CARMETAL(1)

📦 version 4.3, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🌸 CARMETAL(1) — the manual page, bestie edition 🌸

okay so welcome to the General Commands Manual, section 1, filed under CARMETAL(1). sit down, grab a boba, we're doing geometry 💖

✨ NAME ✨

carmetal — dynamic geometry software 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

carmetal [file.zir[z]]

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. optionally hand it a file. slay.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so this manual page is just a lil quick rundown of the carmetal command, no cap — it documents it briefly because that's what it's here for.

real talk though: this page was written for the Debian distribution specifically, because the original program literally doesn't have a manual page. not me having to write the docs myself 😭

carmetal is a dinamical geometry software written in Java. 💜

here's the cute part: you do your ruler-and-compass constructions, and then you can just drag one of the basic construction points and everything moves. the construction follows immediately. no rebuild, no refresh, no waiting. it's giving magic, honestly. ✨ and the student can check whether their construction is actually correct and gain new insight from it. iconic.

carmetal also allows exercices generations (jobs) automaticly checked with html export, plus html diaporama generations. yes queen, automated grading and slideshows. 👑

and it does not stop at classical constructions, bestie:

  • Arithmetic computations, numerical solutions, curves and functions all go beyond classical constructions.
  • It is even possible to construct in 3D using advanced macros. 🔥
  • Other geometries — hyperbolic or elliptic — can be explored too.

like. the range. the versatility. we're obsessed. 🌈

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

this manual page was written by Yves Combe yves@ycombe.net for the Debian system (but it may be used by others, we're not gatekeeping 💖).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

📌 heads up: on Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

okay that's the whole page, ily, go build some triangles 🧚💜

sign-off: this was page CARMETAL(1) from the General Commands Manual — section 1, general commands, exactly where a command-line bestie belongs. periodt. 💅⭐

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