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Re: Contributing to Octave help function.
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: Contributing to Octave help function. |
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Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:43:18 -0400 |
On Jul 21, 2012, at 3:19 AM, Sergey Dudoladov wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Michael D Godfrey <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 07/19/2012 09:02 AM, Sergey Dudoladov wrote:
>> Any feedback is welcome. In particular, I have two questions
>> 1) Is it possible to do it using m-scripts only? I currently don't know C
>> or C++.
> help is an m file, so that is a place to start. In Octave type which help.
>
>> 2) Is there any detailed description of a code contribution workflow (
>> besides contributors guide ) I can follow ?
> Here is a start:
> To report a new bug go to
>
> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=octave
>
>
> If you have a patch to fix it, you should create a changeset. See
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Basics-of-Generating-a-Changeset.html#Basics-of-Generating-a-Changeset
>
>
>
> It is a good idea to enter this as a bug. This way it will get attention.
> Most (but not all) incompatibilities
> with Matlab can be considered as bugs.
>
>
>> I interested in things like "When and how often to build sources ?",
>> "What things should be changed in configuration files when I change a
>> function?" etc.
> Octave is under quite active development. You will get the idea soon. Look
> around the Octave web page
> and wiki.
>
> Thanks for your interest.
> mdg
>
>
>
> I've just had a look at help.m file. It can list all operators, functions
> and keywords with the command "help --list"
> However, the output of this command is rather big.
>
> I suggest I add four more options, namely --operators , --keywords,
> --builtins and --functions, abbreviated as -o, -k , -b and -f
> respectively. For instance, invoking "help -k" or "help --keywords" will
> show keywords in the format similar to "help --list" I will also give
> "help --list" its own shortcut "help -l"
>
> Any comments before I start coding ?
For abbreviations, please allow any incomplete but unique options. For
example, "-o", "-op", "-operat", etc. There is more than one way to do that,
but I tend to favor the using the function strncmpi().
Ben
- Contributing to Octave help function., Sergey Dudoladov, 2012/07/19
- Re: Contributing to Octave help function., Ben Abbott, 2012/07/19
- Re: Contributing to Octave help function., Michael D Godfrey, 2012/07/19
- Re: Contributing to Octave help function., Sergey Dudoladov, 2012/07/21
- Re: Contributing to Octave help function., Michael D Godfrey, 2012/07/21
- Re: Contributing to Octave help function.,
Ben Abbott <=
- Re: Contributing to Octave help function., Sergey Dudoladov, 2012/07/23
- Re: Contributing to Octave help function., Ben Abbott, 2012/07/23
- Re: Contributing to Octave help function., Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso, 2012/07/23
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- Fwd: Contributing to Octave help function., Sergey Dudoladov, 2012/07/26
- Re: Contributing to Octave help function., Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso, 2012/07/26
- Re: Contributing to Octave help function., Sergey Dudoladov, 2012/07/28