Groups > comp.soft-sys.math.maple > #1234

Re: unhelpful help

From	A N Niel <anniel@nym.alias.net.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.soft-sys.math.maple
Subject	Re: unhelpful help
Date	2017-05-23 03:45 -0600
Organization	RPG
Message-ID	<230520170345231704%anniel@nym.alias.net.invalid> (permalink)
References	<237fecc4-0e1b-429b-98b4-a42a2ef22ec7@googlegroups.com>

Show all headers | View raw

In article <237fecc4-0e1b-429b-98b4-a42a2ef22ec7@googlegroups.com>, jfh
<john.harper@vuw.ac.nz> wrote:

> Using  Maple 2015 (X86 64 LINUX) much of the help isn't helpful.
> For example:
> > ?Beta
> No exact matches found, please try one of the following (?#number):
>  1. Beta
>  2. beta
> .....
> > ?#1
> Beta - Beta function
> 
> 
> Calling Sequence
> 
>   Beta(x,       Beta(x,y)                                                     
> 
>   y)                                                                          
> 
> 
> 
> Parameters
> 
>  x   -   algebraic expression                                                 
> 
> 
>  y   -   algebraic expression                                                 
> 
> 
> 
> Description
> 
> o The Beta(x,y) function (Beta function) is defined as follows:
> 
> 
> 
> o At all points (x,y) where x and y are positive integers, the above 
>   definition is equivalent to:
> 
> 
> .....
> 
> My problem: neither definition of Beta(x,y) appears on the screen!

It seems the current help is intended for the graphical interface.  The
help can also be read on-line.

Back to comp.soft-sys.math.maple | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

unhelpful help jfh <john.harper@vuw.ac.nz> - 2017-05-22 19:26 -0700
  Re: unhelpful help A N Niel <anniel@nym.alias.net.invalid> - 2017-05-23 03:45 -0600
    Re: unhelpful help jfh <john.harper@vuw.ac.nz> - 2017-05-23 15:02 -0700
      Re: unhelpful help Axel Vogt <//noreply@axelvogt.de> - 2017-05-24 18:46 +0200
        Re: unhelpful help Axel Vogt <//noreply@axelvogt.de> - 2017-05-25 20:36 +0200

csiph-web