@c Copyright (C) 1992 John W. Eaton @c This is part of the Octave manual. @c For copying conditions, see the file gpl.texi. @node Introduction, Expressions, Acknowledgements, Top @chapter A Brief Introduction to Octave @cindex introduction This manual will eventually document how to run, install and port Octave, and how to report bugs. This document corresponds to Octave version 0.74. @c XXX FIXME XXX -- add explanation about how and why Octave was written. @c @c XXX FIXME XXX -- add a sentence or two explaining that we could @c always use more funding. @menu * Getting Started:: * Running Octave:: * Simple Examples:: @end menu @node Getting Started, Running Octave, , Introduction @section Getting Started @cindex getting started @node Running Octave, Simple Examples, Getting Started, Introduction @section Running Octave @node Simple Examples, , Running Octave, Introduction @section Simple Examples @c should have examples of the following, with M-files for the examples @c provided somewhere in the distribution @c @c matrix multiply @c solution of linear equations @c svd @c solution of differential equations @c graphics