HELPDEVEL(nged)

Returns a list of available developer commands along with a one-line usage message for each. If a command is supplied as an argument, the one-line usage message for that command is returned.

πŸ“… published 7.44.0, from nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… HELPDEVEL(nged) β€” the developer-command cheat sheet bestie

okay so real talk, this is a page from the BRL-CAD User Commands manual and honestly? it's a little icon. it's helpdevel from the nged family and it exists purely to hand you the lore on developer commands ✨


✨ NAME ✨

helpdevel β€” literally returns a list of all the available developer commands, each with its own adorable one-line usage message. and if you pass a command in as an argument? it gives you the one-line usage message for that exact command. no cap πŸŽ€


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

helpdevel [command]

look at her. so simple. so powerful. 🫢


🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the whole vibe: helpdevel returns a list of available developer commands along with a one-line usage message for each one. that's it, that's the job πŸ’…

but wait β€” if a command is supplied as an argument, then the one-line usage message for that command is what gets returned. very "ask and you shall receive" of her, honestly πŸ‘‘

and if you're still hungry for more info about available commands, the help, helplib, ?, ?devel, and ?lib commands all provide additional information. squad goals fr fr 🌈

ngl, keep those five in your back pocket β€” help, helplib, ?, ?devel, ?lib. that's the whole friend group 🫢

πŸ”₯ EXAMPLES πŸ”₯

the example shows the use of the helpdevel command to display a one-line usage message for a specified developer command.

⭐ Example 1. Display a one-line usage message for a specified developer command.

mged> helpdevel winset
    Displays a one-line usage message for the winset command.

see how that worked? you asked about winset, she came back with the one-line usage message for the winset command. main character energy, honestly πŸ’€βœ¨


πŸ‘‘ AUTHOR πŸ‘‘

BRL-CAD Team β€” the icons behind all of this πŸŽ€


πŸ’€ BUG REPORTS πŸ’€

if something's busted or just giving you problems, reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org πŸ“§

please do tell them. they wanna know. they literally asked πŸ™ˆ


so yeah, that's helpdevel β€” short page, big slay πŸ’œ

this lil rewrite came to you courtesy of the BRL-CAD source (the nged manual, HELPDEVEL(nged)) β€” go off and read the real thing too, bestie 🌸

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