Re: dirac(x) and heaviside(x)

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

2010/12/7 Soren Hauberg <address@hidden>:
> tir, 07 12 2010 kl. 13:17 -0600, skrev Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso:
>> 2010/12/7 John W. Eaton <address@hidden>:

>> > Currently this just prints a special message for core Matlab
>> > functions.  Extending it for package functions would not be hard,
>> > but who maintains the list of functions?
>>
>> Soren, I guess?
>
> Oh, please don't put such things on my shoulders...

Sorry, I of course didn't mean to say that you should do it. I meant
to praise you because I thought you were already doing it, or your
scripts were.

> You might be able to download the list of functions from the
> Octave-Forge server form Octave. I mean, we could let
>
>  pkg -forge rehash
>
> (or something like that) download a list of packages, functions and
> missing-hooks from the Octave-Forge server. This command could be
> executed during Octave install (or when new Octave releases were
> made) to ensure some initial list.

I like this idea. It supposes internet connectivity, but that's a
reasonable assumption. The missing_function could then use this list
to suggest looking in a 'Forge package. Is this a way a patch should
go?

> Currently, we don't actually have the missing.html page. I recently
> sent a proposal for such a page to the maintainers list. I think I
> included the link you mention, but let me know if you think the text
> could be improved.

FWIW, your proposed text seem fine to me. It basically said exactly
what jwe thought it should say.

- Jordi G. H.