Re: doc won't work

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:

> 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
>> 
> 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
> 

I added a note to the wiki.

        
http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X#Simple_Installation_Instructions

Ben