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README File
GOCTAVE
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PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:

	Goctave is a graphical front-end to GNU Octave, meant to make
it look slicker and be more accessible to the those who are accustomed
to windowing operating systems, particularly college students.  It
adds many features that I admired in commercial systems like MatLab
(tm) and Maple (tm),


REQUIREMENTS:

	GNU Octave.  GNU Plot (if you want to graph things)
	The gtk+ and GtkExtra libraries.
	GNOME, and its associated libraries.


INSTALLATION:

	See the file INSTALL.

MANUAL:

	The complete online HTML manual is in the ./doc directory (or
will be when I get around to writing it). You can also access context-
sensitive help from within the application, and/or read the manual page.  


SUPPORT(??):

	If you run into trouble, your best bet is to subscribe to the
mailing list, goctave@yahoogroups.com.  See the Goctave web-site at
http://kstraight.net/goctave/index.html for information on how to do
this.  You can also browse the archive of old messages or read the
lists FAQ.


FEEDBACK:

	Please send all bug-reports, feedback, offers of help, and
donations of food money to: 

	Kevin Straight
	University of Idaho
	longhunt@hotmail.com
	
	Note that I am an Applied Math major, and have included 
only those features that I use for class on a regular basis.  Thus,
input from other disciplines would be greatly appreciated.
	
	




