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maint: merge stable to default.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Tue, 01 Sep 2020 08:36:17 -0700
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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 - Calling a user-defined function with too many inputs or outputs is now
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45 an error. The interpreter makes this check automatically. If a
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46 function uses varargin then the check is skipped for function inputs,
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47 and if a function uses varargout then the check is skipped for function
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48 outputs.
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50 - As part of GSoC 2020, Abdallah K. Elshamy implemented the
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51 `jsondecode` and `jsonencode` functions to read and write JSON data.
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53 - The function `griddata` now implements the "v4" Biharmonic Spline
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54 Interpolation method. In adddition, the function now accepts 3-D inputs
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55 by passing the data to `griddata3`.
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57 - Coordinate transformation functions `cart2sph`, `sph2cart`,
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58 `cart2pol`, and `pol2cart` now accept either row or column vectors for
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59 coordinate inputs. A single coordinate matrix with one variable per
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60 column can still be used as function input, but a single output variable
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61 will now contain just the first output coordinate, and will no longer
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62 return the full output coordinate matrix. Output size matches the size
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63 of input vectors, or in the case of an input matrix will be column
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64 vectors with rows corresponding to the input coordinate matrix.
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66 - The function `dec2bin` and `dec2hex` now support negative numbers.
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68 - Binary and hexadecimal constants like `0b101` and `0xDEADBEEF` now
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69 create integers (unsigned by default) with sizes determined from the
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70 number of digits present. For example, `0xff` creates a `uint8` value
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71 and `0xDEADBEEF` creates a `uint64` value. You may also use a suffix of
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72 the form `s8`, `s16`, `s32`, `s64`, `u8`, `u16`, `u32`, or `u64` to
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73 explicitly specify the data type to use (`u` or `s` to indicate signed
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74 or unsigned and the number to indicate the integer size).
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76 Binary constants are limited to 64 binary digits and hexadecimal
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77 constants are limited to 16 hexadecimal digits with no automatic
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78 rounding or conversion to floating point values. Note that this may
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79 cause problems in existing code. For example, an expression like
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80 `[0x1; 0x100; 0x10000]` will be uint8 (because of the rules of
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81 concatenating integers of different sizes) with the larger values
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82 truncated (because of the saturation semantics of integer values). To
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83 avoid these kinds of problems either: 1) declare the first integer to be
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84 of the desired size such as `[0x1u32; 0x100; 0x10000]`, or 2) pad
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85 constants in array expressions with leading zeros so that they use the
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86 same number of digits for each value such as
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87 `[0x00_00_01; 0x00_01_00; 0x01_00_00]`.
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89 - The function `importdata` now produces more compatible results when
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90 the file contains a 2-D text matrix.
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92 - `uicontrol` objects now fully implement the "Off" and "Inactive"
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93 values of the "Enable" property. When the value is "Off", no
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94 interaction with the object occurs and the `uicontrol` changes color
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95 (typically to gray) to indicate it is disabled. When the value is
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96 "Inactive", the object appears normally (no change in color), but it is
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97 not possible to change the value of the object (such as modifying text
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98 in an `Edit` box or clicking on a `RadioButton`).
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100 - The functions `scatter` and `scatter3` now return a handle to a
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101 scatter graphics object. For compatibility, they return an `hggroup` of
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102 patch graphics objects when the "gnuplot" graphics toolkit is used. In
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103 previous versions of Octave, these functions returned a hg group of
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104 patch graphics objects for all graphics toolkits.
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106 - The function `saveas` now defaults to saving in Octave figure format
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107 (.ofig) rather than PDF (.pdf).
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109 - The additional property "contextmenu" has been added to all graphics
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110 objects. It is equivalent to the previously used "uicontextmenu"
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111 property which is hidden now.
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113 - A new warning ID (Octave:unimplemented-matlab-functionality) has been
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114 added which prints a warning when Octave's parser recognizes valid
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115 Matlab code, but for which Octave does not yet implement the
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116 functionality. By default, this warning is enabled.
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118 - Additional properties have been added to the `axes` graphics object:
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119 * "alphamap" (not yet implemented)
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120 * "alphascale" (not yet implemented)
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121 * "colorscale" (not yet implemented)
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122 * "fontsizemode" (not yet implemented)
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123 * "innerposition" (equivalent to "position")
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124 * "interactions" (not yet implemented)
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125 * "layout" (not yet implemented)
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126 * "legend" (not yet implemented)
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127 * "nextseriesindex" (read-only, used by `scatter` graphics objects)
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128 * "positionconstraint" (replacement for "activepositionproperty"
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129 which is now a hidden property. No plans for removal.)
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130 * "toolbar" (not yet implemented)
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131 * "xaxis" (not yet implemented)
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132 * "yaxis" (not yet implemented)
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133 * "zaxis" (not yet implemented)
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134
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135 ### Alphabetical list of new functions added in Octave 7
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136
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137 * `getpixelposition`
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138 * `endsWith`
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139 * `jsondecode`
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140 * `jsonencode`
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141 * `listfonts`
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142 * `memory`
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143 * `rng`
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144 * `startsWith`
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145 * `streamribbon`
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146
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147 ### Deprecated functions and properties
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148
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149 The following functions and properties have been deprecated in Octave 7
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150 and will be removed from Octave 9 (or whatever version is the second
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151 major release after 7):
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152
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153 - Functions
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154
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155 Function | Replacement
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156 -----------------------|------------------
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157 |
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158
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159 - Properties
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160
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161 Object | Property | Value
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162 -----------------|---------------|------------
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163 | |
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164
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165 ### Removed functions and properties
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166
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167 The following functions and properties were deprecated in Octave 5
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168 and have been removed from Octave 7.
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169
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170 - Functions
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171
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172 Function | Replacement
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173 -------------------------|------------------
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174 `output_max_field_width` | `output_precision`
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175 `is_keyword` | `iskeyword`
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176
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177 - Properties
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178
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179 Object | Property | Value
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180 -----------------|---------------|------------
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181 `text` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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182 `uibuttongroup` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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183 `uicontrol` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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184 `uipanel` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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185 `uitable` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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186
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187 ### Old release news
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188
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189 - [Octave 6.x](etc/NEWS.6)
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190 - [Octave 5.x](etc/NEWS.5)
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191 - [Octave 4.x](etc/NEWS.4)
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192 - [Octave 3.x](etc/NEWS.3)
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193 - [Octave 2.x](etc/NEWS.2)
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194 - [Octave 1.x](etc/NEWS.1)