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diff doc/interpreter/intro.txi @ 11565:21c3e1370b82
implement --list option for help function
| author | John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> |
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| date | Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:05:07 -0500 |
| parents | e1851653d59c |
| children | 6f8ffe2c6f76 |
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--- a/doc/interpreter/intro.txi +++ b/doc/interpreter/intro.txi @@ -385,11 +385,11 @@ In order to get good help you first need to know the name of the command that you want to use. This name of the function may not always be -obvious, but a good place to start is to just type @code{help}. -This will show you all the operators, reserved words, functions, -built-in variables, and function files. An alternative is to search the -documentation using the @code{lookfor} function. This function is -described in @ref{Getting Help}. +obvious, but a good place to start is to just type @code{help --list}. +This will show you all the operators, keywords, built-in functions, +and loadable functions available in the current session of Octave. An +alternative is to search the documentation using the @code{lookfor} +function. This function is described in @ref{Getting Help}. Once you know the name of the function you wish to use, you can get more help on the function by simply including the name as an argument to help.