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+# 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: