--- a/scripts/general/isequal.m	Thu Mar 03 05:49:55 2005 +0000
+++ b/scripts/general/isequal.m	Thu Mar 03 06:21:47 2005 +0000
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 ## Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
 ## 02111-1307, USA.
 
-## isequal(x1, x2, ...)
-##    true if all parts of x1, x2, ... are equal
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} isequal (@var{x1}, @var{x2}, @dots{}, @var{xN})
+## Return true if all parts of @var{x1}, @var{x2}, @dots{}, @var{xN} are
+## equal.
+## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author: Paul Kienzle
 ## Adapted-by: jwe

--- a/scripts/general/sortrows.m	Thu Mar 03 05:49:55 2005 +0000
+++ b/scripts/general/sortrows.m	Thu Mar 03 06:21:47 2005 +0000
@@ -17,15 +17,12 @@
 ## Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
 ## 02111-1307, USA.
 
-## B = sortrows (A)
-##     returns matrix with rows sorted "lexicographically" 
-##
-## B = sortrows(A, c)
-##     returns matrix with rows sorted according to the order of the
-##     columns specified in c.
-##
-## Set implicit_str_to_num_ok and implicit_num_to_str_ok to 1 if you 
-## use this for string sorting and octave 2.1.50 or earlier.
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} sortrows (@var{a}, @var{c})
+## Sort the rows of the matrix @var{a} according to the order of the
+## columns specified in @var{c}.  If @var{c} is omitted, a
+## lexicographical sort is used.
+## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author: Daniel Calvelo, Paul Kienzle
 ## Adapted-by: jwe

--- a/scripts/set/ismember.m	Thu Mar 03 05:49:55 2005 +0000
+++ b/scripts/set/ismember.m	Thu Mar 03 06:21:47 2005 +0000
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@
 ## 02111-1307, USA.
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn {Function File} {} ismember(@var{A}, @var{S})
-##
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} ismember (@var{A}, @var{S})
 ## Return a matrix the same shape as @var{A} which has 1 if
 ## @code{A(i,j)} is in @var{S} or 0 if it isn't.
-##
 ## @end deftypefn
 ## @seealso{unique, union, intersect, setxor, setdiff}
 

--- a/scripts/set/setdiff.m	Thu Mar 03 05:49:55 2005 +0000
+++ b/scripts/set/setdiff.m	Thu Mar 03 06:21:47 2005 +0000
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
 ## 02111-1307, USA.
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn {Function File} {} setdiff(@var{a}, @var{b})
-##
-## Return the elements in @var{a} but not in @var{b}, sorted in ascending
-## order. If @var{a} and @var{b} are both column vectors return a column
-## vector, otherwise return a row vector.
-##
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} setdiff (@var{a}, @var{b})
+## Return the elements in @var{a} but not in @var{b}, sorted in
+## ascending order.  If @var{a} and @var{b} are both column vectors
+## return a column vector, otherwise return a row vector.
 ## @end deftypefn
 ## @seealso{unique, union, intersect, setxor, ismember}
 
@@ -38,13 +36,13 @@
 
   c = unique (a);
   if (! isempty (c) && ! isempty (b))
-    ## form a and b into combined set
+    ## Form a and b into combined set.
     b = unique (b);
     [dummy, idx] = sort ([c(:); b(:)]);
-    ## eliminate those elements of a that are the same as in b
+    ## Eliminate those elements of a that are the same as in b.
     n = length (dummy);
     c(idx(find (dummy(1:n-1) == dummy(2:n)))) = [];
-    ## reshape if necessary
+    ## Reshape if necessary.
     if (size (c, 1) != 1 && size (b, 1) == 1)
       c = c.';
     endif

--- a/scripts/strings/strmatch.m	Thu Mar 03 05:49:55 2005 +0000
+++ b/scripts/strings/strmatch.m	Thu Mar 03 06:21:47 2005 +0000
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@
 ## Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
 ## 02111-1307, USA.
 
-## usage: strmatch(s, A [, 'exact'])
-## Determines which entries of A match string s. A can be a string matrix
-## or a cell array of strings. If 'exact' is not given, then s only needs 
-## to match A up to the length of s. Null characters match blanks.
-## Results are returned as a column vector.
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} strmatch (@var{s}, @var{a}, "exact")
+## Return true for entries of @var{a} that match the string @var{s}.
+## The second argument @var{a} may be a string matrix or a cell array of
+## strings.  If the third argument @code{"exact"} is not given, then
+## @var{s} only needs to match @var{a} up to the length of @var{s}.  Nul
+## characters match blanks.  Results are returned as a column vector.
+## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author: Paul Kienzle, Alois Schloegl
 ## Adapted-by: jwe
@@ -40,12 +43,12 @@
     if (nargin > 2)
       for k = 1:nel
 	match(k) = strcmp (s, A{k}); 
-      end
+      endfor
     else
       for k = 1:nel
 	match(k) = strncmp (s, A{k}, length (s));
-      end
-    end
+      endfor
+    endif
     idx = find (match);
   elseif (length (s) > nc)
     idx = [];