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Add function compare_versions to documentation. Update docstrings for surrounding functions in manual.
author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
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1 This directory contains the source for Octave, a high-level interactive
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2 language for solving numerical problems. See the file README for more general
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3 information, and the file NEWS for a list of recent changes.
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5 Binary distributions:
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8 Octave binaries are not distributed from this site.
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10 Packaged versions of Octave for various GNU/Linux systems are available
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11 with the major GNU/Linux distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, SUSE, etc.).
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13 Binary distributions of Octave for Mac OS X are available from both Fink
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14 and MacPorts.
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19 The file README.Windows provides instructions for installing Octave on
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20 Windows systems.
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22 A note about .gz files:
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25 Files with names ending in `.gz' have been compressed with `gzip'.
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27 Unlike the compress utility, gzip is free of any known software
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28 patents and tends to compress better anyway. Gzip can uncompress
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29 `compress'-compressed files too, so you can install it as "uncompress"
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30 and use it to handle both types of files.
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32 The gzip program is available in the directory /pub/gnu in shar, tar,
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33 or gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of
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34 gzip and want faster data transmission). It works on virtually every
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38 Last updated: Thu Jan 20 10:14:49 PST 2011