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=== replace help with man ===
=== replace help with man ===


If you use octave too much, you'll find yourself trying to use {{Codeline|help}} instead of {{Codeline|man}} on bash. This function will fix that so you can use {{Codeline|man}} in your octave instance (you can also do the opposite, create a {{Codeline|help}} alias in bash but {{Codeline|man}} has fewwer characters).
If you use octave too much, you'll find yourself trying to use {{Codeline|help}} instead of {{Codeline|man}} on bash. This function will fix that so you can use {{Codeline|man}} in your octave instance (you can also do the opposite, create a {{Codeline|help}} alias in bash but {{Codeline|man}} has fewer characters).


{{Code|alias to help|<pre>
{{Code|alias to help|<pre>
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====Other references====
====Other references====


*MATLAB array manipulation tips and tricks by Peter Acklam: http://home.online.no/~pjacklam/matlab/doc/mtt/index.html
*MATLAB array manipulation tips and tricks by Peter Acklam: https://web.archive.org/web/20151030212438/http://home.online.no/~pjacklam/matlab/doc/mtt/index.html
*The MathWorks: Code Vectorization Guide: http://www.mathworks.com/support/tech-notes/1100/1109.html
*The MathWorks: Code Vectorization Guide: http://www.mathworks.com/support/tech-notes/1100/1109.html


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[[Category:Tips and tricks]]


===Changing BLAS===
===Changing BLAS===


Many Octave functions are wrappers to optimized numerical libraries, notably BLAS and ATLAS. It is possible to achieve impressive performance gains by simply using a library tuned to your platform. One example is using OpenBLAS to replace the default BLAS implementation ([http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~nmv/2013/07/09/for-faster-r-use-openblas-instead-better-than-atlas-trivial-to-switch-to-on-ubuntu/ further details]).
Many Octave functions are wrappers to optimized numerical libraries, notably BLAS and ATLAS. It is possible to achieve impressive performance gains by simply using a library tuned to your platform. One example is using OpenBLAS to replace the default BLAS implementation ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140217072457/http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~nmv/2013/07/09/for-faster-r-use-openblas-instead-better-than-atlas-trivial-to-switch-to-on-ubuntu/ further details]).


On some Linux distributions, this just takes a few commands. For instance, on Ubuntu, it usually suffices to run
On some Linux distributions, this just takes a few commands. For instance, on Ubuntu, it usually suffices to run
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