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+% Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
+% This is part of the Octave manual.
+% For copying conditions, see the file gpl.texi.
+
+\input texinfo  @c -*-texinfo-*-
+@setfilename liboctave.info
+
+@c @smallbook
+@c @setchapternewpage odd
+@c @cropmarks
+@c @finalout
+
+@c Smaller amounts of whitespace for the 8.5 by 11 inch format.
+@tex
+\global\chapheadingskip = 15pt plus 4pt minus 2pt
+\global\secheadingskip = 12pt plus 3pt minus 2pt
+\global\subsecheadingskip = 9pt plus 2pt minus 2pt
+\global\parskip 6pt plus 1pt
+@end tex
+
+@iftex
+@set DONTINCLUDEGPL
+@end iftex
+
+@defindex op
+
+@c xt@include conf.texi
+
+@settitle Octave C++ Classes
+
+@ifinfo
+
+Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton.
+
+Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
+this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
+are preserved on all copies.
+
+@ignore
+Permission is granted to process this file through Tex and print the
+results, provided the printed document carries copying permission
+notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
+(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual).
+
+@end ignore
+Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of
+this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that
+the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of
+a permission notice identical to this one.
+
+Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
+manual into another language, under the above conditions for
+modified versions.
+@end ifinfo
+
+@titlepage
+@title{Octave C++ Classes}
+@subtitle{Edition 1.0 for Octave version @value{VERSION}}
+@subtitle{September 1993}
+@author{John W. Eaton}
+@page
+@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996 John W. Eaton.
+
+This is the first edition of the documentation for Octave's C++ classes,
+and is consistent with version @value{VERSION} of Octave.
+
+Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
+this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
+are preserved on all copies.
+
+Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
+manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
+resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
+notice identical to this one.
+
+Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
+into another language, under the same conditions as for modified versions.
+@end titlepage
+
+@ifinfo
+@node Top, Acknowledgements, (dir), (dir)
+@top
+
+This manual documents how to use, install and port Octave's C++ class
+library, and how to report bugs.  It corresponds to Octave version
+@value{VERSION}.
+@end ifinfo
+
+@c ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@menu
+* Acknowledgements::            
+* Copying::                     
+* Introduction::                
+* Arrays::                      
+* Matrix and Vector @var{Operations}::  
+* Matrix Factorizations::       
+* Ranges::                      
+* Nonlinear Functions::         
+* Objective Functions::         
+* Quadrature::                  
+* Ordinary Differential Equations::  
+* Installation::                
+* Bugs::                        
+* Concept Index::               
+* Function Index::              
+
+ --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
+
+Acknowledgements
+
+* Contributors::                People who contributed to developing of Octave.
+
+Arrays
+
+* Constructors and Assignment::  
+@end menu
+
+@include preface.texi
+@include gpl.texi
+@include intro.texi
+@include array.texi
+@include matvec.texi
+@include factor.texi
+@include range.texi
+@include nleqn.texi
+@include optim.texi
+@include quad.texi
+@include diffeq.texi
+@include error.texi
+@include install.texi
+@include bugs.texi
+@include cp-idx.texi
+@include fn-idx.texi
+
+@contents
+
+@bye