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<h3 class="section">6.1 What documentation exists for Octave?</h3>
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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>.
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