[Octave-patch-tracker] [patch #9973] A link to explain what the hell is DIM in most function to newbie

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                 Summary: A link to explain what the hell is DIM in most
function to newbie
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 17 Sep 2020 05:02:06 AM UTC
                Category: Forge : other
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: l.jiawei6150@gmail.com
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

As stated most newbie that doesn't have experience will TOTALLY have no idea
what DIM is. The only hint is short form for dimension but what
dimension?vertical,horizontal? If so,then how do they tell computer (input
arguments).
They will think like:"h"?"v"?"1"?does 1 represent anything to the parser?Do I
just simply type "vertical"? or are the dimension refering to cartesian plane
x axis and y axis looking at the matrix?put "x"?

All in all.The old documentation is kinda bad and inherited since long time
ago.It's probably because inherited from Matlab just make it work at the
initial growth.

But we as a modern programmer can do better than letting users do the guess
work or try their luck on search engine right?




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