Re: How to get docstring of a function ?

[Ben Abbott]

On Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at 09:34AM, "Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso" 
<address@hidden> wrote:
>On 11 May 2010 07:52, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Monday, May 10, 2010, at 01:17PM, "Pablo Winant" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>>This works in Matlab, but in octave it triggers an interactive viewer
>>>which I don't want (I try to control Octave remotely).
>[snip]
>>    help get_help_text_from_file
>
>In case the Matlab-compatible behaviour or similar is desired,
>attached is a proposal.
>
>This was too easy, which makes me think it's probably wrong in ways I
>haven't foreseen. ;-)
>

That's a convenient fix. but there is an additional problem. What about ..

    help

Matlab displays a table of contents description for the toolboxes. Octave 
displays instructions for how to use its help system. With output ...

    a = help

Matlab provides the text for the table of contents. What should Octave do?

Ben