<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Documentation - Frequently asked questions about Octave (with answers)</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Frequently asked questions about Octave (with answers)"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Learning-more-about-Octave.html#Learning-more-about-Octave" title="Learning more about Octave"> <link rel="next" href="Getting-additional-help.html#Getting-additional-help" title="Getting additional help"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Documentation"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Getting-additional-help.html#Getting-additional-help">Getting additional help</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Learning-more-about-Octave.html#Learning-more-about-Octave">Learning more about Octave</a> <hr> </div> <h3 class="section">6.1 What documentation exists for Octave?</h3> <p><a name="index-Octave_002c-documentation-11"></a> The Octave distribution includes a 650+ page manual that is also distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. It is available on the web at <a href="http://www.octave.org/support.html">http://www.octave.org/support.html</a> and you will also find there instructions on how to order a paper version. <p>The complete text of the Octave manual is also available using the GNU Info system via the GNU Emacs, info, or xinfo programs, or by using the ‘<samp><span class="samp">doc</span></samp>’ command to start the GNU info browser directly from the Octave prompt. <p>If you have problems using this documentation, or find that some topic is not adequately explained, indexed, or cross-referenced, please report it on <a href="http://bugs.octave.org">http://bugs.octave.org</a>. </body></html>