Re: Matlab euphemisms in manual

[Ben Abbott]

On Jan 8, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:

> 2011/1/8 John W. Eaton <address@hidden>:
>> On  8-Jan-2011, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
>> 
>> | The manual has a few Matlab euphemisms like "alternative products to
>> | Octave" in the A.2 appendix. I find euphemisms a little silly, as if
>> | we were talking about Lord Voldemort or something. Can we remove them?
>> 
>> Yes, but it is not necessary to replace each of these with "Matlab".
>> Instead, each instance should be examined to decide whether it is even
>> needed to mention Matlab at all.  I would say we only need to do that
>> when discussing compatibility issues.
> 
> I think the cases I replaced were necessary in order to mention MATLAB
> compatibility  (in allcaps, like the other times it's mentioned in the
> manual). Patch attached. Or do you prefer it in the patch tracker?
> I'll upload it there in a few days if it looks like it got lost in the
> mailing list.
> 
> - Jordi G. H.
> <doc.patch>

In other examples, the small caps macro is used.

        @sc{matlab}

Ben