[scilab-Users] scilab documentation

[Process Control]

Hi,

sorry, i am new to group lists. and i am using google which puts the reply
on top.

i agree with you. what about starting a wiki that is similar/identical to
the structure of mathwork's online documentation. and let all users
contribute.

regards


On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre.ledru at scilab.org
> wrote:

> Yes, you are right. We had some excellent discussions with Equalis
> people and various contributors about this subject. It is why we worked
> harder during the last few weeks on this and we will hopefully release a
> new web interface for the documentation.
>
> However, I'd like to point out that we have limited ressources and we
> would really appreciate some help in the documentation pages.
> Just a quick bug report (or email to me directly if people are shy)
> saying "here is a better description for this function", "here is the
> LaTeX equation for this function, could you include it into the
> documentation" or "here is an example for this function" is very helpful
> and usually fast for the contributor to produce.
>
> Sylvestre
> PS: please keep the same kind of reply when you answer (ie, top to down
> or down to top but please avoid mixing them).
>
> Le lundi 08 novembre 2010 à 05:35 -0500, Process Control a écrit :
> > thanks for replying. scilab is an alternative to matlab. we need to
> > show that. i think it is a great idea to go through most of matlab's
> > online documentation, page by page, and rework everything using scilab
> > code. one of the major reasons why scilab is not popular is lack of
> > quality documentation. many people complain about this when they give
> > scilab a try.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Sylvestre Ledru
> > <sylvestre.ledru at scilab.org> wrote:
> >         Hello,
> >         Le samedi 23 octobre 2010 à 16:44 -0400, Process Control a
> >         écrit :
> >         > Has anyone proposed to create matlab-like documentation for
> >         scilab?
> >         > this can be done by transforming matlab's documentation into
> >         scilab by
> >         > following same examples, contents, and writing style.
> >
> >         Scilab and Matlab are different software. Scilab is not a
> >         Matlab clone
> >         and you cannot just take Matlab documentation and adapt it for
> >         Scilab...
> >         (or I didn't understand your proposal)
> >
> >         Sylvestre
> >
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