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| 1 @c Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton | |
| 2 @c This is part of the Octave manual. | |
| 3 @c For copying conditions, see the file gpl.texi. | |
| 4 | |
| 5 @cindex manual, using this | |
| 6 @cindex using this manual | |
| 7 @cindex language, Octave | |
| 8 @cindex program, @code{octave} | |
| 9 @cindex Octave language | |
| 10 @cindex @code{octave} program | |
| 11 | |
| 12 @node Using this Manual, Introduction, Acknowledgements, Top | |
| 13 @chapter Using the Manual | |
| 14 | |
| 15 The term Octave refers to a particular program, and to the language you | |
| 16 use to tell this program what to do. When we need to be careful, we | |
| 17 call the program ``the @code{octave} interpreter'' and the language | |
| 18 ``the Octave language.'' The purpose of this manual is to explain both | |
| 19 the Octave language and how to run the @code{octave} interpreter. | |
| 20 | |
| 21 The term @dfn{Octave program} refers to a program written by you in | |
| 22 the Octave programming language. | |
| 23 | |
| 24 @xref{Introduction, ,Introduction}, for the bare essentials you need to | |
| 25 know to start using @code{octave}. | |
| 26 | |
| 27 @c XXX FIXME XXX -- need example program | |
| 28 @c | |
| 29 @c A sample Octave program has been provided for you (@pxref{Sample Program}). | |
| 30 | |
| 31 @c XXX FIXME XXX -- should we also have a glossary? | |
| 32 @c | |
| 33 @c If you find terms that you aren't familiar with, try looking them | |
| 34 @c up in the glossary (@pxref{Glossary}).@refill | |
| 35 | |
| 36 @c XXX FIXME XXX -- how about a language summary too? | |
| 37 @c | |
| 38 @c The entire Octave language is summarized for quick reference in | |
| 39 @c @xref{Octave Summary}. Look there if you just need | |
| 40 to refresh your memory about a particular feature. | |
| 41 | |
| 42 Most of the time complete Octave programs are used as examples, but in | |
| 43 some of the more advanced sections, only the part of the Octave program | |
| 44 that illustrates the concept being described is shown. | |
| 45 | |
| 46 @c XXX FIXME XXX -- should also explain typesetting conventions. | |
| 47 | |
| 48 @ifinfo | |
| 49 If you are reading this in GNU Emacs using Info, you can copy the regions | |
| 50 of text showing these sample files into your own test files. This way you | |
| 51 can try out the examples shown in the remainder of this document. You do | |
| 52 this by using the command @kbd{M-x write-region} to copy text from the Info | |
| 53 file into a file for use with @code{octave}. | |
| 54 @end ifinfo |