# Not clear where the legacy documentation resides now

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**Category:** General usage\
**Created:** [July 20, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/not-clear-where-the-legacy-documentation-resides-now/1206 "2026-07-20T14:25:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![vvanag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6a8cbe/32.png) [@vvanag](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/vvanag)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/not-clear-where-the-legacy-documentation-resides-now/1206/1 "2026-07-20T14:25:25Z")

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Hi,

In Google searching the following result comes up frequently

> **[Documentation](https://scilab.gitlab.io/legacy_wiki/Documentation)**

Where does this documentation resides now? Is it updated?

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**Author:** ![cfuttrup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@cfuttrup](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/cfuttrup)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/not-clear-where-the-legacy-documentation-resides-now/1206/2 "2026-07-20T18:02:44Z")

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Hi vvanag

Scilab 6.0.0 was launched in February 2017, so the documentation appears to be quite old.

With kind regards,

Claus

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**Author:** ![vvanag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6a8cbe/32.png) [@vvanag](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/vvanag)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/not-clear-where-the-legacy-documentation-resides-now/1206/3 "2026-07-21T08:36:31Z")

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It is not clear to me, though, where does this material reside nowadays?

Vasilis

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**Author:** ![vincent.couvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f4b2a3/32.png) [@vincent.couvert](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/vincent.couvert)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/not-clear-where-the-legacy-documentation-resides-now/1206/4 "2026-07-21T16:05:37Z")

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Hi @vvanag

What kind of documentation are you looking for?

Best regards.

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**Author:** ![vvanag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6a8cbe/32.png) [@vvanag](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/vvanag)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/not-clear-where-the-legacy-documentation-resides-now/1206/5 "2026-07-22T15:54:18Z")

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I’m mostly interested in writing C extensions for Scilab. A detailed guide. The legacy documents have this information. Is it still valid? (I ask before I start).

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**Author:** ![vvanag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6a8cbe/32.png) [@vvanag](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/vvanag)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/not-clear-where-the-legacy-documentation-resides-now/1206/6 "2026-07-22T18:07:58Z")

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OK I looked at scicv. I think I get it.

But now comes the more interesting question. I want to use the Equation-mingw or D or FBC compiler to create an extension. How can I do it? I do not have msvc and I am not interested installing it.

Moreover I do not use nmake but jom which is a clone of it or mingw-make.