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maint: merge stable to default.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:04:58 -0400
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 7 (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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4 ### General improvements
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6 - Many functions in Octave can be called in a command form---no
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7 parentheses for invocation and no return argument assignment---or in a
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8 functional form---parentheses and '=' for assignment of return values.
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10 Command Form Example
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12 `mkdir new_directory`
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14 Function Form Example
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16 `status = mkdir ("new_directory")`
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18 Octave now handles errors that occur in a consistent manner. If
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19 called in command form and there is a failure, an error is thrown
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20 and a message printed. If called in functional form, no error or
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21 message is printed and the failure is communicated to the programmer
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22 via the output status variable.
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24 The following list of functions have been modified.
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26 * `copyfile`
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27 * `fcntl`
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28 * `fileattrib`
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29 * `kill`
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30 * `link`
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31 * `mkfifo`
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32 * `movefile`
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33 * `rename`
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34 * `rmdir`
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35 * `symlink`
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36 * `unlink`
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38 ### Graphics backend
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40 - Support for Qt4 for graphics and the GUI has been removed.
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42 ### Matlab compatibility
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44 - The function `griddata` now implements the "v4" Biharmonic Spline
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45 Interpolation method. In adddition, the function now accepts 3-D inputs
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46 by passing the data to `griddata3`.
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48 - Coordinate transformation functions `cart2sph`, `sph2cart`,
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49 `cart2pol`, and `pol2cart` can now accept either row or column vectors
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50 for coordinate inputs. A single coordinate matrix with one variable per
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51 column can still be used as function input, but a single output variable
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52 will now contain just the first output coordinate, and will no longer
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53 return the full output coordinate matrix. Output size matches the
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54 size of input vectors, or in the case of an input matrix will be column
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55 vectors with rows corresponding to the input coordinate matrix.
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57 - The function `dec2bin` and `dec2hex` now support negative numbers.
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59 - The function `importdata` now produces more compatible results when
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60 the file contains a 2-D text matrix.
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62 - `uicontrol` objects now fully implement the "Off" and "Inactive"
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63 values of the "Enable" property. When the value is "Off", no
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64 interaction with the object occurs and the `uicontrol` changes color
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65 (typically to gray) to indicate it is disabled. When the value is
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66 "Inactive", the object appears normally (no change in color), but it is
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67 not possible to change the value of the object (such as modifying text
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68 in an `Edit` box or clicking on a `RadioButton`).
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70 - The functions `scatter` and `scatter3` now return a handle to a scatter
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71 graphics object. For compatibility, they return a hg group of patch
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72 graphics objects when the "gnuplot" graphics toolkit is used. In
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73 previous versions of Octave, these functions returned a hg group of patch
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74 graphics objects for all graphics toolkits.
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76 - The function `saveas` now defaults to saving in Octave figure format
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77 (.ofig) rather than PDF (.pdf).
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79 - The additional property "contextmenu" has been added to all graphics
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80 objects. It is equivalent to the previously used "uicontextmenu"
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81 property which is hidden now.
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83 - A new warning ID (Octave:unimplemented-matlab-functionality) has been
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84 added which prints a warning when Octave's parser recognizes valid
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85 Matlab code, but for which Octave does not yet implement the
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86 functionality. By default, this warning is enabled.
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88 - Additional properties have been added for the `axes` graphics object:
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89 * "alphamap" (not yet implemented)
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90 * "alphascale" (not yet implemented)
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91 * "colorscale" (not yet implemented)
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92 * "fontsizemode" (not yet implemented)
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93 * "innerposition" (equivalent to "position")
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94 * "interactions" (not yet implemented)
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95 * "layout" (not yet implemented)
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96 * "legend" (not yet implemented)
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97 * "nextseriesindex" (read-only, used by `scatter` graphics objects)
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98 * "positionconstraint" (replacement for "activepositionproperty"
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99 which is now a hidden property. No plans for removal.)
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100 * "toolbar" (not yet implemented)
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101 * "xaxis" (not yet implemented)
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102 * "yaxis" (not yet implemented)
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103 * "zaxis" (not yet implemented)
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105 ### Alphabetical list of new functions added in Octave 7
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107 * `getpixelposition`
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108 * `endsWith`
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109 * `listfonts`
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110 * `memory`
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111 * `rng`
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112 * `startsWith`
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113 * `streamribbon`
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115 ### Deprecated functions and properties
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117 The following functions and properties have been deprecated in Octave 7
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118 and will be removed from Octave 9 (or whatever version is the second
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119 major release after 7):
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121 - Functions
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123 Function | Replacement
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124 -----------------------|------------------
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125 |
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127 - Properties
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129 Object | Property | Value
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130 -----------------|---------------|------------
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131 | |
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132
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133 ### Removed functions and properties
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134
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135 The following functions and properties were deprecated in Octave 5
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136 and have been removed from Octave 7.
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138 - Functions
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139
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140 Function | Replacement
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141 -------------------------|------------------
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142 `output_max_field_width` | `output_precision`
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143 `is_keyword` | `iskeyword`
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145 - Properties
18606
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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146
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147 Object | Property | Value
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148 -----------------|---------------|------------
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149 `text` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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150 `uibuttongroup` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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151 `uicontrol` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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152 `uipanel` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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153 `uitable` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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154
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Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
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155 ### Old release news
19965
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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156
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157 - [Octave 6.x](etc/NEWS.6)
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158 - [Octave 5.x](etc/NEWS.5)
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159 - [Octave 4.x](etc/NEWS.4)
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160 - [Octave 3.x](etc/NEWS.3)
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161 - [Octave 2.x](etc/NEWS.2)
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162 - [Octave 1.x](etc/NEWS.1)