but it's described right there in the startup banner!
On Monday, 17 August 2015 13:33:42 UTC-3, Sisyphuss wrote: > > I didn't realize this simple fact until you raised it: Julia doesn't > define the `help` function. > > I forgot where I picked up this trick: type `?function` for help > > > > On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 6:17:54 PM UTC+2, andrew cooke wrote: >> >> >> This feels really odd. I can't find any bug report or post here that >> references this, yet it seems so basic I can't believe I'm first to notice. >> >> Anyway: >> >> andrew@laptop:~/pkg/julia-trunk> julia-trunk >> _ >> _ _ _(_)_ | A fresh approach to technical computing >> (_) | (_) (_) | Documentation: http://docs.julialang.org >> _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "help()" for help. >> | | | | | | |/ _` | | >> | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 0.4.0-dev+6774 (2015-08-17 10:35 UTC) >> _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_| | Commit f3217a8 (0 days old master) >> |__/ | x86_64-suse-linux >> >> julia> help() >> ERROR: UndefVarError: help not defined >> >> Is this normal / expected? >> >> Andrew >> >> (sorry, I post here and then disappear, so I don't follow news constantly >> - I may just have missed something). >> >
