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[project @ 1997-01-28 16:52:00 by jwe]
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1 This file last updated: Tue Dec 10 03:40:00 1996
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3 This directory contains the source for Octave, a high-level interactive
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4 language for solving numerical problems. See the files README.octave
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5 and Announce for more general information, and the file NEWS for a
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6 list of recent changes.
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8 Binary distributions:
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9 --------------------
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11 Binaries for several popular systems are distributed along with the
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12 source, and are available in subdirectories of /pub/octave/BINARIES.
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14 Note:
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16 * Binary distributions for Octave 2.0.x will be available when there
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17 is time to create them. We depend on volunteers to make binaries
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18 for most systems. If you would like to help out, please contact
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19 bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu.
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21 * Gnuplot binaries are *not* included. For the plotting commands to
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22 work, you will need to install gnuplot on your system. See the
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23 file INSTALL.octave in the top level directory of the distribution
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24 for more details.
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26 * Octave has been compiled assuming that you have `less' installed.
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27 You can use the environment variable PAGER to choose another pager.
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29 A note about .gz files:
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30 ----------------------
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32 Files with names ending in `.gz' have been compressed with `gzip'.
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34 Unlike the compress utility, gzip is free of any known software
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35 patents and tends to compress better anyway. Gzip can uncompress
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36 `compress'-compressed files too, so you can install it as "uncompress"
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37 and use it to handle both types of files.
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39 The gzip program is available in the directory /pub/gnu in shar, tar,
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40 or gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of
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41 gzip and want faster data transmission). It works on virtually every
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42 unix system, MSDOS, OS/2, and VMS.
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44 --
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45 John W. Eaton
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46 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu
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47 University of Wisconsin-Madison
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48 Department of Chemical Engineering