documentation of the GNU Octave language

 Octave is a (mostly MATLAB® compatible) high-level language, primarily
 intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line
 interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.
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 This package provides the following documentation in HTML, PDF and Info
 formats:
  - the main user manual
  - a document on the C++ classes used internally by Octave.
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 It also includes a reference card in PDF format and in a4, letter and legal
 paper sizes.
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 This package is required by the 'help -i' command at the Octave command-line
 and by the help documentation browser in the graphical interface.