On Mon, 06 Jul 2015, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> In the time I had today to work on it today, I didn't figure it out, but
> thanks
> for the progress. Hopefully someone else will have time.
Probably the attached patch instead of editing the DOCSTRINGS
will work
Norbert
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---
libinterp/corefcn/utils.cc | 2 +-
scripts/io/beep.m | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- octave.orig/libinterp/corefcn/utils.cc
+++ octave/libinterp/corefcn/utils.cc
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@
\n\
Implementation Note: Strings are first converted to double values before the\n\
checks for valid indices are made. Unless a string contains the NULL\n\
-character @nospell{\"\\0\"}, it will always be a valid index.\n\
+character @nospell{\"\\\\0\"}, it will always be a valid index.\n\
@end deftypefn")
{
octave_value retval;
--- octave.orig/scripts/io/beep.m
+++ octave/scripts/io/beep.m
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} beep ()
## Produce a beep from the speaker (or visual bell).
##
-## This function sends the alarm character @qcode{"\a"} to the terminal.
+## This function sends the alarm character @qcode{"\\a"} to the terminal.
## Depending on the user's configuration this may produce an audible beep,
## a visual bell, or nothing at all.
## @seealso{puts, fputs, printf, fprintf}
