TED(nged)

Places the parameters of the currently edited primitive shape into a file, then starts a text editor for the user to modify the parameters.

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💅 TED — bestie edition

okay so this is the ted page from the nged manual (that's the BRL-CAD MGED command set, iykyk), and it's literally about letting you hand-edit a shape's numbers in your fave text editor. let's get into it ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

ted — takes all the parameters of the primitive shape you're currently editing, drops them into a file, then opens up a text editor so you can go in and change those parameters yourself. main character energy fr fr 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ted [] []

that's it. that's the whole mood. 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea: ted scoops up the parameters of the primitive shape you're currently editing and puts them into a file. then it launches a text editor so you can vibe-check those parameters and rewrite them however you want. 😭✨

which editor does it use? whatever you've got set in the environment variable EDITOR. that's the one. no cap.

🙈 and if EDITOR isn't set at all? it falls back to /bin/ed. yes, that ed. ancient. iconic. slightly terrifying. you've been warned bestie 💀

big important heads-up: MGED has got to be in primitive edit mode before you run this. like, this command does not work outside of that. not optional. periodt. ⭐

also fyi, if you're trying to do the same kind of thing but for combinations instead of primitives — that's red's whole job. it performs a similar function. different command, same vibe. 🦋

🌸 EXAMPLES 🌸

this example shows you using ted to yeet the parameters of a currently edited primitive shape into a file, then start up a text editor so you can modify them. 🎀

Example 1. Use a text editor to modify a currently edited shape.

mged>ted

Starts a text editor to modify a currently edited shape. slay. 🔥

👑 AUTHOR 👑

BRL-CAD Team 💜

🐛 BUG REPORTS 🐛

found a bug? something acting sus? reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org. they wanna hear it, fr fr. 📬

okay that's the whole page, you ate that 💅 this was the BRL-CAD version of the TED(nged) man page — go forth and edit those primitives, bestie 🌈✨

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