Re: [changeset] don't remove whitespace within @example in docstrings

[David Bateman]

Thorsten Meyer wrote:
> Thorsten Meyer wrote:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > during the build process of octave, the documentation strings within the .m 
> > files are extracted by
> > the script scripts/mkdoc. This scripts also removes white space before 
> > @-commands at the beginning
> > of lines. The script also removes white space before @result{}, which distorts 
> > the display of the
> > @examples in the documentations strings.
> >
> > Included, you will find a changeset that fixes mkdoc, such that it no longer 
> > eats white space
> > within @example environments.
> >     
> Oops, I forgot the attachement. Here it is. And thanks for the hint, Shai.
>
> Thorsten
>   
Doesn't this patch mean that the build process depends on PERL. Whereas 
at the moment the dependency on PERL is fairly weak.. Is that a good idea?

Regards
David

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