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3 title: Support
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7 If you need help using Octave, you have many options, from reading
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8 the Octave manual, asking for help on the mailing lists, chatting
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9 online with other Octave users, or paying for [commercial support][1].
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11 The Octave community is a loosely organized association of
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12 volunteers. Your interactions with the community will be better
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13 if you have the [right expectations about the support options][2]
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14 available to you.
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16 [1]: {{ "commercial-support.html" | relative_url }}
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20 # Reference Manual
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22 There is an [online HTML][3] and [PDF][4] version of the comprehensive
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23 ~800 page manual. This full documentation of Octave is generated directly
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24 from the Texinfo source files that are distributed along with every copy of
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25 the Octave source code. The complete text of the manual is also available
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26 at the Octave prompt using the `doc` command.
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28 A printed version of the Octave manual may be ordered from
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29 [Network Theory, Ltd.][5]. Any money raised from the sale of this book
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30 will support the development of free software. For each copy sold $1
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31 will be donated to the GNU Octave Development Fund.
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33 [3]: {{site.docs_url}}
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34 [4]: http://www.octave.org/octave.pdf
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35 [5]: http://www.network-theory.co.uk/octave/manual
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38 # Octave Wiki and FAQ
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40 The [Octave Wiki][6] is a great place to look for information about
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41 things that are not covered in the manual, or other transient topics
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42 (Google Summer of Code, Octave Conferences, etc.).
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44 Additionally, the wiki contains a list of
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45 [frequently asked questions (FAQ)][7]
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47 [6]: http://wiki.octave.org
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48 [7]: http://wiki.octave.org/FAQ
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51 # Contacting the user community
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53 - **Mailing List**:
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54 If your question isn't answered in the FAQ, the manual, or the Wiki,
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55 the [`help@octave.org`][8] mailing list is a good resource.
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57 You can also [subscribe][9] to `help@octave.org` or try to search in the
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58 mailing list archive for an answer:
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59 <form action="http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp">
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60 <input type="hidden" name="macro" value="search_page" />
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61 <input type="hidden" name="node" value="1599825" />
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64 <option value="0" selected>all dates</option>
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65 <option value="1">past 24 hours</option>
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66 <option value="7">past week</option>
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67 <option value="30">past month</option>
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68 <option value="90">past 3 months</option>
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69 <option value="180">past 6 months</option>
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70 <option value="365">past year</option>
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71 </select>
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72 <input type="submit" value="Search" />
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73 </form>
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75 - **IRC Chat**:
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76 Too impatient for email? You can find Octave developers and users on the
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77 [`#octave` channel][10] at [`irc.freenode.net`][11].
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78 The atmosphere is relaxed and chat isn't restricted to matters strictly
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79 pertaining to Octave.
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81 [8]: mailto:help@octave.org
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82 [9]: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-octave
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83 [10]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=octave&amp;uio=MT1mYWxzZSYyPXRydWUmMTI9dHJ1ZQda
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84 [11]: http://freenode.net