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bug #49401: texinfo for help texts no longer covered in manual

Submitter:	Martin Kunz <mkunz>
Submitted:	Fri 21 Oct 2016 07:53:07 AM UTC


Category:	Documentation	Severity:	1 - Wish
Priority:	3 - Low	Item Group:	Feature Request
Status:	Confirmed	Assigned to:	None
Originator Name:	mkunz	Open/Closed: *	Open
Release: *	4.2.0	Operating System: *	Any
Fixed Release:	None	Planned Release:	None

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Tue 25 Oct 2016 05:49:05 PM UTC, comment #2: +1 I actually tried to back out Carne's cset (8d747185ae6b, Aug 17, 2016) but that didn't go cleanly. I got complaints about missing nodes, while they are clearly resent in the restored .txi files.	Philip Nienhuis <philipnienhuis>
Fri 21 Oct 2016 10:11:54 AM UTC, comment #1: I agree, documenting how a help text can be properly written is important and doesn't belong to the wiki (which as I understand is targeted to "tips and tricks"). Tagged this report as a wish, modified the title (to be factual), and marked this confirmed.	Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo>
Fri 21 Oct 2016 07:53:07 AM UTC, original submission: Between Octave 4.0.3 and 4.2.0-rc2 the section "Documentation Tips" (C.4) was removed from the manual. One result of this is that the texinfo capabilities of Octave's help() function are undocumented right now. For a longer explanation and a brief discussion see this thread on the help list. Is it possible to bring section C.4 back to the manual?	Martin Kunz <mkunz>

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Date	Changed by	Updated Field	Previous Value	Replaced by
2016-11-17	mtmiller	Priority	5 - Normal	3 - Low
		Release	4.2.0-rc2	4.2.0
		Operating System	Microsoft Windows	Any
2016-10-21	pantxo	Status	None	Confirmed
2016-10-21	pantxo	Severity	3 - Normal	1 - Wish
		Summary	texinfo for help texts no longer covered in manual - please bring it back!	texinfo for help texts no longer covered in manual

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