Dear octave guys

[John W. Eaton]

On 17-Dec-2007, boris wrote:

| This is not a bug report, just a request for documentation improvement.
| 
| Subject of the request:
| 	Please include the notation
| 		a = { p, q, r }
| 	in the "cell arrays" section of the info manual coming with the package
| 
| Rationale:
| 	As a user with no previous octave/matlab exposure, I wasn't able to find out 
| about this notation from the provided info manual, despite my searching 
| efforts. I had to read the web (octave wiki) for instruction. I think that 
| the info manual should provide a self-contained guide to a new user, without 
| reliance on other sources. In comparison, the entry "matrices" starts by 
| introducing the notation a = [ p, q, r ].

Octave is mostly developed by volunteers.  You could help us improve
Octave by proposing a specific change to the wording of the manual.
It would be best if you could send it as a patch to the sources, but
even a clear paragraph or two in plain text and an explanation where
it should go would be helpful.

Thanks,

jwe