# HG changeset patch
# User Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
# Date 1423812288 -3600
# Node ID 80462dbfb3ac26f443d88f310ed4d3d0f140b5e1
# Parent  a81177f4bfe6bd438781da473a2d02aaa0ff6f81
doc: NEWS entry for changes in the "ismatrix" function (bug #42422).

diff -r a81177f4bfe6 -r 80462dbfb3ac NEWS
--- a/NEWS	Fri Feb 13 00:31:10 2015 +0100
+++ b/NEWS	Fri Feb 13 08:24:48 2015 +0100
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
  ** For compatibility with Matlab, the "backtrace" warning option is now
     enabled by default.
 
+ ** For compatibility with Matlab, the "ismatrix(x)" function now only checks
+    the dimension of "x". The old behaviour of "ismatrix" is obtained by
+    "isnumeric (x) || islogical (x) || ischar (x)".
+
  ** The preference
 
       do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation