EDITIT(nged)

💖 EDITIT(nged) — open a file in an external text editor 💖

okay so welcome to the EDITIT(nged) page, bestie — this is from the BRL-CAD User Commands manual, and it's literally the open this file in my external text editor command. No cap. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

editit — open a file in an external text editor. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

editit [opts] <filename>
editit -f <file>
editit -e <editstring> <filename>

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

editit opens a file in an external text editor. Which editor? It's determined by the current environment — typically the EDITOR environment variable, or a system default. That's the whole vibe check. ✨

You can name the file to edit as a positional argument, or hand it over with the -f option. But heads up: only one file specification is allowed per invocation. One file at a time, periodt. 💀

🎀 Options 🎀

• -f file — specify the file to edit. Equivalent to providing filename as a positional argument. Same energy, different spelling. 💖
• -e editstring — specify an edit string to pass to the editor. This one is deprecated; prefer specifying the editor via the environment instead. 🫶

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

Example 1. Open a file in the editor

mged> editit /tmp/myconfig.tcl

This pops /tmp/myconfig.tcl open in the system's default text editor. Slay. ✨

Example 2. Use the -f flag

mged> editit -f /tmp/notes.txt

This opens /tmp/notes.txt using the -f flag form. Iconic. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• saveview(nged)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

BRL-CAD Team. 💜

💌 BUG REPORTS 💌

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org. Fr fr, they want to hear about it. 🫶

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byeee bestie — this was EDITIT(nged) from BRL-CAD, and that's the cute little footer sign-off. 💖🎀🦋