# HG changeset patch # User jwe # Date 1192809949 0 # Node ID 4482ba9814b780af7d241e91c66b12fd2a0179b4 # Parent b1ca2c453b77ba252a3b366ec1e808637fdc9f81 [project @ 2007-10-19 16:05:48 by jwe] diff -r b1ca2c453b77 -r 4482ba9814b7 NEWS --- a/NEWS Wed Oct 17 21:25:44 2007 +0000 +++ b/NEWS Fri Oct 19 16:05:49 2007 +0000 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Graphics (tm): + You can make a subplot and then use the print function to - generate file with the plot. + generate a file with the plot. + RGB line colors are supported if you use gnuplot 4.2. Octave can still use gnuplot 4.0, but there is no way to set arbitrary @@ -34,10 +34,18 @@ this allows you to plot additional 2-d data on top of a contour plot. - + It is no longer possible to mix Matlab-style plot commands with - the old (and now considered obsolete) style of plot commands - (__gnuplot_set__, etc.). You can do one or the other, but not - both for the same plot. + + The following plot commands are now considered obsolete and will + be removed from a future version of Octave: + + __gnuplot_set__ + __gnuplot_show__ + __gnuplot_plot__ + __gnuplot_splot__ + __gnuplot_replot__ + + Additionally, these functions no longer have any effect on plots + created with the Matlab-style plot commands (plot, line, mesh, + semilogx, etc.). + Plot property values are not extensively checked. Specifying invalid property values may produce unpredictible results. @@ -47,7 +55,12 @@ cluttering /tmp with data files, it is no longer possible to use the mouse to zoom in on plots. This is a limitation of gnuplot, which is unable to zoom when the data it plots is not stored in - a file. + a file. Some work has been done to fix this problem in newer + versions of gnuplot (> 4.2.2). See for example, this thread + + http://www.nabble.com/zooming-of-inline-data-tf4357017.html#a12416496 + + on the gnuplot development list. ** The way Octave handles search paths has changed. Instead of setting the built-in variable LOADPATH, you must use addpath, diff -r b1ca2c453b77 -r 4482ba9814b7 src/ChangeLog --- a/src/ChangeLog Wed Oct 17 21:25:44 2007 +0000 +++ b/src/ChangeLog Fri Oct 19 16:05:49 2007 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2007-10-19 Olli Saarela + + * help.cc (Flookfor): Call print_usage instead of usage. + * DLD-FUNCTIONS/cellfun.cc (Fmat2cell): Likewise. + 2007-10-17 John W. Eaton * DLD-FUNCTIONS/spchol.cc (Fsymbfact): Delete special code for METIS. diff -r b1ca2c453b77 -r 4482ba9814b7 src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/cellfun.cc --- a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/cellfun.cc Wed Oct 17 21:25:44 2007 +0000 +++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/cellfun.cc Fri Oct 19 16:05:49 2007 +0000 @@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ octave_value retval; if (nargin < 2) - usage ("mat2cell"); + print_usage (); else { dim_vector dv = args(0).dims(); diff -r b1ca2c453b77 -r 4482ba9814b7 src/help.cc --- a/src/help.cc Wed Oct 17 21:25:44 2007 +0000 +++ b/src/help.cc Fri Oct 19 16:05:49 2007 +0000 @@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 2) { - usage ("lookfor"); + print_usage (); return retval; }