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new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/WWW/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +<!doctype html public "-//IETF//DTD HTML Strict//EN"> +<html> +<head> +<title> Octave -- a high-level language for numerical computations </title> +</head> + +<body> +<hr> +<h1>Octave</h1> +<hr> + +<p> +Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical +computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for +solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically. +</p> + +<h3>Source and Binaries</h3> +<p> +Octave source and binaries are available by anonymous ftp from +<a href="ftp://www.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave">ftp://www.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave</a>. +</p> + +<p> +Source and binaries for a port of Octave to OS/2 are available from +several sites, including: +</p> +<ul> + <li><a href="ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/comp/os/os2/math">ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/comp/os/os2/math</a> + <li><a href="wcarchive.cdrom.com/pub/os2/incoming">wcarchive.cdrom.com/pub/os2/incoming</a> + <li><a href="hobbes.nmsu.edu/incoming">hobbes.nmsu.edu/incoming</a> +</ul> + +<h3>Documentation</h3> +<p> +To get started, there is a +<a href="readme.html">brief introduction</a>, and also the +<a href="preface.html">preface</a> to the manual. For more +detailed information, you can browse the +<a href="http://www.che.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/info2www?(octave)">complete +documentation</a>, which has been converted to HTML directly from the +installed info files with +<a href="http://www.che.wisc.edu/info2www.html">info2www</a>. +</p> + +<p> +If you still have questions, there is always the +<a href="http://www.che.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/info2www?(octave-faq)Top"> +FAQ</a> (with answers). +</p> + +<h3>Mailing Lists</h3> +<p> +There are two active mailing lists devoted to Octave. The +<em>help-octave</em> mailing list is available for questions related +to using, installing, and porting Octave that are not adequately +answered by the Octave manual or by the FAQ. The <em>bug-octave</em> +list is used for reporting bugs. An archive of postings to both lists +are available <a href="mailing-lists">here</a>. +</p> + +<h3>Contributed Functions</h3> +<p> +An archive of contributed functions for Octave is available from +<a href="http://www.tsc.uvigo.es/GTS/Octave/oct_arch.html">http://www.tsc.uvigo.es/GTS/Octave/oct_arch.html</a>. +</p> + +<p> +<a href="http://www.che.wisc.edu/~jwe">John W. Eaton</a><br> +<a href="mailto:jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu"><i>jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu</i></a><br> +University of Wisconsin<br> +Department of Chemical Engineering<br> +Madison WI 53719 +</body> +</html>