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bug #64067: "help properties" returns nothing

Submitter:  Rik <rik5>
Submitted:  Tue 18 Apr 2023 10:53:58 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Incorrect Result
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  rik5 Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * 8.2.0 Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  8.3.0 Planned Release:  8.3.0
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Tue 25 Apr 2023 04:49:53 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Fixed in this changeset (http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/88e7edd94e2e) by removing special character \x1d from comment line which indicates start of DOCSTRING entry.

Rik <rik5>
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Tue 18 Apr 2023 10:53:58 PM UTC, original submission:  

Example code:


help properties
'properties' is a built-in function from the file libinterp/octave-value/ov-classdef.cc



Octave knows where the function resides, but doesn't return any help text.  I tried copying the Texinfo from ov-classdef.cc into an m-file and using help on the m-file and that works.  Hence, it is not the Texinfo which is the cause of the problem.  I will note that get_help_text returns text for the "properties" keyword in classdef.


get_help_text ('properties')
ans =
@c ## @deftypefn {} {} properties
@c ## Begin a properties block in a classdef definition.
@c ## @end deftypefn


The confusion between the keyword documentation and the function documentation is probably at the root of the issue.
-verbatim-

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2023-04-25 rik5 StatusConfirmed Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        Releasedev 8.2.0
        Fixed ReleaseNone 8.3.0
        Planned ReleaseNone 8.3.0

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