Re: citation()

[Júlio Hoffimann]

> When you write this, can you add a register and unregister option for
> packages and functions? Similar to what colormap() does. This would
> allow users to type "citation optim" to get a citation for the optim
> package if it exists, or "citation nonlin_residmin" to get a citation
> for that function.
>
> citation # get citation for octave
> citation octave # get citation for octave (default)
> citation optim # gets nothing, optim package not registered
> citation ("register", "optim") # registers optim
> citation optim # get citation for optim
> citation ("unregister", "optim") # unregisters optim
> citation optim # gets nothing again

Hi Carnë,

Maybe citing functions is too much of granularity? IMHO, being able to cite Octave itself or a specific package covers all use cases in a technical document.

Anyways, the implementation will be open and quite easy to extend. ;)

Best,

Júlio.