Chapter 1. Introduction

"I have read your posting as of ... to the Scilab newsgroup. It was very clear. Can you make a FAQ out of it?" Yes, we can, and here it is!

The hints, tricks, and information put together in sci-BOT come from our own experience (read: daily struggle), problems we have solved for our colleagues, and of course questions answered on the newsgroup. Therefore, this document is a rather loose collection of facts, and is not necessarily to be read cover to cover.

What this document is not:

In the spirit of the Free Software any helpful suggestion or correction concerning this collection will be acknowledged with the author's name and email address. If you want to tell us of a mistake, or want an item added, please drop the authors an email at or .