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allow hex2num to handle integer values * hex2num.cc: Handle integer types. Simplify using templates and generic functions. Allow num2hex to return a cell array. Ensure hex digits are always created and processed in big-endian order. New tests. * NEWS: Note changes.

author	John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date	Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:18:51 -0400
parents	5ab7192f91d8
children	2aab625b502c

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23277 df0fb2cb820b add release dates to NEWS files John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23273 diff changeset	1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.4 (yyyy-mm-dd):
df0fb2cb820b add release dates to NEWS files John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23273 diff changeset	2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
22586 d0e972e74851 maint: merge stable to default. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 22573 diff changeset	3
22986 21707d6a02c7 make --enable-64 the default John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22774 diff changeset	4 ** On systems with 64-bit pointers, --enable-64 is now the default and
21707d6a02c7 make --enable-64 the default John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22774 diff changeset	5 Octave always uses 64-bit indexing. However, if the configure
21707d6a02c7 make --enable-64 the default John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22774 diff changeset	6 script determines that the BLAS library uses 32-bit integers, then
21707d6a02c7 make --enable-64 the default John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22774 diff changeset	7 operations using the following libraries are limited to arrays with
21707d6a02c7 make --enable-64 the default John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22774 diff changeset	8 dimensions that are smaller than 2^31 elements:
21707d6a02c7 make --enable-64 the default John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22774 diff changeset	9
22987 4643c8bce4e7 * NEWS: Fix incomplete update in previous change. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22986 diff changeset	10 BLAS LAPACK QRUPDATE SuiteSparse ARPACK
4643c8bce4e7 * NEWS: Fix incomplete update in previous change. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22986 diff changeset	11
4643c8bce4e7 * NEWS: Fix incomplete update in previous change. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22986 diff changeset	12 Additionally, the following libraries use "int" internally, so
4643c8bce4e7 * NEWS: Fix incomplete update in previous change. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22986 diff changeset	13 maximum problem sizes are always limited:
4643c8bce4e7 * NEWS: Fix incomplete update in previous change. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22986 diff changeset	14
4643c8bce4e7 * NEWS: Fix incomplete update in previous change. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22986 diff changeset	15 glpk Qhull
4643c8bce4e7 * NEWS: Fix incomplete update in previous change. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22986 diff changeset	16
23348 5ab7192f91d8 containers.Map: New key/value storage container (bug #49559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 23277 diff changeset	17 ** A new container data type--containers.Map--is available. Map is a
5ab7192f91d8 containers.Map: New key/value storage container (bug #49559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 23277 diff changeset	18 key/value storage container (a.k.a, a hash) that efficiently allows
5ab7192f91d8 containers.Map: New key/value storage container (bug #49559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 23277 diff changeset	19 storing and retrieving values by name, rather than by position which
5ab7192f91d8 containers.Map: New key/value storage container (bug #49559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 23277 diff changeset	20 is how arrays work.
5ab7192f91d8 containers.Map: New key/value storage container (bug #49559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 23277 diff changeset	21
23356 ef20eee0247d allow hex2num to handle integer values John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23348 diff changeset	22 ** hex2num and num2hex now work for integer and char types and num2hex
ef20eee0247d allow hex2num to handle integer values John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23348 diff changeset	23 may optionally return a cell array of strings instead of a character
ef20eee0247d allow hex2num to handle integer values John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23348 diff changeset	24 array. If given a cell array of strings, hex2num now returns a
ef20eee0247d allow hex2num to handle integer values John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23348 diff changeset	25 numeric array of the same size as the input cell array. Previously,
ef20eee0247d allow hex2num to handle integer values John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23348 diff changeset	26 hex2num would accept a cell array of strings of arbitrary dimension
ef20eee0247d allow hex2num to handle integer values John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23348 diff changeset	27 but would always return a column vector.
ef20eee0247d allow hex2num to handle integer values John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23348 diff changeset	28
23019 cb09392b5b1c Return struct array for 'names' option of regexp (bug #49659). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22987 diff changeset	29 ** The "names" option used in regular expressions now returns a struct
cb09392b5b1c Return struct array for 'names' option of regexp (bug #49659). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22987 diff changeset	30 array, rather than a struct with a cell array for each field. This
cb09392b5b1c Return struct array for 'names' option of regexp (bug #49659). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22987 diff changeset	31 change was made for Matlab compatibility.
cb09392b5b1c Return struct array for 'names' option of regexp (bug #49659). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22987 diff changeset	32
22586 d0e972e74851 maint: merge stable to default. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 22573 diff changeset	33 ** Other new functions added in 4.4:
d0e972e74851 maint: merge stable to default. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 22573 diff changeset	34
23273 87b6f3606fd4 corrcoef.m: New statistics function for Matlab compatibility (bug #47824). Guillaume Flandin parents: 23255 diff changeset	35 corrcoef
22586 d0e972e74851 maint: merge stable to default. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 22573 diff changeset	36 gsvd
23255 aaf91b4f48e4 hgtransform.m: New function (bug #50466). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 23227 diff changeset	37 hgtransform
22586 d0e972e74851 maint: merge stable to default. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 22573 diff changeset	38
22613 edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	39 ** Deprecated functions.
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	40
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	41 The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.4 and will
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	42 be removed from Octave 4.8 (or whatever version is the second major
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	43 release after 4.4):
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	44
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	45 Function \| Replacement
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	46 ---------------------\|------------------
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	47
23201 239a9fed80de New mechanism to deprecate graphics properties (bug #50327) Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23176 diff changeset	48 ** Deprecated graphics properties.
239a9fed80de New mechanism to deprecate graphics properties (bug #50327) Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23176 diff changeset	49
23210 3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	50 The following properties or allowed corresponding values have been
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	51 deprecated in Octave 4.4 and will be removed from Octave 4.8 (or whatever
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	52 version is the second major release after 4.4):
23201 239a9fed80de New mechanism to deprecate graphics properties (bug #50327) Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23176 diff changeset	53
23210 3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	54 Object \| Property \| Value
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	55 ---------------------\|-------------------------\|-------------------
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	56 figure \| doublebuffer \|
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	57 \| mincolormap \|
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	58 \| wvisual \|
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	59 \| wvisualmode \|
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	60 \| xdisplay \|
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	61 \| xvisual \|
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	62 \| xvisualmode \|
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	63 axes \| drawmode \|
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	64 annotation \| edgecolor ("rectangle") \|
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	65 text \| fontweight \| "demi" and "light"
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	66 uicontrol \| fontweight \| "demi" and "light"
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	67 uipanel \| fontweight \| "demi" and "light"
3a298e07002c Deprecate "light" and "demi" values for "fontweight" property (bug #50353). Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 23201 diff changeset	68 uibuttongroup \| fontweight \| "demi" and "light"
22613 edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	69
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	70 ** The following functions were deprecated in Octave 4.0 and have been
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	71 removed from Octave 4.4.
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	72
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	73 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
23085 dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	74 bicubic
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	75 delaunay3
22613 edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	76 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
23085 dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	77 dump_prefs
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	78 find_dir_in_path
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	79 finite
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	80 fmod
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	81 fnmatch
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	82 gmap40
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	83 loadaudio
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	84 luinc
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	85 mouse_wheel_zoom
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	86 nfields
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	87 octave_tmp_file_name
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	88 playaudio
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	89 saveaudio
22613 edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	90 setaudio
23085 dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	91 syl
dffa2b8c9482 maint: strip trailing whitespace from source files. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23019 diff changeset	92 usage
22613 edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	93
22774 5b1fdeb1aa04 * oct-alloc.h: Remove deprecated header file. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22631 diff changeset	94 ** The header file oct-alloc.h has been removed along with the macros
5b1fdeb1aa04 * oct-alloc.h: Remove deprecated header file. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22631 diff changeset	95 that it defined (DECLARE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR, DEFINE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR,
5b1fdeb1aa04 * oct-alloc.h: Remove deprecated header file. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22631 diff changeset	96 and DEFINE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR2).
5b1fdeb1aa04 * oct-alloc.h: Remove deprecated header file. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22631 diff changeset	97
23176 5f7c675b3954 annotation.m: Rename property "edgecolor" to "color" (bug #50227). Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 23140 diff changeset	98 ** The rectangle and ellipse annotation property "edgecolor" has been
5f7c675b3954 annotation.m: Rename property "edgecolor" to "color" (bug #50227). Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 23140 diff changeset	99 deprecated and will be removed from Octave 4.8 (or whatever version
5f7c675b3954 annotation.m: Rename property "edgecolor" to "color" (bug #50227). Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 23140 diff changeset	100 is the second major release after 4.4). Use the property "color"
5f7c675b3954 annotation.m: Rename property "edgecolor" to "color" (bug #50227). Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 23140 diff changeset	101 instead.
5f7c675b3954 annotation.m: Rename property "edgecolor" to "color" (bug #50227). Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 23140 diff changeset	102
23277 df0fb2cb820b add release dates to NEWS files John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23273 diff changeset	103 Summary of bugs fixed for version 4.2.1 (2017-02-22):
df0fb2cb820b add release dates to NEWS files John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23273 diff changeset	104 ----------------------------------------------------
23222 1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	105
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	106 Using the bug numbers listed below, find bug reports on the web using
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	107 the URL https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?NNNNN
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	108
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	109 ** guarantee returning std::string from tilde_expand functions (bug #50234)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	110
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	111 ** workaround segfault in file_stat (bug #50234)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	112
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	113 ** genpropdoc.m: document more graphics properties (bug #50337)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	114
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	115 ** always fork and exec when starting the gui (bug #49609)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	116
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	117 ** print.m: fix regression with -append option (bug #50318)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	118
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	119 ** don't display legend, colorbar, and annotation axes coordinates
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	120 (bug #50272)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	121
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	122 ** qp.m: Fix regression with incorrect vector dimensions (bug #50067)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	123
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	124 ** prevent infinite loop in global documentation search (bug #50177)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	125
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	126 ** connect execute command signal in editor constructor (bug #50171)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	127
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	128 ** connect editors execute command signal to the required slot (bug #50171)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	129
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	130 ** check if input is class method before declaring it unimplemented
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	131 (patch #9238) (bug #49694)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	132
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	133 ** workaround segfault when an error occurs while printing (bug #49779)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	134
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	135 ** axis.m: Do not set plotboxaspectratio to 0 (bug #49755)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	136
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	137 ** don't rethrow exception in destructor (bug #49304)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	138
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	139 ** rethrow octave::exit_exception (bug #49304)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	140
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	141 ** update appdata.xml to follow conventions (bug #49952)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	142
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	143 ** mexproto.h (mxAssert, mxAssertS): ensure operator precedence (bug #50050)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	144
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	145 ** calculate error in solution for ode solvers correctly (bug #49950)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	146
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	147 ** use GetModuleFileName for getting octave path in windows (bug #48671)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	148
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	149 ** use C++ updaters for labels color (bug #49980)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	150
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	151 ** distinguish elements vs. bytes in fread (bug #49699)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	152
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	153 ** move frame2im and im2frame to image/ directory (bug #49939)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	154
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	155 ** fix undefined return argument for more than 2 outputs from ode solver
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	156 (bug #49890)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	157
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	158 ** fix inv for hermitian matrices (bug #49904)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	159
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	160 ** fix gzip for certain types of gzip files (bug #49760)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	161
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	162 ** fix typo in liboctave version info (bug #49860)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	163
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	164 ** initialize ODE Event function with start time (bug #49846)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	165
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	166 ** allow configure test to succeed without implicit fcn decls (bug #49782)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	167
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	168 ** allow external docstrings from .oct files to be found again (bug #49687)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	169
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	170 ** don't require semicolon between property list elements (bug #49819)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	171
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	172 ** display.m: Correctly display output for non-class objects
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	173 (bug #49753, #49794)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	174
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	175 ** don't run publish.tst unless OSMESA or gnuplot are available (bug #49767)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	176
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	177 ** find help for function aliases again (bug #49687)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	178
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	179 ** legend.m: backport cset 7184b4516a68 (bug #49675)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	180
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	181 ** preserve lasterror info on rethrow (bug #49642)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	182
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	183 ** norm: fix error in input argument validation leading to segfault
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	184 (bug #49634)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	185
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	186 Documentation bugs fixed:
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	187
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	188 ** overhaul Java interface description (bug #50299)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	189
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	190 ** add documentation for hex and binary prefix and _ separator
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	191 (bug #50305, #50334)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	192
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	193 ** fix build of docs broken in sub2ind (bug #50348)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	194
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	195 ** version.m: document that "-release" returns an empty string (bug #50294)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	196
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	197 ** remove trailing "\n\" from sleep and usleep docstrings (bug #50301)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	198
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	199 ** expand documentation for cast() (bug #50201)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	200
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	201 ** correct two entries in Table 34.1 (bug #50203)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	202
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	203 ** oop.txi: Improve table formatting (bug #50203)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	204
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	205 ** fix '##' in middle of docstring/comment lines (bug #50145)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	206
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	207 ** reword documentation about subplots in 15.2.4 (bug #50148)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	208
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	209 ** update unimplemented list of functions and where to find them
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	210 (bug #50098)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	211
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	212 ** compare_plot_demos: fix HTML syntax, simplify output, remove
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	213 external deps (bug #49709)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	214
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	215 ** add more depth to explanation of '~' function argument (bug #49444)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	216
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	217 ** correct documentation for javaclasspath file (bug #49873)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	218
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	219 ** small fixes to docstrings (bug #49733)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	220
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	221 ** change text describing demo plots to reflect new ColorOrder (bug #49288)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	222
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	223 Other bugs fixed:
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	224
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	225 ** add missing classdef test files (bug #49819)
1327ea4f5a93 Version 4.2.1 released. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23138 diff changeset	226
23277 df0fb2cb820b add release dates to NEWS files John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23273 diff changeset	227 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2 (2016-11-13):
df0fb2cb820b add release dates to NEWS files John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23273 diff changeset	228 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
20157 e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	229
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	230 ** The parser has been extended to accept, but ignore, underscore
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	231 characters in numbers. This facilitates writing more legible code
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	232 by using '_' as a thousands separator or to group nibbles into bytes
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	233 in hex constants.
20588 e34692daf663 Extend parser to accept '_' in numbers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20535 diff changeset	234
22473 bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22464 diff changeset	235 Examples: 1_000_000 == 1e6 or 0xDE_AD_BE_EF
20588 e34692daf663 Extend parser to accept '_' in numbers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20535 diff changeset	236
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	237 ** The parser has been extended to understand binary numbers which
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	238 begin with the prefix '0b' or '0B'. The value returned is Octave's
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	239 default numeric class of double, not at unsigned integer class.
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	240 Therefore numbers greater than flintmax, i.e., 2^53, will lose some
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	241 precision.
20589 7c0e10f035bd Extend parser to accept binary constants that begin with '0b' or '0B'. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20588 diff changeset	242
22473 bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22464 diff changeset	243 Examples: 0b101 == 5 or 0B1100_0001 == 0xC1
20589 7c0e10f035bd Extend parser to accept binary constants that begin with '0b' or '0B'. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20588 diff changeset	244
22488 a666e3ee6af8 Require gnuplot 4.4 as mininimum supported version. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22476 diff changeset	245 ** gnuplot 4.4 is now the minimum version supported by Octave.
a666e3ee6af8 Require gnuplot 4.4 as mininimum supported version. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22476 diff changeset	246
22442 638625a0186f Update to latest line plot color order for Matlab compatibility (bug #48465) Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 22363 diff changeset	247 ** The default set of colors used to plot lines has been updated to be
638625a0186f Update to latest line plot color order for Matlab compatibility (bug #48465) Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 22363 diff changeset	248 compatible with Matlab's new default color scheme. The line plot
638625a0186f Update to latest line plot color order for Matlab compatibility (bug #48465) Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 22363 diff changeset	249 color scheme can be set with the axes property "ColorOrder".
638625a0186f Update to latest line plot color order for Matlab compatibility (bug #48465) Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 22363 diff changeset	250
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	251 ** The default colormap is now set to "viridis" which is also the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	252 default colormap in matplotlib. This new colormap fixes some of the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	253 main issues with the old default colormap "jet" such as its bad
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	254 "luminance profile" and is also more similar to Matlab's new default
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	255 colormap "parula".
20530 17e507df10e3 Set the default colormap to 'viridis' Carlo de Falco <carlo.defalco@polimi.it> parents: 20502 diff changeset	256
22628 a918e983a943 doc: Add list of built-in colormaps to colormap documentation (bug #49363). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22573 diff changeset	257 ** The colormap function no longer supports the input argument "list"
a918e983a943 doc: Add list of built-in colormaps to colormap documentation (bug #49363). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22573 diff changeset	258 to show built-in colormaps. Use "help colormap" to find the
a918e983a943 doc: Add list of built-in colormaps to colormap documentation (bug #49363). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22573 diff changeset	259 built-in colormaps.
a918e983a943 doc: Add list of built-in colormaps to colormap documentation (bug #49363). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22573 diff changeset	260
22351 e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	261 ** The graphics command "hold on" now ensures that each new plot added
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	262 to an existing plot has a different color or linestyle according to
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	263 the "ColorOrder" and/or "LineStyleOrder" properties. This is
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	264 equivalent to the old command "hold all" and was made for Matlab
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	265 compatibility. Existing code may produce differently colored
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	266 plots if it did not specify the color for a plot and relied on each
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	267 new plot having the default first color in the "ColorOrder"
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	268 property.
22069 9121d6584f6a Overhaul graphics implementation of hold() (bug #43559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21948 diff changeset	269
21350 ea31a050bdd8 Execute commands in startup.m at start for compatibility with Matlab. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21314 diff changeset	270 ** When starting, Octave now looks in the function path for a file
21395 0196666bf900 NEWS: Wrap to 72 characters. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21350 diff changeset	271 startup.m and executes any commands found there. This change was
0196666bf900 NEWS: Wrap to 72 characters. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21350 diff changeset	272 made to accommodate Matlab users. Octave has it's own configuration
21350 ea31a050bdd8 Execute commands in startup.m at start for compatibility with Matlab. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21314 diff changeset	273 system based on the file .octaverc which is preferred.
ea31a050bdd8 Execute commands in startup.m at start for compatibility with Matlab. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21314 diff changeset	274
20210 29eb47fe8e8c Add support for octal and hex escape sequences in single-quoted printf arguments (bug #39774). Rik <rik@octave.org>* parents: 20200 diff changeset	275 ** Octal ('\NNN') and hex ('\xNN') escape sequences in single quoted
29eb47fe8e8c Add support for octal and hex escape sequences in single-quoted printf arguments (bug #39774). Rik <rik@octave.org>* parents: 20200 diff changeset	276 strings are now interpreted by the function do_string_escapes().
29eb47fe8e8c Add support for octal and hex escape sequences in single-quoted printf arguments (bug #39774). Rik <rik@octave.org>* parents: 20200 diff changeset	277 The *printf family of functions now supports octal and hex escape
29eb47fe8e8c Add support for octal and hex escape sequences in single-quoted printf arguments (bug #39774). Rik <rik@octave.org>* parents: 20200 diff changeset	278 sequences in single-quoted strings for Matlab compatibility.
29eb47fe8e8c Add support for octal and hex escape sequences in single-quoted printf arguments (bug #39774). Rik <rik@octave.org>* parents: 20200 diff changeset	279
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	280 ** Special octal and hex escape sequences for the pattern and
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	281 replacement strings in regular expressions are now interpreted for
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	282 Matlab compatibility.
20211 f2bc7d23295d Add special hex/octal escape sequence processing for regexp. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20210 diff changeset	283
f2bc7d23295d Add special hex/octal escape sequence processing for regexp. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20210 diff changeset	284 octal: '\oNNN' or '\o{NNN}'
f2bc7d23295d Add special hex/octal escape sequence processing for regexp. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20210 diff changeset	285 hex : '\xNN' or '\x{NN}'
f2bc7d23295d Add special hex/octal escape sequence processing for regexp. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20210 diff changeset	286
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	287 ** Unknown escape sequences in the replacement string for regexprep are
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	288 now substituted with their unescaped version and no warning is
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	289 emitted. This change was made for Matlab compatibility.
20290 b6a59cc96bfa Process backslashes in regexprep replacement strings in Matlab compatible fashion (bug #45407). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20281 diff changeset	290
b6a59cc96bfa Process backslashes in regexprep replacement strings in Matlab compatible fashion (bug #45407). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20281 diff changeset	291 Example: regexprep ('a', 'a', 'x\yz')
b6a59cc96bfa Process backslashes in regexprep replacement strings in Matlab compatible fashion (bug #45407). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20281 diff changeset	292 => 'xyz'
b6a59cc96bfa Process backslashes in regexprep replacement strings in Matlab compatible fashion (bug #45407). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20281 diff changeset	293
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	294 ** mkfifo now interprets the MODE argument as an octal, not decimal,
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	295 integer. This is consistent with the equivalent shell command.
20200 d9f35ceff9e1 Change mkfifo to use an octal argument for MODE (bug #45054). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20157 diff changeset	296
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	297 ** linspace now returns an empty matrix if the number of requested
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	298 points is 0 or a negative number. This change was made to be
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	299 compatible with Matlab releases newer than 2011. In addition,
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	300 Octave no longer supports matrix inputs for A or B.
20466 16b9ec39ff46 Return empty matrix when linspace called with 0 points (bug #45820) Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20290 diff changeset	301
22226 9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	302 ** The cov function now returns the complex conjugate of the result
9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	303 from previous versions of Octave. This change was made for
9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	304 compatibility with Matlab.
9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	305
9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	306 ** condest now works with a normest1 compatible syntax.
9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	307
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	308 ** The griddata function no longer plots the interpolated mesh if no
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	309 output argument is requested, instead the vector or array of
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	310 interpolated values is always returned for Matlab compatibility.
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	311
22288 57fded74ee22 Add camlight function (patch #9014). Colin Macdonald <cbm@m.fsf.org> parents: 22278 diff changeset	312 ** The new function "light" and the corresponding graphics object
57fded74ee22 Add camlight function (patch #9014). Colin Macdonald <cbm@m.fsf.org> parents: 22278 diff changeset	313 provide light and shadow effects for patch and surface objects.
21789 6afdf40be534 Implement graphics object "light" (patch #8943). mmuetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 21765 diff changeset	314
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	315 ** The surfnorm function now returns unnormalized (magnitude != 1)
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	316 normal vectors for compatibility with Matlab.
20214 561af1ab6099 griddata.m: Return values instead of plotting for Matlab compatibility (bug #45125) Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 20211 diff changeset	317
22149 ba8a9d2934c7 Point isonormals towards lower values for Matlab compatibility (bug #48552). Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22113 diff changeset	318 ** The normal vectors returned from isonormals have been reversed to
ba8a9d2934c7 Point isonormals towards lower values for Matlab compatibility (bug #48552). Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22113 diff changeset	319 point towards smaller values for compatibility with Matlab.
ba8a9d2934c7 Point isonormals towards lower values for Matlab compatibility (bug #48552). Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22113 diff changeset	320
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	321 ** The quadl function now uses an absolute, rather than relative,
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	322 tolerance for Matlab compatibility. The default tolerance is 1e-6
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	323 which may result in lower precision results than previous versions
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	324 of Octave which used eps as the relative tolerance. The quadl
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	325 function has also been extended to return a second output with the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	326 total number of function evaluations.
20690 dc2be2485968 NEWS: Update with changes to quadl function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20589 diff changeset	327
21483 fe56e066825d NEWS: announce improved textscan function Philip Nienhuis <prnienhuis@users.sf.net> parents: 21434 diff changeset	328 ** The textscan function is now built-in and is much faster and much
fe56e066825d NEWS: announce improved textscan function Philip Nienhuis <prnienhuis@users.sf.net> parents: 21434 diff changeset	329 more Matlab-compatible than the previous m-file version.
fe56e066825d NEWS: announce improved textscan function Philip Nienhuis <prnienhuis@users.sf.net> parents: 21434 diff changeset	330
21637 59ebef9680ef More cleanup associated with removing Java dialog boxes (cset b5d9b95d1e1a). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21634 diff changeset	331 ** Dialog boxes--errordlg, helpdlg, inputdlg, listdlg, msgbox,
59ebef9680ef More cleanup associated with removing Java dialog boxes (cset b5d9b95d1e1a). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21634 diff changeset	332 questdlg, and warndlg--now exclusively use Qt for rendering.
59ebef9680ef More cleanup associated with removing Java dialog boxes (cset b5d9b95d1e1a). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21634 diff changeset	333 Java based versions have been removed.
21630 b5d9b95d1e1a Removing Java dialog boxes. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 21483 diff changeset	334
22293 ca8b8f12bd16 NEWS: Announce implementation of TitleFontSizeMultiplier, TitleFontWeight, Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22288 diff changeset	335 ** The axes properties "TitleFontSizeMultiplier" and "TitleFontWeight"
ca8b8f12bd16 NEWS: Announce implementation of TitleFontSizeMultiplier, TitleFontWeight, Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22288 diff changeset	336 are now implemented which control the default appearance of text
22473 bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22464 diff changeset	337 created with title().
22293 ca8b8f12bd16 NEWS: Announce implementation of TitleFontSizeMultiplier, TitleFontWeight, Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22288 diff changeset	338 The axes property "LabelFontSizeMultiplier" is now implemented
ca8b8f12bd16 NEWS: Announce implementation of TitleFontSizeMultiplier, TitleFontWeight, Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22288 diff changeset	339 which controls the default appearance of text created with
ca8b8f12bd16 NEWS: Announce implementation of TitleFontSizeMultiplier, TitleFontWeight, Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22288 diff changeset	340 xlabel(), ylabel(), or zlabel().
ca8b8f12bd16 NEWS: Announce implementation of TitleFontSizeMultiplier, TitleFontWeight, Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22288 diff changeset	341
22351 e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	342 ** The graphics property "box" for axes now defaults to "off".
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	343 To obtain equivalent plots to previous versions of Octave use
22476 57a6e657311d Fix typos in NEWS. Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22473 diff changeset	344 set (0, "DefaultAxesBox", "on");
22351 e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	345 in your .octaverc file.
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	346
22363 0ca341841198 Implement "boxstyle" graphics property. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22351 diff changeset	347 ** The graphics property "boxstyle" has been implemented. The default
0ca341841198 Implement "boxstyle" graphics property. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22351 diff changeset	348 is "back" which draws only the back planes in a 3-D view. If the
0ca341841198 Implement "boxstyle" graphics property. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22351 diff changeset	349 option is "full" then all planes are drawn.
0ca341841198 Implement "boxstyle" graphics property. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22351 diff changeset	350
22335 17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22327 diff changeset	351 ** The graphics property "erasemode" has been hidden, and will
21905 0c3f7fec9c1e Hide "erasemode" graphics property ahead of eventual removal. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21826 diff changeset	352 eventually be removed. This property has also been removed
0c3f7fec9c1e Hide "erasemode" graphics property ahead of eventual removal. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21826 diff changeset	353 from Matlab, and was never implemented in Octave.
0c3f7fec9c1e Hide "erasemode" graphics property ahead of eventual removal. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21826 diff changeset	354
22476 57a6e657311d Fix typos in NEWS. Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22473 diff changeset	355 ** The graphics property "graphicssmoothing" for figures now controls
22351 e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	356 whether anti-aliasing will be used for lines. The default is "on".
21948 241d39c66e8f Update graphics properties for figure object. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21905 diff changeset	357
22335 17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22327 diff changeset	358 ** The value "zero" for the axes properties "xaxislocation" and
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22327 diff changeset	359 "yaxislocation" has been deprecated and will be removed from
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22327 diff changeset	360 Octave 4.6. Use "origin" instead.
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22327 diff changeset	361
22113 b6f482e29afd New functions publish.m and grabcode.m (patch #9048). Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 22069 diff changeset	362 ** The publish function allows easy publication of Octave script files
22351 e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	363 in HTML or other formats, including figures and output created by
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	364 this script. It comes with its counterpart grabcode, which lets one
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	365 literally grab the HTML published code from a remote website, for
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22335 diff changeset	366 example.
22113 b6f482e29afd New functions publish.m and grabcode.m (patch #9048). Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 22069 diff changeset	367
22452 3a8af9d517de Initialize MEX TrapFlag variable for Matlab compatibility. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22451 diff changeset	368 ** The value of the MEX variable TrapFlag now defaults to 0, which will
3a8af9d517de Initialize MEX TrapFlag variable for Matlab compatibility. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22451 diff changeset	369 cause Octave to abort execution of a MEX file and return to the
3a8af9d517de Initialize MEX TrapFlag variable for Matlab compatibility. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22451 diff changeset	370 prompt if an error is encountered in mexCallMATLAB.
3a8af9d517de Initialize MEX TrapFlag variable for Matlab compatibility. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22451 diff changeset	371
22451 ad5439817753 Add mexCallMATLABWithTrap to MEX API (bug #48949). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22442 diff changeset	372 ** The MEX API now includes the function mexCallMATLABWithTrap. This
ad5439817753 Add mexCallMATLABWithTrap to MEX API (bug #48949). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22442 diff changeset	373 function will not abort if an error occurs during mexCallMATLAB, but
ad5439817753 Add mexCallMATLABWithTrap to MEX API (bug #48949). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22442 diff changeset	374 instead will return execution to the MEX function for error
ad5439817753 Add mexCallMATLABWithTrap to MEX API (bug #48949). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22442 diff changeset	375 handling.
ad5439817753 Add mexCallMATLABWithTrap to MEX API (bug #48949). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22442 diff changeset	376
22473 bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22464 diff changeset	377 ** The MEX API functions for input validation that begin with "mxIs"
bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22464 diff changeset	378 (e.g., mxIsDouble, mxIsEmpty, etc.) now return type bool rather than
bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22464 diff changeset	379 type int.
bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22464 diff changeset	380
22460 b0caa61934fe NEWS: Document mxAssert and mxAssertS additions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22454 diff changeset	381 ** The functions mxAssert and mxAssertS for checking assertions have
b0caa61934fe NEWS: Document mxAssert and mxAssertS additions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22454 diff changeset	382 been added. In order to avoid a performance penalty they are only
b0caa61934fe NEWS: Document mxAssert and mxAssertS additions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22454 diff changeset	383 compiled in to debug versions of a MEX file, i.e., that are produced
22473 bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22464 diff changeset	384 when the '-g' option is given to mex or mkoctfile.
22460 b0caa61934fe NEWS: Document mxAssert and mxAssertS additions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22454 diff changeset	385
22462 6cb7813e5b2f Add new mxIsScalar function for MEX API. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22460 diff changeset	386 ** Other new MEX API functions include mexEvalStringWithTrap,
22464 1d2960b5efe6 Add new MEX fcns mxCreateUninitNumericArray, mxCreateUninitNumericMatrix. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22462 diff changeset	387 mxIsScalar, mxCreateUninitNumericArray, mxCreateUninitNumericMatrix.
22454 8445f67a8123 Add function mexEvalStringWithTrap to MEX API. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22452 diff changeset	388
20157 e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	389 ** Other new functions added in 4.2:
e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	390
21711 2e0e4eec0d62 Document new function audioformats Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 21637 diff changeset	391 audioformats
22288 57fded74ee22 Add camlight function (patch #9014). Colin Macdonald <cbm@m.fsf.org> parents: 22278 diff changeset	392 camlight
22335 17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22327 diff changeset	393 condeig
20734 e44d904ac525 Add new functions deg2rad and rad2deg to core (bug #46340). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20725 diff changeset	394 deg2rad
21826 f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 21789 diff changeset	395 dialog
21075 5ed379c8decd Add new function evalc to core. Oliver Heimlich <oheim@posteo.de> parents: 21025 diff changeset	396 evalc
20913 69489c064cb7 New function hash to calculate MD{2/4/5} and SHA{1,244,256,384,512} hash values. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 20744 diff changeset	397 hash
20736 842765b159ed New function im2double ported from the image package. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20734 diff changeset	398 im2double
22278 3fe6663808cc Add function "isocaps" (patch #8872) Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22247 diff changeset	399 isocaps
3fe6663808cc Add function "isocaps" (patch #8872) Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22247 diff changeset	400 lighting
21765 23a610a3f001 Implement localfunctions Matlab command (bug #47705). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 21711 diff changeset	401 localfunctions
22247 c8fc60a183a3 Add function material. (patch #9013) Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22243 diff changeset	402 material
22183 bfb1b089c230 New function normest1 as replacement for onenormest (patch #8837) Marco Caliari <marco.caliari@univr.it> parents: 22149 diff changeset	403 normest1
22335 17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22327 diff changeset	404 ode23
21826 f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 21789 diff changeset	405 ode45
20533 fcb792acab9b Moving ode45, odeset, odeget, and levenshtein from odepkg to core. jcorno <jacopo.corno@gmail.com> parents: 20530 diff changeset	406 odeget
22335 17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22327 diff changeset	407 odeplot
21826 f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 21789 diff changeset	408 odeset
21314 a4235a7eeb2c Add new padecoef.m function. Endre Kozma <endre.kozma@gmx.com> parents: 21308 diff changeset	409 padecoef
22335 17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22327 diff changeset	410 profexport
21765 23a610a3f001 Implement localfunctions Matlab command (bug #47705). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 21711 diff changeset	411 psi
20736 842765b159ed New function im2double ported from the image package. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20734 diff changeset	412 rad2deg
22243 654de580bdb3 Add function "reducepatch" (patch #8912) Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22235 diff changeset	413 reducepatch
22231 01ba6ebc52e4 Add function "reducevolume" (patch #8856). Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22226 diff changeset	414 reducevolume
22278 3fe6663808cc Add function "isocaps" (patch #8872) Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22247 diff changeset	415 smooth3
21826 f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 21789 diff changeset	416 uibuttongroup
20157 e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	417
20484 c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	418 ** Deprecated functions.
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	419
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	420 The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.2 and will
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	421 be removed from Octave 4.6 (or whatever version is the second major
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	422 release after 4.2):
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	423
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	424 Function \| Replacement
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	425 ---------------------\|------------------
20486 4bb41929286b Deprecate bitmax. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 20484 diff changeset	426 bitmax \| flintmax
20502 afdb856e44f1 Deprecate mahalanobis function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20501 diff changeset	427 mahalanobis \| mahal in Octave-Forge statistics pkg
20913 69489c064cb7 New function hash to calculate MD{2/4/5} and SHA{1,244,256,384,512} hash values. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 20744 diff changeset	428 md5sum \| hash
23138 4e313457b5f9 * NEWS: Fix typo. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22628 diff changeset	429 octave_config_info \| __octave_config_info__
22183 bfb1b089c230 New function normest1 as replacement for onenormest (patch #8837) Marco Caliari <marco.caliari@univr.it> parents: 22149 diff changeset	430 onenormest \| normest1
20923 58263bea2fdf Unified "sleep" functions to "octave_sleep" in C++ and "pause" in Octave. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 20913 diff changeset	431 sleep \| pause
58263bea2fdf Unified "sleep" functions to "octave_sleep" in C++ and "pause" in Octave. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 20913 diff changeset	432 usleep \| pause
20484 c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	433 wavread \| audioread
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	434 wavwrite \| audiowrite
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	435
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	436 ** The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	437 removed from Octave 4.2.
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	438
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	439 default_save_options java_new
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	440 gen_doc_cache java_unsigned_conversion
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	441 interp1q javafields
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	442 isequalwithequalnans javamethods
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	443 java_convert_matrix re_read_readline_init_file
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	444 java_debug read_readline_init_file
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	445 java_invoke saving_history
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	446
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	447 ** The global error_state variable in Octave's C++ API has been
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	448 deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Now the error
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	449 and print_usage functions throw an exception
22327 d0562b3159c7 move more classes inside octave namespace John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22319 diff changeset	450 (octave::execution_exception) after displaying the error message.
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	451 This makes the error and print_usage functions in C++ work more like
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	452 the corresponding functions in the scripting language.
20157 e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	453
21025 f7e64e1baa08 NEWS: Add note about updating user-supplied liboctave error handlers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20923 diff changeset	454 ** The default error handlers in liboctave have been updated to use
f7e64e1baa08 NEWS: Add note about updating user-supplied liboctave error handlers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20923 diff changeset	455 exceptions. After displaying an error message they no longer return
f7e64e1baa08 NEWS: Add note about updating user-supplied liboctave error handlers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20923 diff changeset	456 control to the calling program. The error handler function can be
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	457 customized through the global variables
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	458 "current_liboctave_error_handler" and
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	459 "current_liboctave_error_with_id_handler". If a programmer has
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	460 installed their own custom error handling routines when directly
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	461 linking with liboctave then these must be updated to throw an
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	462 exception and not return to the calling program.
21025 f7e64e1baa08 NEWS: Add note about updating user-supplied liboctave error handlers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20923 diff changeset	463
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	464 ** The system for common errors and warnings has been renamed from
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	465 gripe_XXX to either err_XXX if error is called or warn_XXX if
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	466 warning is called. The gripe_XXX functions are deprecated and will
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	467 be removed in version 4.6.
21101 2e8aea678f2a Deprecate gripe_XXX functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21076 diff changeset	468
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	469 ** New configure option, --enable-address-sanitizer-flags, to build
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	470 Octave with memory allocator checks (similar to those in valgrind)
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	471 built in.
20725 7164a69472dd eliminate more uses of error state John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 20715 diff changeset	472
23277 df0fb2cb820b add release dates to NEWS files John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23273 diff changeset	473 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.0 (2015-05-23):
df0fb2cb820b add release dates to NEWS files John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23273 diff changeset	474 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	475
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	476 ** A graphical user interface is now the default when running Octave
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	477 interactively. The start-up option --no-gui will run the familiar
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	478 command line interface, and still allows use of the GUI dialogs and
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	479 qt plotting toolkit. The option --no-gui-libs runs a minimalist
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	480 command line interface that does not link with the Qt libraries and
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	481 uses the fltk toolkit for plotting.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	482
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	483 ** Octave now uses OpenGL graphics with Qt widgets by default. If
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	484 OpenGL libraries are not available when Octave is built, gnuplot is
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	485 used. You may choose to use the fltk or gnuplot toolkit for
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	486 graphics by executing the command
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	487
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	488 graphics_toolkit ("fltk")
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	489 OR
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	490 graphics_toolkit ("gnuplot")
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	491
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	492 Adding such a command to your ~/.octaverc file will set the default
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	493 for each session.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	494
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	495 ** A new syntax for object oriented programming termed classdef has
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	496 been introduced. See the manual for more extensive documentation of
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	497 the classdef interface.
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	498
18803 7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	499 New keywords:
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	500
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	501 classdef endclassdef
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	502 enumeration endenumeration
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	503 events endevents
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	504 methods endmethods
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	505 properties endproperties
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	506
19520 9f7a2d75ce1f * NEWS: Mention new audio functions. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19408 diff changeset	507 ** New audio functions and classes:
19035 ff820f92cbb5 inputParser: classdef port of @inputParser from Octave Forge general pkg. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 19030 diff changeset	508
19682 c2478360291f New functions sound and soundsc Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19647 diff changeset	509 audiodevinfo audioread sound
c2478360291f New functions sound and soundsc Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19647 diff changeset	510 audioinfo audiorecorder soundsc
19520 9f7a2d75ce1f * NEWS: Mention new audio functions. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19408 diff changeset	511 audioplayer audiowrite
9f7a2d75ce1f * NEWS: Mention new audio functions. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19408 diff changeset	512
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	513 ** Other new classes in Octave 4.0:
19520 9f7a2d75ce1f * NEWS: Mention new audio functions. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19408 diff changeset	514
9f7a2d75ce1f * NEWS: Mention new audio functions. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19408 diff changeset	515 audioplayer inputParser
19597 db92e7e28e1f strip trailing whitespace from most source files John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19596 diff changeset	516 audiorecorder
19035 ff820f92cbb5 inputParser: classdef port of @inputParser from Octave Forge general pkg. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 19030 diff changeset	517
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	518 ** Optional stricter Matlab compatibility for ranges, diagonal
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	519 matrices, and permutation matrices.
19398 9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	520
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	521 Octave has internal optimizations which use space-efficient storage
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	522 for the three data types above. Three new functions have been added
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	523 which control whether the optimizations are used (default), or
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	524 whether the data types are stored as full matrices.
19398 9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	525
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	526 disable_range disable_diagonal_matrix disable_permutation_matrix
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	527
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	528 All three optimizations are disabled if Octave is started with the
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	529 --braindead command line option.
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	530
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	531 ** The preference
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	532
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	533 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	534
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	535 is now enabled by default.
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	536
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	537 ** The preference
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	538
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	539 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	540
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	541 is now enabled by default and the warning ID
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	542
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	543 Octave:noninteger-range-as-index
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	544
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	545 is now set to "on" by default instead of "error" by default and "on"
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	546 for --traditional.
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	547
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	548 ** The "backtrace" warning option is now enabled by default. This
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	549 change was made for Matlab compatibility.
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	550
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	551 ** For compatibility with Matlab, the "ismatrix (x)" function now only
21308 c53bfd6d8e08 maint: Use American spelling for "behavior". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21133 diff changeset	552 checks the dimension of "x". The old behavior of "ismatrix" is
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	553 obtained by "isnumeric (x) \|\| islogical (x) \|\| ischar (x)".
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	554
21308 c53bfd6d8e08 maint: Use American spelling for "behavior". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21133 diff changeset	555 ** The nextpow2 function behavior has been changed for vector inputs.
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	556 Instead of computing `nextpow2 (length (x))', it will now compute
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	557 nextpow2 for each element of the input. This change is Matlab
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	558 compatible, and also prevents bugs for "vectors" of length 1.
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	559
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	560 ** polyeig now returns a row vector of eigenvalues rather than a matrix
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	561 with the eigenvalues on the diagonal. This change was made for
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	562 Matlab compatibility.
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	563
18606 0ede4dbb37f1 Overhaul interp1, interp2, interp3 functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18580 diff changeset	564 ** Interpolation function changes for Matlab compatibility
0ede4dbb37f1 Overhaul interp1, interp2, interp3 functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18580 diff changeset	565
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	566 The interpolation method 'cubic' is now equivalent to 'pchip' for
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	567 interp1, interp2, and interp3. Previously, 'cubic' was equivalent
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	568 to 'spline' for interp2. This may produce different results as
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	569 'spline' has continuous 1st and 2nd derivatives while 'pchip' only
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	570 has a continuous 1st derivative. The methods 'next' and 'previous'
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	571 have been added to interp1 for compatibility.
18606 0ede4dbb37f1 Overhaul interp1, interp2, interp3 functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18580 diff changeset	572
19164 ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	573 ** The delaunay function has been extended to accept 3-D inputs for
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	574 Matlab compatibility. The delaunay function no longer plots the
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	575 triangulation if no output argument is requested, instead, the
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	576 triangulation is always returned. The delaunay3 function which
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	577 handles 3-D inputs has been deprecated in favor of delaunay.
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	578
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	579 ** The trigonometric functions asin and acos return different phase
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	580 values from previous versions of Octave when the input is outside
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	581 the principal branch ([-1, 1]). If the real portion of the input is
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	582 greater than 1 then the limit from below is taken. If the real
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	583 portion is less than 1 then the limit from above is taken. This
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	584 criteria is consistent with several other numerical analysis
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	585 software packages.
19242 ba7e42dea4b2 Fix returned phase of asin, acos outside principal branch (bug #43349). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19196 diff changeset	586
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	587 ** The hyperbolic function acosh now returns values with a phase in the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	588 range [-pi/2, +pi/2]. Previously Octave returned values in the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	589 range [0, pi]. This is consistent with several other numerical
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	590 analysis software packages.
19730 554aaaf99644 Fix return phase of acosh to match Matlab (bug #44286). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19707 diff changeset	591
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	592 ** strfind changes when using empty pattern ("") for Matlab
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	593 compatibility
19386 f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	594
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	595 strfind now returns an empty array when the pattern itself is empty.
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	596 In previous versions of Octave, strfind matched at every character
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	597 location when the pattern was empty.
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	598
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	599 NEW
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	600 strfind ("abc", "") => []
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	601 OLD
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	602 strfind ("abc", "") => [1, 2, 3, 4]
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	603
18652 3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	604 ** Integer formats used in the printf family of functions now work for
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	605 64-bit integers and are more compatible with Matlab when printing
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	606 non-integer values. Now instead of truncating, Octave will switch
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	607 the effective format to '%g' in the following circumstances:
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	608
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	609 * the value of an integer type (int8, uint32, etc.) value exceeds
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	610 the maximum for the format specifier. For '%d', the limit is
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	611 intmax ('int64') and for '%u' it is intmax ('uint64').
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	612
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	613 * round(x) != x or the value is outside the range allowed by the
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	614 integer format specifier.
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	615
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	616 There is still one difference: Matlab switches to '%e' and Octave
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	617 switches to '%g'.
18652 3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	618
19974 72ccbd36e23c Return a column vector by default for Matlab compatibility (bug #44425, bug #44453). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19965 diff changeset	619 ** The functions intersect, setdiff, setxor, and union now return a
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	620 column vector as output unless the input was a row vector. This
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	621 change was made for Matlab compatibility.
19974 72ccbd36e23c Return a column vector by default for Matlab compatibility (bug #44425, bug #44453). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19965 diff changeset	622
20133 bef9086a6725 inpolygon.m: Overhaul function and fix bug #40970. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20116 diff changeset	623 ** The inpolygon function now returns true for points that are within
bef9086a6725 inpolygon.m: Overhaul function and fix bug #40970. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20116 diff changeset	624 the polygon OR on it's edge. This change was made for Matlab
20715 5b7643257978 Remove trailing whitespace at end of lines. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20690 diff changeset	625 compatibility.
20133 bef9086a6725 inpolygon.m: Overhaul function and fix bug #40970. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20116 diff changeset	626
19258 a4e993343e93 Overhaul the archive family (bzip2, gzip, zip, tar) of m-files. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19242 diff changeset	627 ** The archive family of functions (bzip2, gzip, zip, tar) and their
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	628 unpacking routines (bunzip2, gunzip, unzip, untar, unpack) have been
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	629 recoded. Excepting unpack, the default is now to place files in the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	630 same directory as the archive (on unpack) or as the original files
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	631 (on archiving).
19258 a4e993343e93 Overhaul the archive family (bzip2, gzip, zip, tar) of m-files. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19242 diff changeset	632
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	633 ** Qt and FLTK graphics toolkits now support offscreen rendering on
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	634 Linux. In other words, print will work even when the figure
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	635 visibility is "off".
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	636
18803 7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	637 ** Z-order stacking issues with patches, grid lines, and line object
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	638 plot markers for on screen display and printing have all been
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	639 resolved. For 2-D plots the axis grid lines can be placed on top of
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	640 the plot with set (gca, "layer", "top").
18803 7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	641
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	642 ** The patch graphic object has been overhauled. It now produces
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	643 visual results equivalent to Matlab even for esoteric combinations
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	644 of faces/vertices/cdata.
18803 7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	645
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	646 ** The polar() plot function now draws a circular theta axis and radial
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	647 rho axis rather than using a rectangular x/y axis.
18803 7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	648
18723 e68788478aa1 linkprop.m: Overhaul function for performance and Matlab compatibility. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18721 diff changeset	649 ** linkprop has been completely re-coded for performance and Matlab
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	650 compatibility. It now returns a linkprop object which must be
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	651 stored in a variable for as long as the graphic objects should
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	652 remain linked. To unlink properties use 'clear hlink' where hlink
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	653 is the variable containing the linkprop object.
18723 e68788478aa1 linkprop.m: Overhaul function for performance and Matlab compatibility. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18721 diff changeset	654
19051 3d0f4f4ec688 NEWS: note that isprime now accepts negative and complex inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19035 diff changeset	655 ** isprime has been extended to operate on negative and complex inputs.
3d0f4f4ec688 NEWS: note that isprime now accepts negative and complex inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19035 diff changeset	656
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	657 ** xor has been extended to accept more than two arguments in which
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	658 case it performs cumulative XOR reduction.
19189 d70b1cec7743 NEWS: Announce addition of XOR reduction to xor function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19167 diff changeset	659
19164 ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	660 ** The following functions now support N-dimensional arrays:
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	661
20116 33e706b6b7be rectint: fix for non-overlapping rectangle, and support ND boxes (bug #44904) Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20097 diff changeset	662 fliplr flipud rot90 rectint
19164 ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	663
19030 9ef10e6a5987 make "file found in path" warnings consistent John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18911 diff changeset	664 ** The new warning ID "Octave:data-file-in-path" replaces the three
9ef10e6a5987 make "file found in path" warnings consistent John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18911 diff changeset	665 previous separate warning IDs "Octave:fopen-file-in-path",
9ef10e6a5987 make "file found in path" warnings consistent John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18911 diff changeset	666 "Octave:load-file-in-path", and "Octave:md5sum-file-in-path".
9ef10e6a5987 make "file found in path" warnings consistent John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18911 diff changeset	667
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	668 ** The warning ID Octave:singular-matrix-div has been replaced by
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	669 Octave:nearly-singular-matrix and Octave:singular-matrix.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	670
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	671 ** The warning ID Octave:matlab-incompatible has been replaced by
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	672 Octave:language-extension to better reflect its meaning.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	673
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	674 ** The warning ID Octave:broadcast has been removed. Instead automatic
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	675 broadcasting will throw an Octave:language-extension warning. This
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	676 warning ID is used for broadcasting as well as other features not
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	677 available in Matlab.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	678
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	679 ** Other new functions added in 4.0:
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	680
19741 b8e4104a8f55 Add the annotation function (bug #43282) Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 19730 diff changeset	681 annotation
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	682 bandwidth
19530 5ab6fcf32d1e New function for colormap cubehelix. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 19520 diff changeset	683 cubehelix
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	684 dir_in_loadpath
19126 995df67fc912 Flip arrays - ND support for fliplr and flipud, and replace flipdim with flip. Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com> parents: 19122 diff changeset	685 flip
19313 39a69f54417e New functions im2frame and frame2im. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 19294 diff changeset	686 frame2im
20024 cf9b94a89620 Document get_home_directory in Octave manual and NEWS file. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19974 diff changeset	687 get_home_directory
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	688 hgload
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	689 hgsave
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	690 ichol
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	691 ilu
19313 39a69f54417e New functions im2frame and frame2im. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 19294 diff changeset	692 im2frame
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	693 isbanded
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	694 isdiag
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	695 isstudent
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	696 istril
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	697 istriu
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	698 javachk
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	699 jit_failcnt
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	700 linkaxes
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	701 lscov
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	702 metaclass
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	703 numfields
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	704 open
19747 56157a7505ed Add new ordschur function. Sébastien Villemot <sebastien@debian.org> parents: 19741 diff changeset	705 ordschur
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	706 pan
19354 cc6000ccd627 New function qmr (patch #8569). Nathan Podlich <nathan.podlich@gmail.com> parents: 19313 diff changeset	707 qmr
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	708 rotate
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	709 rotate3d
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	710 sylvester
19167 6f0290863d50 Add new function unsetenv from gnulib to Octave. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19164 diff changeset	711 unsetenv
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	712 validateattributes
19089 8a6f87637c16 hg new function, zoom John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19081 diff changeset	713 zoom
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	714
19122 c43223245085 doc: Add warnings about eventual removal of inline functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19119 diff changeset	715 ** inline() scheduled for eventual deprecation by Matlab
c43223245085 doc: Add warnings about eventual removal of inline functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19119 diff changeset	716
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	717 Functions created through the use of inline are scheduled for
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	718 deprecation by Matlab. When this occurs Octave will continue to
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	719 support inline functions for an indeterminate amount of time before
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	720 also removing support. All new code should use anonymous functions
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	721 in place of inline functions.
19122 c43223245085 doc: Add warnings about eventual removal of inline functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19119 diff changeset	722
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	723 ** Deprecated functions.
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	724
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	725 The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.0 and will
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	726 be removed from Octave 4.4 (or whatever version is the second major
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	727 release after 4.0):
18538 fcd87f68af4f Deprecate nfields and replace with numfields. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18132 diff changeset	728
19268 e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	729 Function \| Replacement
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	730 ---------------------\|------------------
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	731 bicubic \| interp2
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	732 delaunay3 \| delaunay
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	733 dump_prefs \| individual preference get/set routines
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	734 find_dir_in_path \| dir_in_loadpath
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	735 finite \| isfinite
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	736 fmod \| rem
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	737 fnmatch \| glob or regexp
20500 caa5de39147e maint: Complete deprecation of gmap40 colormap. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20280 diff changeset	738 gmap40 \| ----
19647 0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio. Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19645 diff changeset	739 loadaudio \| audioread
19268 e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	740 luinc \| ilu or ichol
19760 47440b762547 bring back mouse_wheel_zoom function as deprecated John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19747 diff changeset	741 mouse_wheel_zoom \| mousewheelzoom axes property
19268 e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	742 nfields \| numfields
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	743 octave_tmp_file_name \| tempname
19647 0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio. Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19645 diff changeset	744 playaudio \| audioplayer
0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio. Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19645 diff changeset	745 saveaudio \| audiowrite
19268 e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	746 syl \| sylvester
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	747 usage \| print_usage
18538 fcd87f68af4f Deprecate nfields and replace with numfields. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18132 diff changeset	748
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	749 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	750 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
19647 0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio. Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19645 diff changeset	751 setaudio
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	752
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	753 ** The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and will be
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	754 removed from Octave 4.2 (or whatever version is the second major
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	755 release after 3.8):
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	756
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	757 default_save_options java_new
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	758 gen_doc_cache java_unsigned_conversion
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	759 interp1q javafields
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	760 isequalwithequalnans javamethods
18911 d1c649bd90e9 maint: Periodic merge of gui-release to default. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18904 18910 diff changeset	761 java_convert_matrix re_read_readline_init_file
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	762 java_debug read_readline_init_file
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	763 java_invoke saving_history
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	764
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	765 ** The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.6 and have been
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	766 removed from Octave 4.0.
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	767
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	768 cut polyderiv
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	769 cor shell_cmd
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	770 corrcoef studentize
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	771 __error_text__ sylvester_matrix
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	772 error_text
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	773
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	774 ** The following keywords were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	775 removed from Octave 4.0
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	776
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	777 static
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	778
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	779 ** The following configuration variables were deprecated in Octave 3.8
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	780 and have been removed from Octave 4.0
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	781
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	782 CC_VERSION (now GCC_VERSION)
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	783 CXX_VERSION (now GXX_VERSION)
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	784
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	785 ** The internal function atan2 of the sparse matrix class has been
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	786 deprecated in Octave 4.0 and will be removed from Octave 4.4 (or
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	787 whatever version is the second major release after 4.0). Use the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	788 Fatan2 function with sparse inputs as a replacement.
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	789
20280 077e73619ba8 Allow NEWS to be displayed properly in QTextBrowser (bug #45396) John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 20133 diff changeset	790 ** The internal class Octave_map was deprecated in Octave 3.8 and has
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	791 been removed from Octave 4.0. Replacement classes are octave_map
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	792 (struct array) or octave_scalar_map for a single structure.
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	793
19816 81078b0e39e8 build: Enable OpenMP by default, remove experimental warning (bug #42176) Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19788 diff changeset	794 ** Octave now has OpenMP enabled by default if the system provides a
81078b0e39e8 build: Enable OpenMP by default, remove experimental warning (bug #42176) Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19788 diff changeset	795 working OpenMP implementation. This allows oct-file modules to take
81078b0e39e8 build: Enable OpenMP by default, remove experimental warning (bug #42176) Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19788 diff changeset	796 advantage of OpenMP if desired. This can be disabled when building
81078b0e39e8 build: Enable OpenMP by default, remove experimental warning (bug #42176) Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19788 diff changeset	797 Octave with the configure option --disable-openmp.
81078b0e39e8 build: Enable OpenMP by default, remove experimental warning (bug #42176) Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19788 diff changeset	798
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	799 ** Octave now automatically truncates intermediate calculations done
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	800 with floating point values to 64 bits. Some hardware math
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	801 co-processors, such as the x87, maintain extra precision, but this
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	802 leads to disagreements in calculations when compared to reference
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	803 implementations in software using the IEEE standard for double
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	804 precision. There was no measurable performance impact to this
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	805 change, but it may be disabled with the configure option
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	806 --disable-float-truncate. MinGW and Cygwin platforms, as well as
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	807 GCC compilers >= 5.0 require this feature. Non-x87 hardware, or
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	808 hardware using SSE options exclusively, can disable float truncation
19965 d20dd211cc89 Enable float truncation by default for octave builds. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19958 diff changeset	809 if desired.
d20dd211cc89 Enable float truncation by default for octave builds. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19958 diff changeset	810
9352 b59cc3252a51 NEWS update Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com> parents: 9215 diff changeset	811 ---------------------------------------------------------
b59cc3252a51 NEWS update Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com> parents: 9215 diff changeset	812
7990 86dae6e5b83c Initial update of NEWS for 3.2 release David Bateman <dbateman@free.fr> parents: 7279 diff changeset	813 See NEWS.3 for old news.

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