# HG changeset patch
# User Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
# Date 1205001233 18000
# Node ID fdfc9a766aba5866416320b57d91e79d232d4eda
# Parent  85da2ab0c6fd626a891fdcb9185ba2d80f96ca0e
variables.cc (exist): Clarify help.

diff -r 85da2ab0c6fd -r fdfc9a766aba src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog	Fri Mar 07 20:17:54 2008 -0500
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Sat Mar 08 13:33:53 2008 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ 2008-03-07  John W. Eaton  <address@hidden
+2008-03-08  primozz peterlin <address@hidden>
+
+	* variables.cc (exist): Modified to improve clarity of the tex-info
+	  description.
+
 2008-03-07  John W. Eaton  <address@hidden>
 
 	* ov-struct.cc (octave_struct::print_raw): Don't print contents fo
diff -r 85da2ab0c6fd -r fdfc9a766aba src/variables.cc
--- a/src/variables.cc	Fri Mar 07 20:17:54 2008 -0500
+++ b/src/variables.cc	Sat Mar 08 13:33:53 2008 -0500
@@ -788,8 +788,9 @@ DEFUN (exist, args, ,
 DEFUN (exist, args, ,
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} exist (@var{name}, @var{type})\n\
-Return 1 if the name exists as a variable, 2 if the name (after\n\
-appending @samp{.m}) is a function file in Octave's @code{path}, 3 if the\n\
+Return 1 if the name exists as a variable, 2 if the name is an\n\
+absolute file name, an ordinary file in Octave's @code{path}, or (after\n\
+appending @samp{.m}) a function file in Octave's @code{path}, 3 if the\n\
 name is a @samp{.oct} or @samp{.mex} file in Octave's @code{path},\n\
 5 if the name is a built-in function, 7 if the name is a directory, or 103\n\
 if the name is a function not associated with a file (entered on\n\