# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
# Date 1278605492 25200
# Node ID 062304bd692ec20ee06ed05035860940cfbffac1
# Parent  6892c55629505d1bc543ba36fe536c31f96a7c31
Update NEWS with description of new engineering format for numbers.

diff -r 6892c5562950 -r 062304bd692e ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog	Thu Jul 08 13:51:37 2010 +0200
+++ b/ChangeLog	Thu Jul 08 09:11:32 2010 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-07-08  Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Update with addition of engineering format.
+
 2010-07-08  Jaroslav Hajek  <highegg@gmail.com>
 
 	* NEWS: Update.
diff -r 6892c5562950 -r 062304bd692e NEWS
--- a/NEWS	Thu Jul 08 13:51:37 2010 +0200
+++ b/NEWS	Thu Jul 08 09:11:32 2010 -0700
@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@
      Additionally, the octave_scalar_map class now provides a simpler interface
      to work with scalar structs within a C++ DLD function.
 
+  ** Two new formats are available for displaying numbers:
+     format short eng
+     format long eng
+     Both display numbers in engineering notation, i.e., mantissa + exponent
+     where the exponent is a multiple of 3.
+
 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 3.2:
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