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Appendix A Concept Index
Additional help
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Getting additional help
backslash operator
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How does Octave solve linear systems?
Binaries
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Pre-compiled binary packages
Bug in Octave, newly found
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Bug reports
Compatibility with
Matlab
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<span class="sc">Matlab</span> compatibility
DASSL
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Built-in ODE and DAE solvers
Decrement operators
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Increment and decrement operators
DJGPP
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Octave for other platforms
EMX
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Octave for other platforms
FAQ for Octave, latest version
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Flex
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What else do I need?
FSF [Free Software Foundation]
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Why GNU Octave?
GNU [GNU's not unix]
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Why GNU Octave?
GNU Bison
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What else do I need?
GNU g++
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What else do I need?
GNU gcc
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What else do I need?
GNU Make
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What else do I need?
Increment operators
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Increment and decrement operators
libg++
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What else do I need?
LSODE
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Built-in ODE and DAE solvers
Mailing lists, help-octave
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Getting additional help
Manual, for Octave
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Bug reports
Matlab
compatibility
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<span class="sc">Matlab</span> compatibility
MS-DOS support
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Octave for other platforms
Octave, building
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Installation
Octave, documentation
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Documentation
Operators, decrement
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Increment and decrement operators
Operators, increment
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Increment and decrement operators
OS/2 support
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Octave for other platforms
Pre-compiled binary packages
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Pre-compiled binary packages
Source code
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Source code
Tips and tricks
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Using Octave
Unwind-protect
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Unwind-protect
Using Octave
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Using Octave
VAX
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Octave for other platforms
VMS support
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Octave for other platforms
Windows support
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Octave for other platforms
Table of Contents
Frequently asked questions about Octave (with answers)
Preface
1 What is Octave?
1.1 Who develops Octave?
1.2 Why GNU Octave?
1.3 What version should I use?
1.4 On what platforms does Octave run?
2 Licensing Issues
2.1 If I write code using Octave do I have to release it under the GPL?
2.2 Since the MEX interface allows plugins to be distributed under terms that are incompatible with the GPL, does this mean that you are encouraging people to to write non-free software for Octave?
2.3 I wrote a program that links with Octave libraries and I don't want to release it under the terms of the GPL. Will you change the license of the Octave libraries for me?
3 How can I cite Octave?
4 What's new in version series 3.4.N and 3.5.N of Octave
5 What features are unique to Octave?
5.1 Functions defined on the command-line
5.2 Comments with #
5.3 Strings delimited by double quotes "
5.4 Line continuation by backslash
5.5 Informative block closing
5.6 Coherent syntax
5.7 Exclamation mark as not operator
5.8 Increment and decrement operators
5.9 Unwind-protect
5.10 Built-in ODE and DAE solvers
6 What documentation exists for Octave?
6.1 What documentation exists for Octave?
6.2 Getting additional help
6.3 User community
6.4 I think I have found a bug in Octave.
7 Getting Octave
7.1 Source code
7.2 Pre-compiled binary packages
7.3 How do I get a copy of Octave for (some other platform)?
8 Installation Issues and Problems
8.1 What else do I need?
8.2 Can I compile Octave with another C++ compiler?
9 Common problems
10 Using Octave
10.1 How do I set the number of displayed decimals?
10.2 How does Octave solve linear systems?
11 Porting programs from
Matlab
to Octave
Appendix A Concept Index