Re: doc won't work

[Alexander Hansen]

On 11/15/12 11:43 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> On Nov 15, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Robert Gragg wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 15, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> On Nov 15, 2012, at 9:40 AM, Robert Gragg wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just installed octave with OSX and am *very* happy with it.
>>>> However, though "help" works fine, "doc" produces things like this:
>>>>
>>>> octave-3.4.0:1> doc sin
>>>> info: Cannot find node `Top'.
>>>> info: Cannot find node `Top'.
>>>>
>>>> rather than anything useful.
>>>>
>>>> Any ides why?
>>>
>>> Where did you get your copy of Octave from?
>>>
>>> Ben
>>
>> Re where I got my copy of Octave:
>> I read a blog that said, "Octave Forge now packages Octave.app (and 
>> Gnuplot.app) into drag-and-drop installers."
>> Very easy.  I'm not using any package manager.
>>
>> Bob
> 
> Yes, it is easy, but doesn't work on MacOS 10.6 or higher without some 
> "tweaks".  Also the print() and doc() functions don't work.
> 
>       http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X#Installing_a_MacOS_X_Bundle
> 
> We presently don't have a reliable drag-n-drop installation that is fully 
> functional, but are working on one.
> 
>       http://wiki.octave.org/Create_a_MacOS_X_App_Bundle_Using_MacPorts
> 
> Using a package manager is recommended.
> 
>       http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X#Package_Managers
> 
> Ben
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For Fink's Octave setup (in case the question comes up later, too), the
doc() function requires installing the unversioned "octave" or
"octave-atlas" or "octave-ref" package.

Basically, almost anything that is used at run-time which doesn't have a
version somewhere in the file path goes there, including:

* the Info docs, and therefore the internal documentation system
* the "octave" executable

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
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