Octave Interactive Help Quick Introduction


(help -i means interactive Octave help:
octave:2> help -i
File: octave.info,  Node: Top,  Next: Preface,  Prev: (dir),  Up: (dir)

   This manual documents how to run, install and port Octave, as well as
its new features and incompatibilities, and how to report bugs.  It
corresponds to Octave version 1.1.0.

* Menu:

* Preface::
* Copying::
* Introduction::                A brief introduction to Octave.
* Invoking Octave::             Command options supported by Octave.
* Expressions::                 Expressions.
* Statements::                  Looping and program flow control.
* Functions and Scripts::
* Built-in Variables::          Descriptions of all built-in variables.
* Arithmetic::
* Linear Algebra::
* Polynomial Manipulations::
* Nonlinear Equations::
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Type "q" to quit, "C-h" for help.
{Remark: You can also use just the command help, but the subcommand "q" does not work right, but G,SPACE does.}

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