Re: small query

[Etienne Grossmann]

  Hello,

do 'help -i', it will open the 'info' documentation for octave in your
terminal (tip: type 'q' to quit the help program, '/' or C-s to search
a word, '?' or C-h to get some help).

the 'help' command can also document functions. For example,

octave:3> help eig
eig is a built-in function

 - Loadable Function: LAMBDA = eig (A)
 - Loadable Function: [V, LAMBDA] = eig (A)
     The eigenvalues (and eigenvectors) of a matrix are computed in a several
     step process which begins with a Hessenberg decomposition, followed by a
     Schur decomposition, from which the eigenvalues are apparent.  The
     eigenvectors, when desired, are computed by further manipulations of the
     Schur decomposition.

  Hth,

  Etienne

On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 10:35:41AM -0500, Purna Chandra wrote:
# 
# hi,
#     how can i configure help file into the GNU Octave environment or to =
# say how can i document help into the GNU Octave environment....
#   example
#   when i give "help octave" at the command prompt i am getting an error =
# message
#    help: sorry, 'octave' is not documented
#    regards,
#   purna.
# 
# 

-- 
Etienne Grossmann ------ http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/~etienne



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