changeset 3063:2075796e217d octave-forge

Remove builtin constants that were replaced with functions
author adb014
date Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:07:36 +0000
parents f991c9c73fdf
children 71429064a72b
files language/base/help/octave/INFO_FILE language/base/help/octave/INFO_PROGRAM language/base/help/octave/MAKEINFO_PROGRAM language/base/help/octave/i language/base/help/octave/inf language/base/help/octave/j language/base/help/octave/nan
diffstat 7 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/language/base/help/octave/INFO_FILE	Tue Feb 06 10:02:25 2007 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
--*- texinfo -*-
-@defvr {Built-in Variable} INFO_FILE
-The variable @code{INFO_FILE} names the location of the Octave info file.
-The default value is @code{"@var{octave-home}/info/octave.info"}, in
-which @var{octave-home} is the directory where all of Octave is installed.
-@end defvr
--- a/language/base/help/octave/INFO_PROGRAM	Tue Feb 06 10:02:25 2007 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
--*- texinfo -*-
-@defvr {Built-in Variable} INFO_PROGRAM
-The variable @code{INFO_PROGRAM} names the info program to run.  Its
-default initial value is
-@code{"@var{octave-home}/libexec/octave/@var{version}/exec/@var{arch}/info"}
-in which @var{octave-home} is the directory where all of Octave is
-installed, @var{version} is the Octave version number, and @var{arch}
-is the system type (for example, @code{i686-pc-linux-gnu}).  The
-default initial value may be overridden by the environment variable
-@code{OCTAVE_INFO_PROGRAM}, or the command line argument
-@code{--info-program NAME}, or by setting the value of
-@code{INFO_PROGRAM} in a startup script
-@end defvr
--- a/language/base/help/octave/MAKEINFO_PROGRAM	Tue Feb 06 10:02:25 2007 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
--*- texinfo -*-
-@defvr {Built-in Variable} MAKEINFO_PROGRAM
-The variable @code{MAKEINFO_PROGRAM} names the makeinfo program that
-Octave runs to format help text that contains Texinfo markup commands.
-Its default initial value is @code{"makeinfo"}.
-@end defvr
--- a/language/base/help/octave/i	Tue Feb 06 10:02:25 2007 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
--*- texinfo -*-
-@defvr {Built-in Constant} I
-@defvrx {Built-in Constant} J
-@defvrx {Built-in Constant} i
-@defvrx {Built-in Constant} j
-A pure imaginary number, defined as
-@iftex
-@tex
-  $\sqrt{-1}$.
-@end tex
-@end iftex
-@ifinfo
-  @code{sqrt (-1)}.
-@end ifinfo
-These built-in variables behave like functions so you can use the names
-for other purposes.  If you use them as variables and assign values to
-them and then clear them, they once again assume their special predefined
-values @xref{Status of Variables}.
-@end defvr
--- a/language/base/help/octave/inf	Tue Feb 06 10:02:25 2007 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
--*- texinfo -*-
-@defvr {Built-in Constant} Inf
-@defvrx {Built-in Constant} inf
-Infinity.  This is the result of an operation like 1/0, or an operation
-that results in a floating point overflow.
-@end defvr
--- a/language/base/help/octave/j	Tue Feb 06 10:02:25 2007 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
--*- texinfo -*-
-@defvr {Built-in Constant} I
-@defvrx {Built-in Constant} J
-@defvrx {Built-in Constant} i
-@defvrx {Built-in Constant} j
-A pure imaginary number, defined as
-@iftex
-@tex
-  $\sqrt{-1}$.
-@end tex
-@end iftex
-@ifinfo
-  @code{sqrt (-1)}.
-@end ifinfo
-These built-in variables behave like functions so you can use the names
-for other purposes.  If you use them as variables and assign values to
-them and then clear them, they once again assume their special predefined
-values @xref{Status of Variables}.
-@end defvr
--- a/language/base/help/octave/nan	Tue Feb 06 10:02:25 2007 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
--*- texinfo -*-
-@defvr {Built-in Constant} NaN
-@defvrx {Built-in Constant} nan
-Not a number.  This is the result of an operation like
-@iftex
-@tex
-$0/0$, or $\infty - \infty$,
-@end tex
-@end iftex
-@ifinfo
-0/0, or @samp{Inf - Inf},
-@end ifinfo
-or any operation with a NaN.
-
-Note that NaN always compares not equal to NaN.  This behavior is
-specified by the IEEE standard for floating point arithmetic.  To
-find NaN values, you must use the @code{isnan} function.
-@end defvr