max (matrix, DIM) does not behave as advertised

[David Bateman]

Francesco Potortì wrote:
> I guess that, for one more familiar with Octave than I am, this should
> be sufficient.  But if a user like me gets into confusion, I think the
> help string should be more clear.  This should suffice, if correct:
>
>      For a vector argument, return the maximum value.  For a matrix
>      argument, return the maximum value from each column, as a row
>      vector, or over the dimension DIM: in this case, the second
>      argument should be an empty matrix. For two matrices (or a matrix
>      and scalar), return the pair-wise maximum.
>   
That is probably clearer, so sure propose a patch

D.

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