NAME

pdldoc - shell interface to PDL documentation

SYNOPSIS

pdldoc <text>

!NO!SUBS!

    if ( $bvalflag ) {
        print $fh <<'!NO!SUBS!';
B<pdldoc> [B<-a>] [B<-b>] [B<-h>] [B<-s>] [B<-u>] <text>
!NO!SUBS!
} else {
        print $fh <<'!NO!SUBS!';
B<pdldoc> [B<-a>] [B<-h>] [B<-s>] [B<-u>] <text>
!NO!SUBS!
}

print $fh <<'!NO!SUBS!';

DESCRIPTION

The aim of pdldoc is to provide the same functionality as the apropos, help, sig, !NO!SUBS!

    print $fh "C<badinfo>, \n" if $bvalflag;

print $fh <<'!NO!SUBS!'; and usage commands available in the perldl shell.

Think of it as the PDL equivalent of perldoc -f.

OPTIONS

-h help

print documentation about a PDL function or module or show a PDL manual. This is the default option.

-a apropos

Regex search PDL documentation database.

!NO!SUBS!

print $fh <<'!NO!SUBS!' if $bvalflag; =item -b badinfo

Information on the support for bad values provided by the function.

!NO!SUBS!

print $fh <<'!NO!SUBS!'; =item -s sig

prints signature of PDL function.

-u usage

Prints usage information for a PDL function.

VERSION

This is pdldoc v0.2.

AUTHOR

Doug Burke <burke@ifa.hawaii.edu>.