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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>
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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>
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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 Priority5 - Normal 3 - Low
        Release4.2.0-rc2 4.2.0
        Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Any
    2016-10-21 pantxo StatusNone Confirmed
    2016-10-21 pantxo Severity3 - Normal 1 - Wish
        Summarytexinfo 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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