Re: I'm new to octave and after reading the manual I'm still not sure how to use --traditional / --braindead command

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On 23 Sep 2013, at 12:38, Juan Martín Iglesias Caride <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to octave and after reading the manual I'm still not sure how to use 
> --traditional / --braindead command. Basicly what I read is that this command 
> makes it more compatible with Matlab so I wanted to use it. So I just type: 
> --traditional or  -- braindead and I get:
> 
> octave-3.2.4:2> --traditional
> error: `traditional' undefined near line 2 column 3
> octave-3.2.4:2> --braindead
> error: `braindead' undefined near line 2 column 3
> 
> I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and my octave version is 3.2.4.2. Probably I'm not 
> using it correctly, so if it is that the case I apologize for the dumb 
> question but I'm just starting and I'm very new to GNU and I will appreciate 
> any guidance you can provide.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Martin
> 

those are command line options you should use them when starting Octave not at 
the Octave prompt.
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