Help for TP

The tp program is an X Windows tiepoint editing program.  It is intended as 
the replacement for a number of VIDS/VRDI-base programs, most notably PICREG.

Complete documentation for tp is available on-line at:
<http://www-mipl.jpl.nasa.gov/tp/>
or via clicking on the various Help options in the program.

tp is an interactive, X Windows program.  Before using it, you must have
set up the X display connection.  On a Unix machine, this is typically done
via "setenv DISPLAY" while on VMS it is typically done via "set disp/create".
Consult system documentation for details on establishing an X connection, or
refer to the on-line tutorial in Mosaic at
<http://www-mipl.jpl.nasa.gov/wstutor/set_x_display.html>
Please note that the X display must be set up outside of the VICAR environment.
Running the program:

The tp program may be run either from within VICAR, or directly from
the shell or DCL.  In order to run it from the shell (in Unix), make sure
"$R2LIB" is in your path, or specify it explicitly:

	% $R2LIB/tp image.red image.grn image.blu -pfile tpfile.ibis

From VMS, "tp" is automatically defined for you:

	$ tp image.red image.grn image.blu -pfile tpfile.ibis
From VICAR, usage conforms to standard VICAR input file conventions:

	VICAR> tp (image.red,image.grn,image.blu)

tp can handle 0 to 12 image filenames

Command-line options may be given to the program via the "options" parameter;
see the help for that parameter for details.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

In June 2010 several new features were added by rgd.  There was not time to
find or update the online help, so the new features are documented here.

1) Up to 6 windows can be displayed instead of just 3.  This is good for
dual-monitor workstations (move the window around so the split between
monitors falls between images).  No pretty icons for 4-6, just text.
There's no reason the limit couldn't be raised beyond 6, if necessary.

2) The image list in the upper right corner is now sized based on the number
of images loaded (so you won't see all 12 all the time, you'll see however
many are loaded).  However, the number shown never decreases (so if you delete
an image, the slot will still be shown).  If you load lots of images, you may
have to make the window bigger.

3) Ability to load up to 25 images instead of just 12.  This was enabled by
#2, so screen real estate is not used unless it is needed.  25 is a fairly
arbitrary number and can easily be changed (TP_MAX_IMAGES in TpDefs.h, along
with some minor changes to the resource file).

4) A "Go-to tiepoint" feature allows you to type in a general qualifier value
and select the first tiepoint that has the same qualifier.  It works similarly
to the tiepoint number field; just key in the qual value, hit return, and the
appropriate tiepoint will be selected.  If there is no match, the field will
change to "UNK" (for Unknown).  This feature has only been tested with one
general qualifier; it should behave like the qualifier text field.  Note that
the orginal qualifier text field is still there; typing in it still allows
you to change the qualifier value.

NOTE: Feature #4 must be explicitly enabled.  To do this, turn on the enable
flag:

*enableGotoQual: True

This can be done in the resource file, in a local config file, or on the
command line (via:   -xrm "*enableGotoQual:True" ).  There is no interactive
mechanism to enable this feature.

REVISIONS:
  2016-09-01 WLB Fixed parsing of optional tpfile parm.


PARAMETERS:


INP

Input file(s)

TPFILE

Tiepoint file (IBIS format)

OPTIONS

Command-line options

See Examples:


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