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diff --git a/academic/qtoctave/slack-desc b/academic/qtoctave/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..828453fa12 --- /dev/null +++ b/academic/qtoctave/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +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------------------------------------------------------| +qtoctave: QtOctave (a qt-based gui for Octave) +qtoctave: +qtoctave: QtOctave is a graphical user interface for gnu octave, which is an +qtoctave: open source program alternative to Matlab. With QtOctave you can do +qtoctave: perform computationally intensive mathematical tasks that would take +qtoctave: much longer to code in C or C++ or practically any other modern +qtoctave: computer language. It is especailly good at matrix and vector +qtoctave: operations. The graphical capabilities are very advanced. It is +qtoctave: used heavily in engineering, and is a tool well worth learning. +qtoctave: +qtoctave: |