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NEWS: Announce "LineWidth" now measured in points, not pixels. * NEWS: Announce "LineWidth" now measured in points, not pixels.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:37:34 -0800
parents 9a678e0de658
children f51e8a7c33f4
files NEWS
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/NEWS	Mon Feb 11 14:22:54 2019 -0800
+++ b/NEWS	Mon Feb 11 14:37:34 2019 -0800
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
       (for example, the Y-axis of an axes object with "ycolor" = "none")
       without hiding the entire primitive ("visibility" = "off").
 
+    * "LineWidth" and "MarkerSize" properties are now measured in
+      points, *not* pixels.  This change was made for Matlab
+      compatibility.  Compared to previous versions of Octave, some
+      lines and markers will appear 4/3 larger.
+
     * The appearance of patterned lines (LineStyle = ":"|"--"|"-.") has
       been improved for small widths (LineWidth < 1.5 pixels) which is a
       common scenario.