function [s,r] = medit(varargin)
  % MEDIT wrapper to launch medit to visualize a given tetmesh
  %
  % [s,r] = medit(V,T,F)
  % [s,r] = medit(V,T,F,'ParameterName',ParameterValue)
  %
  % Inputs:
  %   V  #V by 3 list of vertex positions
  %   T  #T by 4|5 list of tetrahedron findices (additional column is color
  %     index)
  %   F  #F by 3|4 list of face indices (additional column is color index)
  %   Optional:
  %     'Wait'  followed by boolean whether to wait for completion {true}
  %     'Data'  followed by #V|#F+#T data values {[]}
  %     'Subplot' follwed by [x y i] defining subplot window (see subplot)
  %     'Edges' follwed by E list of edges to write along with mesh (see
  %       writeMESH)
  %     'Palette'  followed by list (up to 5) iso values
  % Outputs:
  %   s,r  result of system call
  %
  % Example:
  %   % tet mesh in (V,T), per-tet data in D
  %   [F,J] = boundary_faces(T);
  %   % Display data at tets and also on boundary facets
  %   medit(V,T,F,'Data',[D(J);D])
  %
  % See also: tetramesh
  %

  V = varargin{1};
  T = varargin{2};
  if nargin<3
    F = [];
  else
    F = varargin{3};
  end
  wait = true;
  D = [];
  E = [];
  subp = [];
  palette = [];

  ii = 4;
  while(ii<=nargin)
    switch varargin{ii}
    case 'Wait'
      ii = ii + 1;
      assert(ii<=nargin);
      wait = varargin{ii};
    case 'Data'
      ii = ii + 1;
      assert(ii<=nargin);
      D = varargin{ii};
    case 'Edges'
      ii = ii + 1;
      assert(ii<=nargin);
      E = varargin{ii};
    case 'Subplot'
      ii = ii + 1;
      assert(ii<=nargin);
      subp = varargin{ii};
    case 'Palette'
      ii = ii + 1;
      assert(ii<=nargin);
      palette = varargin{ii};
    otherwise
      error(['Unsupported parameter: ' varargin{ii}]);
    end
    ii = ii+1;
  end

  assert(numel(palette)<=5);

  if ~exist('wait','var')
    wait = true;
  end

  % Change these paths accordingly
  MEDIT_PATH = path_to_medit;
  TEMP_MESH_FILE  = '/var/tmp/temp.mesh';
  TEMP_MEDIT_FILE = '/var/tmp/temp.medit';
  TEMP_BB_FILE = '/var/tmp/temp.bb';

  % write default medit options
  f = fopen(TEMP_MEDIT_FILE,'w');
  fprintf(f, [...
    'BackgroundColor 1 1 1\n' ...
    'LineColor 0 0 0\n']);
  if size(F,2) > 3 || size(T,2) > 4
    fprintf(f,['NbMaterials\n']);
    %% collect indices
    %I = [F(:,3:end);T(:,4:end)];
    %count = max(I) - min(I);
    %fprintf(f,'%d\n',count);
    fprintf(f,'RenderMode colorshadinglines\n');
  else
    fprintf(f,'RenderMode shading + lines\n');
  end

  if isempty(subp)
    fprintf(f,'WindowSize 1024 800\n');
  else
    ss = get(0,'ScreenSize');
    w = ss(3)/subp(2);
    h = ss(4)/subp(1);
    [i j] = ind2sub(subp(1:2),subp(3));
    j = (j-1)*w;
    i = (i-1)*h;
    fprintf(f,'WindowSize %d %d\n',round(w),round(h));
    fprintf(f,'WindowPosition %d %d\n',round(j),round(i));
  end

  if ~isempty(palette)
    fprintf(f,'Palette');
    fprintf(f,' %g',palette(:));
    fprintf(f,'\n');
  end


  fclose(f);

  % write bb file
  if isempty(D)
    if exist(TEMP_BB_FILE,'file')
      delete(TEMP_BB_FILE);
    end
  else
    switch size(D,1)
    case size(F,1)
      warning('Appending junk for tet data since medit needs it.');
      D = [D;mean(D)*ones(size(T,1),1)];
      type = 1;
    case size(T,1)
      if size(F,1) == 0
        allF = [ ...
          T(:,2) T(:,4) T(:,3); ...
          T(:,1) T(:,3) T(:,4); ...
          T(:,1) T(:,4) T(:,2); ...
          T(:,1) T(:,2) T(:,3); ...
          ];
        [I,C] = on_boundary(T);
        DF = repmat(D,4,1);
        F = allF(C(:),:);
        DF = DF(C(:),:);
        D = [DF;D];
      else
        warning('Appending junk for face data since medit needs it.');
        D = [mean(D)*ones(size(F,1),1);D];
      end
      type = 1;
    case size(V,1)
      type = 2;
    case size(F,1)+size(T,1)
      type = 1;
    otherwise
      error('size(Data,1) %d should be == size(V,1) (%d) or size(T,1) + size(F,1) (%d + %d = %d)',size(D,1),size(V,1),size(T,1),size(F,1),size(T,1)+size(F,1));
    end
    writeBB(TEMP_BB_FILE,D,type);
  end

  % write temporary mesh
  writeMESH(TEMP_MESH_FILE,V,T,F,E);

  command = [MEDIT_PATH ' ' TEMP_MESH_FILE ' ' TEMP_MEDIT_FILE];
  command
  if ~wait
    command = [command ' &'];
  end
  [s,r] = system(command);
  if(s ~= 0)
      error(r);
  end
end