Re: where is help in octave?

[marco atzeri]

On 4/7/2012 11:18 AM, Robert H wrote:
> First time using octave.
>
> I installed it using apt on linux, and also installed all the octave
> related 3rd party packages I can see on synaptic package manager such as
> octave-control, octave-plot, octave-statistics, octave-signal,
> octave-qt, and many more...
>
> Now here is the problem: How do I find what functions I have now? I see
> no help like with Matlab.
>
> When I am inside octave, I type help, it tells me to do
>
> help NAME
>
> but I have no idea what NAME is there to start with.
>
> Is there a way to find what functions I have now installed for octave,
> including all these packages I just installed?
>
> Robert

try "doc" instead of "help NAME" inside octave

or "info octave" outside octave


Regards
Marco