FS#3373 - Octave depends on texinfo for help

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Andrew Simmons (Wolfman) - Sunday, 23 October 2005, 00:06 GMT
Last edited by Dale Blount (dale) - Monday, 24 October 2005, 12:30 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Damir Perisa (damir.perisa)
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Octave uses texinfo to generate documentation at the commandline for functions. If you forgot some detail of how the plot function worked, you can type "> help plot" to see plot's usage information. It would be nice if texinfo was included as a dependency so that this would work.
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Closed by  Damir Perisa (damir.perisa)
Saturday, 13 May 2006, 16:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  octave 2.1.73-2
Comment by Damir Perisa (damir.perisa) - Monday, 24 October 2005, 19:32 GMT
would you be happy with a note when installing/updating that you need texinfo for help?
Comment by Andrew Simmons (Wolfman) - Monday, 24 October 2005, 21:42 GMT
That would be fine. I also noticed that the plot command depends on gnuplot.
Comment by Damir Perisa (damir.perisa) - Saturday, 13 May 2006, 13:38 GMT
post-install infos are added... i will do a new release, as soon as i can reach octave.org - at the moment i get timeouted all the time :-(

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