[7323] in Athena Bugs
wrong matlab entry in olh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Mar 16 13:06:54 1991
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: Tom Palka <tompalka@mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 91 13:06:46 EST
From: Tom Palka <tompalka@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Hi,
In olh, the entry:
11* Data Analysis and Plotting
1* Matlab
> 18 Matlab and the Athena File System
is incorrect. It mentions the "translate" command:
MATLAB is able to use data stored in other file formats using the
translate command. translate converts outside files into special
MAT-files that can be loaded directly into MATLAB using the load
command. You can type translate at either your MATLAB prompt or your
athena% system prompt. For example, to convert an outside file called
brouhaha into a MAT-file, you would type
athena% translate < brouhaha
(after adding matlab). If you don't specify a file to be converted,
translate will prompt you for filenames and other information.
This is not true anymore. With the new version of matlab you don't need
this command. I think it was just used to translate the files from
Fortran format to the matlab. But now matlab reads ASCII files just
fine, and the translate command is not even there.
I think this answer should be fixed, so that users don't look for the
translate command.
tom
