help() should be able to redirect queries for external terms to Scilab equivalent ones, if preferred
Reported by Samuel GOUGEON (@sgougeon)
BUG DESCRIPTION:
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help() should be able to redirect queries for external terms to Scilab equivalent ones, if preferred, as for instance uman() already does it.
The aim is to help newcomers.
For instance, a checkbox option "Redirect Matlab terms to Scilab closest equivalents" could be proposed in users preferences interface, in a new "Help" section of the preferences.
When this option is checked, then help(term) will search in a list of Matlab->Scilab equivalences if the term is in this table.
If it's the case, the Scilab equivalence will be searched (and displayed), instead of the original term.
The list could include only Matlab or Octave terms that are not already Scilab keywords.
It could easily be extended to any other main terms of other external computing languages.
OTHER INFORMATION:
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uman: https://atoms.scilab.org/toolboxes/uman