[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49373] Visual documentation for all plot/image functions

[Rik]

URL:
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                 Summary: Visual documentation for all plot/image functions
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rik5
            Submitted on: Mon 17 Oct 2016 08:41:07 AM PDT
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: Confirmed
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

It would be very helpful if every plot/image function had at least one
accompanying image to demonstrate what the function actually does.

In English, we say "A picture is worth a thousand words".  And it is true that
it is often very difficult to document in text the output of a function, but
quite easy to show it.

As an example, the text for the jet colormap is.


This colormap ranges from dark blue through blue, cyan, green, yellow, red, to
dark red.


I'm not sure what that would look like, but the image from


rgbplot (jet, "composite")


is quite clear.






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