# HG changeset patch # User Thomas Weber # Date 1221677571 14400 # Node ID fdc7c91835ab7fdc71e60f6237be0d3dd14f0561 # Parent f3be631991348d9be0e65edb14145cd64c252bdb Document load's ability to handle gzip-compressed files. diff -r f3be63199134 -r fdc7c91835ab src/load-save.cc --- a/src/load-save.cc Wed Sep 17 14:51:22 2008 -0400 +++ b/src/load-save.cc Wed Sep 17 14:52:51 2008 -0400 @@ -585,7 +585,8 @@ corresponding to the names of the variables in the file.\n\ \n\ The @code{load} command can read data stored in Octave's text and\n\ -binary formats, and @sc{Matlab}'s binary format. It will automatically\n\ +binary formats, and @sc{Matlab}'s binary format. If compiled with zlib\n\ +support, it can load gzip-compressed files as well. It will automatically\n\ detect the type of file and do conversion from different floating point\n\ formats (currently only IEEE big and little endian, though other formats\n\ may added in the future).\n\