Doc update v2.3.3

DESCRIPTION

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: whitebox
 Type: Package
 Title: 'WhiteboxTools' R Frontend
-Version: 2.3.2
+Version: 2.3.3
 Description: An R frontend for the 'WhiteboxTools' library, which is an advanced geospatial data analysis platform developed by Prof. John Lindsay at the University of Guelph's Geomorphometry and Hydrogeomatics Research Group. 'WhiteboxTools' can be used to perform common geographical information systems (GIS) analysis operations, such as cost-distance analysis, distance buffering, and raster reclassification. Remote sensing and image processing tasks include image enhancement (e.g. panchromatic sharpening, contrast adjustments), image mosaicing, numerous filtering operations, simple classification (k-means), and common image transformations. 'WhiteboxTools' also contains advanced tooling for spatial hydrological analysis (e.g. flow-accumulation, watershed delineation, stream network analysis, sink removal), terrain analysis (e.g. common terrain indices such as slope, curvatures, wetness index, hillshading; hypsometric analysis; multi-scale topographic position analysis), and LiDAR data processing. Suggested citation: Lindsay (2016) <doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2016.07.003>.
 Authors@R: c(person("Qiusheng", "Wu", email = "[email protected]", role = c("aut")),
              person("Andrew", "Brown", email = "[email protected]", role = c("ctb", "cre")))

NEWS.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# whitebox 2.3.3
+
+ * The default values for `compress_rasters` and `verbose_mode` have been set to NULL to better reflect that they are derived from the WhiteboxTools settings.json file.
+
+   * See `wbt_options()` for more details. If the user specifies these arguments in a `wbt_*()` function call then the flag will be passed in the command line call. Otherwise the default `NULL` value is ignored. Links to the corresponding option-setting functions have been added to the documentation for all `wbt_*()` tool functions.
+
 # whitebox 2.3.2
 
  * Fix for file paths passed to optional `base` argument of `wbt_resample()`; thanks to @Pentaonia for reporting

PY2R/automation.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def function_header(line):
         line = line.replace(", i=None,", ", input=None,")
         line = line.replace("self, ", "")
         line = line.replace(
-            "callback=None", "wd=NULL, verbose_mode=FALSE, compress_rasters=False"
+            "callback=None", "wd=NULL, verbose_mode=NULL, compress_rasters=NULL"
         )
         line = line.replace('function=""', 'FUN=""')
         line = line.replace("False", "FALSE")
@@ -349,15 +349,15 @@ def function_example(fun_name):
                         param = doc_line.replace("%", " percent")
                         ff.write("#' @param {}\n".format(param))
                     i = i + 1
-                ff.write("#' @param wd Changes the working directory.\n")
+                ff.write("#' @param wd Changes the working directory. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_wd()` for details.\n")
                 ff.write(
-                    "#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages.\n"
+                    "#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_verbose()` for details.\n"
                 )
                 ff.write(
-                    "#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.\n"
+                    "#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_compress_rasters()` for details.\n"
                 )
                 ff.write(
-                    "#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool.\n"
+                    "#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool. Default: `FALSE`.\n"
                 )
                 ff.write("#'\n")
                 ff.write("#' @keywords {}\n".format(tbx))

PY2R/scripts/gis_analysis_distance.R

@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
 #' @param output Output raster file.
 #' @param size Buffer size.
 #' @param gridcells Optional flag to indicate that the 'size' threshold should be measured in grid cells instead of the default map units.
-#' @param wd Changes the working directory.
-#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages.
-#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.
-#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool.
+#' @param wd Changes the working directory. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_wd()` for details.
+#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_verbose()` for details.
+#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_compress_rasters()` for details.
+#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool. Default: `FALSE`.
 #'
 #' @keywords GISAnalysisDistanceTools
 #'
 #' @return Returns the tool text outputs.
 #' @export
-wbt_buffer_raster <- function(input, output, size, gridcells=FALSE, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=FALSE, compress_rasters=FALSE, command_only=FALSE) {
+wbt_buffer_raster <- function(input, output, size, gridcells=FALSE, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=NULL, compress_rasters=NULL, command_only=FALSE) {
   wbt_init()
   args <- ""
   args <- paste(args, paste0("--input=", wbt_file_path(input)))
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ wbt_buffer_raster <- function(input, output, size, gridcells=FALSE, wd=NULL, ver
 #' @param source Input source raster file.
 #' @param backlink Input backlink raster file generated by the cost-distance tool.
 #' @param output Output raster file.
-#' @param wd Changes the working directory.
-#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages.
-#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.
-#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool.
+#' @param wd Changes the working directory. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_wd()` for details.
+#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_verbose()` for details.
+#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_compress_rasters()` for details.
+#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool. Default: `FALSE`.
 #'
 #' @keywords GISAnalysisDistanceTools
 #'
 #' @return Returns the tool text outputs.
 #' @export
-wbt_cost_allocation <- function(source, backlink, output, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=FALSE, compress_rasters=FALSE, command_only=FALSE) {
+wbt_cost_allocation <- function(source, backlink, output, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=NULL, compress_rasters=NULL, command_only=FALSE) {
   wbt_init()
   args <- ""
   args <- paste(args, paste0("--source=", wbt_file_path(source)))
@@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ wbt_cost_allocation <- function(source, backlink, output, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=
 #' @param cost Input cost (friction) raster file.
 #' @param out_accum Output cost accumulation raster file.
 #' @param out_backlink Output backlink raster file.
-#' @param wd Changes the working directory.
-#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages.
-#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.
-#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool.
+#' @param wd Changes the working directory. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_wd()` for details.
+#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_verbose()` for details.
+#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_compress_rasters()` for details.
+#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool. Default: `FALSE`.
 #'
 #' @keywords GISAnalysisDistanceTools
 #'
 #' @return Returns the tool text outputs.
 #' @export
-wbt_cost_distance <- function(source, cost, out_accum, out_backlink, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=FALSE, compress_rasters=FALSE, command_only=FALSE) {
+wbt_cost_distance <- function(source, cost, out_accum, out_backlink, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=NULL, compress_rasters=NULL, command_only=FALSE) {
   wbt_init()
   args <- ""
   args <- paste(args, paste0("--source=", wbt_file_path(source)))
@@ -111,16 +111,16 @@ wbt_cost_distance <- function(source, cost, out_accum, out_backlink, wd=NULL, ve
 #' @param backlink Input backlink raster file generated by the cost-distance tool.
 #' @param output Output cost pathway raster file.
 #' @param zero_background Flag indicating whether zero values should be treated as a background.
-#' @param wd Changes the working directory.
-#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages.
-#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.
-#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool.
+#' @param wd Changes the working directory. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_wd()` for details.
+#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_verbose()` for details.
+#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_compress_rasters()` for details.
+#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool. Default: `FALSE`.
 #'
 #' @keywords GISAnalysisDistanceTools
 #'
 #' @return Returns the tool text outputs.
 #' @export
-wbt_cost_pathway <- function(destination, backlink, output, zero_background=FALSE, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=FALSE, compress_rasters=FALSE, command_only=FALSE) {
+wbt_cost_pathway <- function(destination, backlink, output, zero_background=FALSE, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=NULL, compress_rasters=NULL, command_only=FALSE) {
   wbt_init()
   args <- ""
   args <- paste(args, paste0("--destination=", wbt_file_path(destination)))
@@ -146,16 +146,16 @@ wbt_cost_pathway <- function(destination, backlink, output, zero_background=FALS
 #'
 #' @param input Input raster file.
 #' @param output Output raster file.
-#' @param wd Changes the working directory.
-#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages.
-#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.
-#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool.
+#' @param wd Changes the working directory. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_wd()` for details.
+#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_verbose()` for details.
+#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_compress_rasters()` for details.
+#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool. Default: `FALSE`.
 #'
 #' @keywords GISAnalysisDistanceTools
 #'
 #' @return Returns the tool text outputs.
 #' @export
-wbt_euclidean_allocation <- function(input, output, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=FALSE, compress_rasters=FALSE, command_only=FALSE) {
+wbt_euclidean_allocation <- function(input, output, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=NULL, compress_rasters=NULL, command_only=FALSE) {
   wbt_init()
   args <- ""
   args <- paste(args, paste0("--input=", wbt_file_path(input)))
@@ -177,16 +177,16 @@ wbt_euclidean_allocation <- function(input, output, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=FALSE,
 #'
 #' @param input Input raster file.
 #' @param output Output raster file.
-#' @param wd Changes the working directory.
-#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages.
-#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.
-#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool.
+#' @param wd Changes the working directory. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_wd()` for details.
+#' @param verbose_mode Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is `FALSE`, tools will not print output messages. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_verbose()` for details.
+#' @param compress_rasters Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters. Default: `NULL` will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see `wbt_compress_rasters()` for details.
+#' @param command_only Return command that would be executed by `system()` rather than running tool. Default: `FALSE`.
 #'
 #' @keywords GISAnalysisDistanceTools
 #'
 #' @return Returns the tool text outputs.
 #' @export
-wbt_euclidean_distance <- function(input, output, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=FALSE, compress_rasters=FALSE, command_only=FALSE) {
+wbt_euclidean_distance <- function(input, output, wd=NULL, verbose_mode=NULL, compress_rasters=NULL, command_only=FALSE) {
   wbt_init()
   args <- ""
   args <- paste(args, paste0("--input=", wbt_file_path(input)))