I'll close this report since this particular issue is solved, although there are definitely remaining issues.  In particular, see bug #61521.

hxxps://www.m*thw*rks.com/help/matlab/matlab_oop/methods-in-separate-files.html

> Class Folders
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> You can define class methods in files that are separate from the class definition file, with certain exceptions

(I know their docs don't define our behaviour but one reasonable goal is to be able to write classdef code that works on both Octave and M*tl*b.

I can't tell what the original situation is either.  It may be that pyobject is a classdef m-file within an old-style class directory @pyobject which also contains old style functions such as @pyobject/display.m.

Mixing old and new class syntax seems like a very bad idea if that is indeed the case.

Let's see if there is a response in the next few days, and otherwise close this report.

Lots of work has recently been done on the function get_help_text() in preparation for the 9.1 release of Octave. Is this bug still present?

It's still true that calling 'help myclass' makes 'help @myclass/method' not work, unless it has already been called before. However, the alternate syntax 'help myclass.method' works universally now, so that's a useful workaround.

It's not clear to me whether the '@myclass/method' form should only work for methods actually defined in a subdirectory, or should it also work for methods defined and documented inline in the classdef block?

`help` interacts badly with classdef-style classes.  After I do `help classname`, I cannot access the help of any methods (except ones I accessed before `help classname`.

>> help pyobject
error: help: 'pyobject' is not documented
>> help @pyobject/display
error: help: '@pyobject/display' is not documented
>> help @pyobject/dummy
error: help: '@pyobject/dummy' is not documented

("@pyobject/dummy" is documented).

But if I restart Octave and try the commands in a different order:

>> help @pyobject/display
'@pyobject/display' is a function from the file /home/cbm/src/pytave.hg.mine/@pyobject/display.m

 -- Method on @pyobject: display (X)
     Custom display for pyobjects.

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>> help pyobject
error: help: 'pyobject' is not documented
>> help @pyobject/dummy
error: help: '@pyobject/dummy' is not documented