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diff --git a/academic/octave/slack-desc b/academic/octave/slack-desc index 3a20820502..273b8b09d9 100644 --- a/academic/octave/slack-desc +++ b/academic/octave/slack-desc @@ -1,10 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' +# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must +# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| octave: GNU Octave (Matlab clone) -octave: -octave: GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical -octave: computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving -octave: linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other -octave: numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with -octave: Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language. +octave: +octave: GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical +octave: computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for +octave: solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing +octave: other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible +octave: with Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language. octave: octave: Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ -octave: +octave: +octave: |