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maint: Periodic merge of stable to gui-release.
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1 ## Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Søren Hauberg
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2 ##
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3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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4 ##
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5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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8 ## your option) any later version.
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9 ##
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10 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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11 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 ## General Public License for more details.
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14 ##
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15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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17 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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18
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19 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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20 ## @deftypefn {Command} {} help @var{name}
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21 ## @deftypefnx {Command} {} help @code{--list}
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22 ## @deftypefnx {Command} {} help @code{.}
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23 ## Display the help text for @var{name}. For example, the command
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24 ## @kbd{help help} prints a short message describing the @code{help}
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25 ## command.
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26 ##
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27 ## Given the single argument @code{--list}, list all operators,
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28 ## keywords, built-in functions, and loadable functions available
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29 ## in the current session of Octave.
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30 ##
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31 ## Given the single argument @code{.}, list all operators available
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32 ## in the current session of Octave.
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33 ##
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34 ## If invoked without any arguments, @code{help} display instructions
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35 ## on how to access help from the command line.
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36 ##
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37 ## The help command can give you information about operators, but not the
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38 ## comma and semicolons that are used as command separators. To get help
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39 ## for those, you must type @kbd{help comma} or @kbd{help semicolon}.
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40 ## @seealso{doc, lookfor, which}
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41 ## @end deftypefn
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42
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43 function retval = help (name)
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44
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45 if (nargin == 0)
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46
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47 text = "\n\
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48 For help with individual commands and functions type\n\
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49 \n\
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50 help NAME\n\
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51 \n\
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52 (replace NAME with the name of the command or function you would\n\
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53 like to learn more about).\n\
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54 \n\
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55 For a more detailed introduction to GNU Octave, please consult the\n\
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56 manual. To read the manual from the prompt type\n\
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57 \n\
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58 doc\n\
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59 \n\
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60 GNU Octave is supported and developed by its user community.\n\
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61 For more information visit http://www.octave.org.\n\n";
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62
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63 if (nargout == 0)
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64 puts (text);
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65 else
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66 retval = text;
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67 endif
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68
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69 elseif (nargin == 1 && ischar (name))
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70
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71 if (strcmp (name, "--list"))
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72 tmp = do_list_functions ();
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73 if (nargout == 0)
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74 printf ("%s", tmp);
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75 else
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76 retval = tmp;
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77 endif
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78 return;
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79 endif
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81 if (strcmp (name, "."))
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82 tmp = do_list_operators ();
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83 if (nargout == 0)
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84 printf ("%s", tmp);
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85 else
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86 retval = tmp;
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87 endif
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88 return;
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89 endif
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91 ## Get help text
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92 [text, format] = get_help_text (name);
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94 ## Take action depending on help text format
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95 switch (lower (format))
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96 case "plain text"
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97 status = 0;
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98 case "texinfo"
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99 [text, status] = __makeinfo__ (text, "plain text");
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100 case "html"
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101 [text, status] = strip_html_tags (text);
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102 case "not documented"
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103 error ("help: '%s' is not documented\n", name);
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104 case "not found"
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105 do_contents (name);
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106 return;
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107 otherwise
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108 error ("help: internal error: unsupported help text format: '%s'\n", format);
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109 endswitch
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111 ## Print text
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112 if (status != 0)
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113 warning ("help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally; raw Texinfo source of help text follows...\n");
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114 endif
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116 if (nargout == 0)
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117 which (name);
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118 printf ("\n%s\n%s", text, __additional_help_message__ ());
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119 else
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120 retval = text;
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121 endif
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123 else
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124 error ("help: invalid input\n");
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125 endif
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126
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127 endfunction
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129 function retval = do_list_operators ()
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131 retval = sprintf ("*** operators:\n\n%s\n\n",
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132 list_in_columns (__operators__ ()));
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133 endfunction
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135 function retval = do_list_functions ()
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137 operators = do_list_operators ();
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138
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139 keywords = sprintf ("*** keywords:\n\n%s\n\n",
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140 list_in_columns (__keywords__ ()));
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141
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142 builtins = sprintf ("*** builtins:\n\n%s\n\n",
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143 list_in_columns (__builtins__ ()));
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144
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145 dirs = ostrsplit (path, pathsep);
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146 flist = "";
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147 for i = 2:numel (dirs)
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148 files = sort ({dir(fullfile (dirs{i}, "*.m")).name, ...
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149 dir(fullfile (dirs{i}, "*.oct")).name, ...
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150 dir(fullfile (dirs{i}, "*.mex")).name});
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151
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152 if (! isempty (files))
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153 flist = sprintf ("%s*** functions in %s:\n\n%s\n\n",
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154 flist, dirs{i}, list_in_columns (files));
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155 endif
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156 endfor
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157
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158 retval = [operators, keywords, builtins, flist];
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159
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160 endfunction
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161
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162 function do_contents (name)
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163
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164 found = false;
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165
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166 dlist = find_dir_in_path (name, "all");
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167
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168 for i = 1:numel (dlist)
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169 fname = make_absolute_filename (fullfile (dlist{i}, "Contents.m"));
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170
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171 [text, format] = get_help_text_from_file (fname);
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172
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173 ## Take action depending on help text format
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174 switch (lower (format))
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175 case "plain text"
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176 status = 0;
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177 case "texinfo"
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178 [text, status] = __makeinfo__ (text, "plain text");
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179 case "html"
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180 [text, status] = strip_html_tags (text);
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181 endswitch
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182
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183 if (! isempty (text))
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184 found = true;
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185 ## Print text.
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186 if (status != 0)
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187 warning ("help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally; raw Texinfo source of help text follows...\n");
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188 endif
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189 printf ("%s:\n\n%s\n", fname, text);
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190 endif
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191
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192 endfor
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193
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194 if (found)
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195 puts (__additional_help_message__ ());
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196 else
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197 msg = feval (missing_function_hook, name);
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198
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199 if (isempty (msg))
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200 msg = sprintf ("'%s' not found", name);
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201 endif
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202
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203 error ("help: %s\n", msg);
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204 endif
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205
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206 endfunction
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208
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209 %!assert (! isempty (strfind (help ("ls"), "List directory contents")))
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210 %!error <invalid input> help (42)
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