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Proposed extensions to the doc command

Tim Davis — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:20:59 -0500

The doc command is an extremely useful feature in MATLAB.
However, like all software, this too could use some
improvements. Here are some proposed extensions to the
"doc" command.

>> doc doc
A paradox

>> doc who
Into the Tardis, Romana, the Daleks are coming!

>> doc what
What's up doc?

>> doc holiday
The MATLAB documentation is not available at this time.
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please call back
during normal business hours. If you wish to leave a
message, please call 1-800-OK-CORRAL, and leave a message
after the sound of gunfire.

>> doc trek
He's dead, Jim.

>> doc svd
Gene Golub

>> doc student
Your MATLAB homework assignment is late!

>> doc suess
I can happily tell you that matrices sparse,
can be found in the mane of a tall purple horse.
For matrices morally triangular too,
you need only to look to the outputs of Lu.

>> doc bar
Click on the dock arrow button to order a gin and tonic.

>> doc undock
Your PhD thesis was plagiarized, and your doc is thus rescinded.

Signed,
>> doc sparse
()'*eye(m)\()

Re: Proposed extensions to the doc command

Tim Davis — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:32:29 -0500

>> doc spock
Please doc all child windows, and click OK to continue.

>> doc spock
The preceding statement is completely illogical. I do not
understand your human tendency to over-attach to your offspring.

Re: Proposed extensions to the doc command

Tim Davis — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:16:37 -0500

>> doc matlab
Cleve Moler

>> doc no
That's a Dom Perignon '55, it would be a pity to break it.
Bond: I prefer the '53 myself...

Re: Proposed extensions to the doc command

Matthew Simoneau — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:38:30 -0500

>> doc brown
One point twenty-one jigawatts!

>> doc martins
Nice boots!

Re: Proposed extensions to the doc command

Tim Davis — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:14:29 -0500

"Matthew Simoneau" <matthew@mathworks.com> wrote in message
<fhi3n6$hua$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> >> doc brown
> One point twenty-one jigawatts!
>
> >> doc martins
> Nice boots!

Zot zot zot! I like it!

Now maybe with Doc Brown, Matthew can go back in time and
make these needful changes to "doc" in MATLAB 3.0 ;-)

Re: Proposed extensions to the doc command

Tim Davis — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:55:16 -0500

Alternatively,

>> doc brown
toc
tic
Elapsed time is 0 - 3.2768e+04i

>> doc jitless
decaf, ugh.

>> doc jit
Tall latte

>> doc jitters
Grande latte, 2 extra shots