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allow help to find docstrings for classdef classes and methods (bug #43047) * help.cc (help_system::raw_help_from_symbol_table): Also find docstrings from classdef meta objects (both classes and methods). * cdef-class.h, cdef-class.cc (cdef_class::cdef_class_rep, cdef_class): Store docstring for class and provide access. * ov-classdef.h, ov-classdef.cc (octave_classdef_meta::doc_string): New function to provide access to doc strings for classdef objects and methods. * ov-fcn.h (octave_function::doc_string): Now virtual. New argument for method name.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Fri, 29 May 2020 10:57:04 -0400
parents 534684fb7bd7
children 844b3b9bab7a
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To cite GNU Octave in publications use:

  John W. Eaton, David Bateman, Søren Hauberg, Rik Wehbring (2019).
  GNU Octave version 5.2.0 manual: a high-level interactive language for
  numerical computations.
  URL https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v5.2.0/

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is:

  @manual{,
    title     = {{GNU Octave} version 5.2.0 manual: a high-level interactive language for numerical computations},
    author    = {John W. Eaton and David Bateman and S{\o}ren Hauberg and Rik Wehbring},
    year      = {2020},
    url       = {https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v5.2.0/},
  }

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