous view will not be overridden.
+give it an existing name because the previous view will not be overridden.
 Instead, give it a new name (or no name, which will show up as
 a number later), then use the Views screen to override the previous
 view definition with the new one.
-(See the rview(1) man page and the "View" topic in the current
-help category for more information.)
+(See the "View" topic in the current
+help category, the "Change" topic under "Views" and the rview(1)
+manual page for more information.)
 
 If the octree is out-of-date, it will be rebuilt before rendering
 begins.
@@ -1233,6 +1270,8 @@ has completed since the Results screen was brought up.
 
 The "Delete" button on the Results screen is used to remove the
 selected picture files from the filesystem.
+Associated raw picture and z-buffer files
+will also be deleted if they exist.
 Verification is required before any action is taken.
 
 .Results.Display
@@ -1320,10 +1359,13 @@ details.)
 The print command window on the Results screen contains the system
 command to use in printing out finished Radiance pictures.
 The "%s" format field, which must appear somewhere in the command,
-is replaced by the selected Radiance picture file name(s).
+is replaced by the selected Radiance picture file name.
+This command is executed multiple times if multiple files are
+selected.
 
 The default command is "ra_ps %s | lpr", which converts the Radiance
 picture to a black and white PostScript file and sends it to the lpr
 print spooler.
+Add a "-c" option to "ra_ps" if the printer supports color.
 If your printer does not understand PostScript, or your system does
 not support lpr, this command must obviously be changed.