--- a/scripts/general/linspace.m
+++ b/scripts/general/linspace.m
@@ -1,34 +1,36 @@
-# Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995 John W. Eaton
-# 
-# This file is part of Octave.
-# 
-# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
-# later version.
-# 
-# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-# for more details.
-# 
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
-# Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+## Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995 John W. Eaton
+## 
+## This file is part of Octave.
+## 
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+## Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+## later version.
+## 
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+## for more details.
+## 
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+## Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+## usage: linspace (x1, x2, n)
+##
+## Return a vector of n equally spaced points between x1 and x2
+## inclusive. 
+##
+## If the final argument is omitted, n = 100 is assumed.
+##
+## All three arguments must be scalars.
+##
+## See also: logspace
+
+## Author: jwe
 
 function retval = linspace (x1, x2, n)
 
-# usage: linspace (x1, x2, n)
-#
-# Return a vector of n equally spaced points between x1 and x2
-# inclusive. 
-#
-# If the final argument is omitted, n = 100 is assumed.
-#
-# All three arguments must be scalars.
-#
-# See also: logspace
-
   if (nargin == 2)
     npoints = 100;
   elseif (nargin == 3)
@@ -45,8 +47,8 @@
     error ("linspace: npoints must be greater than 2");
   endif
 
-# In some cases x1 + delta * (npoints - 1) will not be equal to x2, so
-# we cheat and force the last value to be x2.
+  ## In some cases x1 + delta * (npoints - 1) will not be equal to x2,
+  ## so we cheat and force the last value to be x2.
 
   if (length (x1) == 1 && length (x2) == 1)
     delta = (x2 - x1) / (npoints - 1);