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xmlread: updating NEWS file of miscellaneous and IO to mention move of the function
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date Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:05:35 +0000
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for miscellaneous 1.1.0:
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2 -------------------------------------------------------------------
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3
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4 ** IMPORTANT NOTE:
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5 * the function `waitbar' has been renamed `text_waitbar'. Octave core has
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6 implemented a Matlab compatible `waitbar' which is imcompatible with the
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7 old miscellaneous `waitbar'. If you use the `waitbar' function from the
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8 miscellaneous package you have 3 options:
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9 1. replace all `waitbar' calls by `text_waitbar';
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10 2. fix your `waitbar' calls for the new API as per octave core. Note
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11 that `waitbar' is graphical tool only;
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12 3. use an old version of the miscellaneous package or modify the source
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13 to keep shadowing the octave core `waitbar'.
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15 ** The following functions are new:
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17 clip normr text_waitbar
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18 normc sample
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20 ** The following functions have been moved to the IO package:
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22 cell2csv csvconcat xmlread
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23 csv2cell csvexplode xmlwrite
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25 ** The function `clip' was imported from the audio package.
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27 ** The functions `apply' and `map' have been deprecated. `cellfun' and
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28 `arrayfun' from octave core should be used instead.
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30 ** The function `partarray' has been deprecated. `mat2cell' from octave core
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31 should be used instead.
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33 ** The function `temp_name' has been deprecated. `tmpnam' from octave core
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34 should be used instead.
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36 ** Multiple bug fixes and increased input check on many functions.
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38 ** Package is no longer automatically loaded.
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40 ** improvements to help text.