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Re: help functions

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  • Subject: [mg2469] Re: [mg2435] help functions
  • From: Allan Hayes <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
  • Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 22:27:58 -0500

Jack Goldberg <jackgold at math.lsa.umich.edu>
>Subject: [mg2435] help functions
Writes

>I would like to have a "help" command which generates more
>information than ?.

Jack:
You can make you own additions as in the following example.
You might put the extensions in a package (MoreHelp` ?) and put  
this into your init file for automatic loading at the start of each  
session.

Unprotect[Plot];

Make your additions.

Plot::usage = StringJoin[Plot::usage;, "\nMy additions"];

Here they are

?Plot
Plot[f, {x, xmin, xmax}] generates a plot of f as a function of x  
from xmin to xmax. Plot[{f1, f2, ...}, {x, xmin, xmax}] plots  
several
functions fi.
My additions

Protect[Plot]

Allan

Allan Hayes
hay at haystack.demon.co.uk



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