# HG changeset patch # User Rik # Date 1458883885 25200 # Node ID 32101a071a9cb12e740f176aebd811a582bb8474 # Parent 7c143e73e9215bb9c19cd1d536afb7ae13ecafc7 doc: Remove Function Category from documentation about function descriptions. * intro.txi: Remove Function Category from documentation about function descriptions. diff -r 7c143e73e921 -r 32101a071a9c doc/interpreter/intro.txi --- a/doc/interpreter/intro.txi Thu Mar 24 15:45:11 2016 -0700 +++ b/doc/interpreter/intro.txi Thu Mar 24 22:31:25 2016 -0700 @@ -543,14 +543,6 @@ Functions and commands are described in this manual in a uniform format. The first line of a description contains the name of the item followed by its arguments, if any. -@ifnottex -The category---function, command, or whatever---appears at the -beginning of the line. -@end ifnottex -@iftex -The category---function, command, or whatever---is printed next to the -right margin. -@end iftex If there are multiple ways to invoke the function then each allowable form is listed. @@ -620,9 +612,7 @@ features common to parameters of several functions are described at the beginning. -Functions in Octave may be defined in several different ways. The -category name for functions may include a tag that indicates the -way that the function is defined. These additional tags include +Functions in Octave may be defined in several different ways: @table @asis @item Function File @@ -648,15 +638,17 @@ arguments. @end table +Use @code{which} or @code{exist} to determine the category of a function +and where it resides. + @node A Sample Command Description @subsubsection A Sample Command Description @cindex command descriptions -Command descriptions have a format similar to function descriptions, -except that the word `Function' is replaced by `Command'. Commands are -functions that may be called without surrounding their arguments in -parentheses. For example, here is the description for Octave's -@code{diary} command: +Commands are functions that may be called without surrounding their arguments +in parentheses. Command descriptions have a format similar to function +descriptions. For example, here is the description for Octave's @code{diary} +command: @need 4000 @deftypefn {} {} diary