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Re: possible typos in GSL manual


Giulio Bottazzi writes:
 > maybe I've found a couple of typos in the Multidimensional
 > Root-Finding chapter of the manual (ver. 1.3) , in the sections
 > "Initializing the Solver" and "Providing the Function to
 > solve". Here's the list:

Thanks for the documentation bug reports, now fixed in CVS.

 > I would also point out a more general issue: I noticed that in the
 > definition of many structures concerning the minimization and root
 > finding algorithms a special font is used for the members "size_t n"
 > and "void * params". When I read the generated .info files, this font
 > is rendered with CAPITAL LETTERS by my info reader. I don't know if
 > this is a general problem, but if it is, it can be quite misleading
 > for novice users.  I would suggest to use the same font for all the
 > members of these structures. The one already used for the members f,
 > df etc.  seems perfectly OK.

Thanks for pointing that out, I was using @var{} incorrectly. Now fixed.

best regards,

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