changeset 11588:d5bd2766c640

style fixes for warning and error messages in script files
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:51:13 -0500
parents c792872f8942
children b0084095098e
files scripts/ChangeLog scripts/deprecated/cellidx.m scripts/deprecated/dmult.m scripts/deprecated/intwarning.m scripts/deprecated/str2mat.m scripts/general/curl.m scripts/general/divergence.m scripts/general/gradient.m scripts/geometry/griddata.m scripts/help/gen_doc_cache.m scripts/io/dlmwrite.m scripts/miscellaneous/getappdata.m scripts/miscellaneous/isappdata.m scripts/miscellaneous/rmappdata.m scripts/miscellaneous/setappdata.m scripts/miscellaneous/unpack.m scripts/optimization/lsqnonneg.m scripts/optimization/pqpnonneg.m scripts/pkg/get_forge_pkg.m scripts/pkg/pkg.m scripts/plot/__fltk_print__.m scripts/plot/__gnuplot_get_var__.m scripts/plot/__gnuplot_open_stream__.m scripts/plot/__gnuplot_print__.m scripts/plot/daspect.m scripts/plot/gnuplot_drawnow.m scripts/plot/pbaspect.m scripts/plot/private/__errplot__.m scripts/plot/private/__fltk_file_filter__.m scripts/plot/private/__ghostscript__.m scripts/plot/uigetfile.m scripts/plot/uiputfile.m scripts/polynomial/polyaffine.m scripts/sparse/pcg.m
diffstat 34 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+2011-01-20  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* deprecated/cellidx.m, deprecated/dmult.m,
+	deprecated/intwarning.m, deprecated/str2mat.m, general/curl.m,
+	general/divergence.m, general/gradient.m, geometry/griddata.m,
+	help/gen_doc_cache.m, io/dlmwrite.m, miscellaneous/getappdata.m,
+	miscellaneous/isappdata.m, miscellaneous/rmappdata.m,
+	miscellaneous/setappdata.m, miscellaneous/unpack.m,
+	optimization/lsqnonneg.m, optimization/pqpnonneg.m,
+	pkg/get_forge_pkg.m, pkg/pkg.m, plot/__fltk_print__.m,
+	plot/__gnuplot_get_var__.m, plot/__gnuplot_open_stream__.m,
+	plot/__gnuplot_print__.m, plot/daspect.m,
+	plot/gnuplot_drawnow.m, plot/pbaspect.m,
+	plot/private/__errplot__.m, plot/private/__fltk_file_filter__.m,
+	plot/private/__ghostscript__.m, plot/uigetfile.m,
+	plot/uiputfile.m, polynomial/polyaffine.m, sparse/pcg.m:
+	Style fixes for error and warning messages.
+
 2011-01-20  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* @ftp/dir.m, @ftp/mget.m, @ftp/mput.m, ChangeLog,
--- a/scripts/deprecated/cellidx.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/deprecated/cellidx.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   if (! warned)
     warned = true;
     warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
-             "cellidx is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; use ismember instead.");
+             "cellidx is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; use ismember instead");
   endif
 
   if (nargin != 2)
--- a/scripts/deprecated/dmult.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/deprecated/dmult.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   if (! warned)
     warned = true;
     warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
-             "dmult is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; please use the straightforward (and now efficient) syntax ""diag(A)*B"".");
+             "dmult is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; please use the straightforward (and now efficient) syntax \"diag(A)*B\"");
   endif
 
   if (nargin != 2)
--- a/scripts/deprecated/intwarning.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/deprecated/intwarning.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   if (! warned)
     warned = true;
     warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
-             "intwarning is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave. Integer math no longer produces warnings. Supply your own checks if you need those.");
+             "intwarning is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; integer math no longer produces warnings -- supply your own checks if you need those");
   endif
 
   return;
--- a/scripts/deprecated/str2mat.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/deprecated/str2mat.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   if (! warned)
     warned = true;
     warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
-             "str2mat is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; please use char instead.");
+             "str2mat is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; please use char instead");
   endif
 
   retval = char (varargin{:});
--- a/scripts/general/curl.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/general/curl.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
 
   if ((nargin == 4) || (nargin == 2))
     if (!size_equal (varargin{fidx}, varargin{fidx + 1}))
-      error ("curl: size of X and Y must match.");
+      error ("curl: size of X and Y must match");
     elseif (ndims (varargin{fidx}) != 2)
-      error ("curl: expected two-dimensional matrices X and Y.");
+      error ("curl: expected two-dimensional matrices X and Y");
     elseif ((length (dx) != columns (varargin{fidx}))
          || (length (dy) != rows (varargin{fidx})))
       error ("curl: size of dx and dy must match the respective dimension of X and Y");
@@ -96,18 +96,18 @@
       varargout{1} = rot_z;
       varargout{2} = av;
     else
-      error ("curl: number of output arguments must be 1 or 2.")
+      error ("curl: number of output arguments must be 1 or 2")
     endif
 
   elseif ((nargin == 6) || (nargin == 3))
     if (!size_equal (varargin{fidx}, varargin{fidx + 1}, varargin{fidx + 2}))
       error ("curl: size of X, Y, and Z must match")
     elseif (ndims (varargin{fidx}) != 3)
-      error ("curl: expected two-dimensional matrices X, Y, and Z.");
+      error ("curl: expected two-dimensional matrices X, Y, and Z");
     elseif ((length (dx) != size (varargin{fidx}, 2))
          || (length (dy) != size (varargin{fidx}, 1))
          || (length (dz) != size (varargin{fidx}, 3)))
-      error ("curl: size of dx, dy, and dz must match the respective dimesion of X, Y, and Z.");
+      error ("curl: size of dx, dy, and dz must match the respective dimesion of X, Y, and Z");
     endif
 
     [~, dFx_dy, dFx_dz] = gradient (varargin{fidx}, dx, dy, dz);
--- a/scripts/general/divergence.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/general/divergence.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@
 
   if ((nargin == 4) || (nargin == 2))
     if (!size_equal (varargin{fidx},varargin{fidx + 1}))
-      error ("divergence: size of X and Y must match.");
+      error ("divergence: size of X and Y must match");
     elseif (ndims (varargin{fidx}) != 2)
-      error ("divergence: expected two-dimensional matrices X and Y.");
+      error ("divergence: expected two-dimensional matrices X and Y");
     elseif ((length (dx) != columns (varargin{fidx})) || (length (dy) != rows (varargin{fidx})))
       error ("divergence: size of dx and dy must match the respective dimension of X and Y");
     endif
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@
     if (!size_equal (varargin{fidx},varargin{fidx + 1},varargin{fidx + 2}))
       error ("divergence: size of X, Y, and Z must match")
     elseif (ndims (varargin{fidx}) != 3)
-      error ("divergence: expected two-dimensional matrices X, Y, and Z.");
+      error ("divergence: expected two-dimensional matrices X, Y, and Z");
     elseif ((length (dx) != size (varargin{fidx}, 2))
          || (length (dy) != size (varargin{fidx}, 1))
          || (length (dz) != size (varargin{fidx}, 3)))
-      error ("divergence: size of dx, dy, and dz must match the respective dimesion of X, Y, and Z.");
+      error ("divergence: size of dx, dy, and dz must match the respective dimesion of X, Y, and Z");
     endif
 
     ## x-direction
--- a/scripts/general/gradient.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/general/gradient.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   else
     ## have spacing value for each dimension
     if (length(varargin) != nd)
-      error ("gradient: dimensions and number of spacing values do not match.");
+      error ("gradient: dimensions and number of spacing values do not match");
     endif
     for i = 1:nd
       if (isscalar (varargin{i}))
--- a/scripts/geometry/griddata.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/geometry/griddata.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
     [x, y] = meshgrid (x, y);
   elseif (! all (size (x) == size (y) & size (x) == size (z)))
     if (isvector (z))
-      error ("griddata: X, Y, and Z, be vectors of same length.");
+      error ("griddata: X, Y, and Z, be vectors of same length");
     else
-      error ("griddata: lengths of X, Y must match the columns and rows of Z.");
+      error ("griddata: lengths of X, Y must match the columns and rows of Z");
     endif
   endif
 
--- a/scripts/help/gen_doc_cache.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/help/gen_doc_cache.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
   ## Did we get the help text?
   if (status != 0 || isempty (text))
-    warning ("gen_doc_cache: unusable help text in '%s'. Ignoring function.", f);
+    warning ("gen_doc_cache: unusable help text found in file '%s'", f);
     return;
   endif
 
--- a/scripts/io/dlmwrite.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/io/dlmwrite.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
       elseif (strcmpi (varargin{i}, "off"))
         opentype = "wt";
       else
-        error ("dlmwrite: append must be \"on\" or \"off\".");
+        error ("dlmwrite: append must be \"on\" or \"off\"");
       endif
     else
       if (i == 1)
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/getappdata.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/getappdata.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 function val = getappdata (h, name)
 
   if (! (all (ishandle (h)) && ischar (name)))
-    error ("getappdata: invalid input.")
+    error ("getappdata: invalid input")
   endif
 
   appdata(numel(h)) = struct();
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/isappdata.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/isappdata.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 function res = isappdata (h, name)
 
   if (! (all (ishandle (h)) && ischar (name)))
-    error ("isappdata: invalid input.")
+    error ("isappdata: invalid input")
   endif
 
   for nh = 1:numel(h)
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/rmappdata.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/rmappdata.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 function rmappdata (h, varargin)
 
   if (! (all (ishandle (h)) && iscellstr (varargin)))
-    error ("rmappdata: invalid input.")
+    error ("rmappdata: invalid input")
   endif
 
   for nh = 1:numel(h)
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/setappdata.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/setappdata.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 function setappdata (h, varargin)
 
   if (! (all (ishandle (h)) && mod (numel (varargin), 2) == 0))
-    error ("setappdata: invalid input.")
+    error ("setappdata: invalid input")
   endif
 
   for nh = 1:numel(h)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       elseif (ischar (varargin{narg}))
         appdata.(varargin{narg}) = varargin{narg+1};
       else
-        error ("setappdata: invalid input.")
+        error ("setappdata: invalid input")
       endif
     endfor
     set (h(nh), "__appdata__", appdata);
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/unpack.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/unpack.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     cfile = canonicalize_file_name (file);
 
     if (isempty (cfile))
-      error ("unpack: file \"%s\" not found.", file);
+      error ("unpack: file \"%s\" not found", file);
     else
       file = cfile;
     endif
--- a/scripts/optimization/lsqnonneg.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/optimization/lsqnonneg.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
     idx = find (w == max (w));
     if (numel (idx) > 1)
       warning ("lsqnonneg:nonunique",
-               "A non-unique solution may be returned due to equal gradients.");
+               "a non-unique solution may be returned due to equal gradients");
       idx = idx(1);
     endif
     ## move the index from Z to P. Keep P sorted.
--- a/scripts/optimization/pqpnonneg.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/optimization/pqpnonneg.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     idx = find (w == max (w));
     if (numel (idx) > 1)
       warning ("pqpnonneg:nonunique",
-               "A non-unique solution may be returned due to equal gradients.");
+               "a non-unique solution may be returned due to equal gradients");
       idx = idx(1);
     endif
     ## move the index from Z to P. Keep P sorted.
--- a/scripts/pkg/get_forge_pkg.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/pkg/get_forge_pkg.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     pat = "<tdclass=""package_table"">PackageVersion:</td><td>([0-9.]*)</td>";
     t = regexp (html, pat, "tokens");
     if (isempty (t) || isempty(t{1}))
-      error ("get_forge_pkg: could not read version number from package's page.");
+      error ("get_forge_pkg: could not read version number from package's page");
     else
       ver = t{1}{1};
       if (nargout > 1)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         url = sprintf (urlbase, name, ver);
         ## Verify that the string exists on the page.
         if (isempty (strfind (html, url)))
-          warning ("get_forge_pkg: download URL not verified.");
+          warning ("get_forge_pkg: download URL not verified");
         endif
       endif
     endif
--- a/scripts/pkg/pkg.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/pkg/pkg.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@
   ## Write INDEX.
   fid = fopen (index_file, "w");
   if (fid == -1)
-    error ("couldn't open %s for writing.", index_file);
+    error ("couldn't open %s for writing", index_file);
   endif
   fprintf (fid, "%s >> %s\n", desc.name, desc.title);
   fprintf (fid, "%s\n", categories{1});
--- a/scripts/plot/__fltk_print__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/__fltk_print__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     endif
   otherwise
     error (sprintf ("print:no%soutput", opts.devopt),
-           "print.m: %s output is not available for GL2PS output.",
+           "print.m: %s output is not available for GL2PS output",
            upper (opts.devopt))
   endswitch
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
     endif
     pid = popen (pipeline{n}, "w");
     if (pid < 0)
-      error ("print:popenfailed", "print.m: failed to open pipe.");
+      error ("print:popenfailed", "print.m: failed to open pipe");
     endif
     unwind_protect
       drawnow (gl2ps_device{n} , sprintf ("%d" , pid));
--- a/scripts/plot/__gnuplot_get_var__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/__gnuplot_get_var__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         [gpin, err] = fopen (gpin_name, "r");
       endif
       if (err != 0)
-        error ("__gnuplot_get_var__: Can not open fifo.");
+        error ("__gnuplot_get_var__: can not open fifo");
       endif
       gp_cmd = sprintf ("\nif (exists(\"%s\")) print %s; else print NaN\n",
                         gp_var_name(1:n), gp_var_name);
--- a/scripts/plot/__gnuplot_open_stream__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/__gnuplot_open_stream__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
   if (npipes > 1)
     [plot_stream(1), plot_stream(2), pid] = popen2 (prog, args{:});
     if (pid < 0)
-      error ("__gnuplot_open_stream__: failed to open connection to gnuplot.");
+      error ("__gnuplot_open_stream__: failed to open connection to gnuplot");
     else
       plot_stream(3) = pid;
     endif
   else
     plot_stream = popen (sprintf ("%s ", prog, args{:}), "w");
     if (plot_stream < 0)
-      error ("__gnuplot_open_stream__: failed to open connection to gnuplot.");
+      error ("__gnuplot_open_stream__: failed to open connection to gnuplot");
     endif
   endif
   if (nargin > 1)
--- a/scripts/plot/__gnuplot_print__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/__gnuplot_print__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
       local_drawnow (sprintf ("lua tikz %s", gp_opts), opts.name, opts);
     else
       error (sprintf ("print:no%soutput", opts.devopt),
-             "print.m: '%s' output is not available for Gnuplot-%s.",
+             "print.m: '%s' output is not available for gnuplot-%s",
              upper (opts.devopt), __gnuplot_version__ ())
     endif
   case "svg"
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
       local_drawnow (sprintf ("%s %s", opts.devopt, gp_opts), opts.name, opts);
     else
       error (sprintf ("print:no%soutput", opts.devopt),
-             "print.m: '%s' output is not available for Gnuplot-%s.",
+             "print.m: '%s' output is not available for gnuplot-%s",
              upper (opts.devopt), __gnuplot_version__ ())
     endif
   case {"canvas", "dxf", "hpgl", "mf", "gif", "pstricks", "texdraw"}
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
                "---------- output begin ----------",
                output,
                "----------- output end -----------");
-      error ("gnuplot:failedpipe", "print: Failed to print.")
+      error ("gnuplot:failedpipe", "print: failed to print")
     endif
   endfor
 
--- a/scripts/plot/daspect.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/daspect.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
             varargout{1} = get (hax, "dataaspectratiomode");
             return
           else
-            error ("daspect: only one output is allowed.")
+            error ("daspect: only one output is allowed")
           endif
         case "manual"
           set (hax, "dataaspectratiomode", "manual");
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@
       elseif (isreal (varargin{1}) && numel (varargin{1}) == 3)
         set (hax, "dataaspectratio", varargin{1})
       else
-        error ("daspect: invalid input.")
+        error ("daspect: invalid input")
       endif
     elseif (numel (varargin) > 1)
-      error ("daspect: too many inputs.")
+      error ("daspect: too many inputs")
     endif
   elseif (nargout == 0)
     print_usage ();
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
   if (nargout == 1)
     varargout{1} = get (hax, "dataaspectratio");
   elseif (nargout > 1)
-    error ("daspect: only one output is allowed.")
+    error ("daspect: only one output is allowed")
   endif
 
 endfunction
--- a/scripts/plot/gnuplot_drawnow.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/gnuplot_drawnow.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
           __go_draw_figure__ (h, fid, enhanced, mono);
         endif
       else
-        error ("gnuplot_drawnow: the gnuplot terminal, \"%s\", is not available.",
+        error ("gnuplot_drawnow: the gnuplot terminal, \"%s\", is not available",
                gnuplot_trim_term (term))
       endif
     unwind_protect_cleanup
--- a/scripts/plot/pbaspect.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/pbaspect.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
             varargout{1} = get (hax, "plotboxaspectratiomode");
             return
           else
-            error ("pbaspect: only one output is allowed.")
+            error ("pbaspect: only one output is allowed")
           endif
         case "manual"
           set (hax, "plotboxaspectratiomode", "manual");
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@
       elseif (isreal (varargin{1}) && numel (varargin{1}) == 3)
         set (hax, "plotboxaspectratio", varargin{1})
       else
-        error ("pbaspect: invalid input.")
+        error ("pbaspect: invalid input")
       endif
     elseif (numel (varargin) > 1)
-      error ("pbaspect: too many inputs.")
+      error ("pbaspect: too many inputs")
     endif
   elseif (nargout == 0)
     print_usage ();
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
   if (nargout == 1)
     varargout{1} = get (hax, "plotboxaspectratio");
   elseif (nargout > 1)
-    error ("pbaspect: only one output is allowed.")
+    error ("pbaspect: only one output is allowed")
   endif
 
 endfunction
--- a/scripts/plot/private/__errplot__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/private/__errplot__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
           error ("errorbar: error plot with 6 columns only valid for boxxy and xyerr");
         endif
       otherwise
-        error ("errorbar: error plot requires 2, 3, 4 or 6 arguments.");
+        error ("errorbar: error plot requires 2, 3, 4 or 6 arguments");
     endswitch
 
     addproperty ("xdata", hg, "data", xdata(:))
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
     ydata = [y1; y2];
     return
   else
-      error ("errorbar: valid error bar types are xerr, yerr, boxxy, and xyerr.")
+      error ("errorbar: valid error bar types are xerr, yerr, boxxy, and xyerr")
   endif
   xdata = xdata.'(:);
   ydata = ydata.'(:);
--- a/scripts/plot/private/__fltk_file_filter__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/private/__fltk_file_filter__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   if (iscell (file_filter))
     [r, c] = size (file_filter);
     if ((c == 0) || (c > 2))
-      error ("expecting 1 or to 2 columns for file filter cell.");
+      error ("expecting 1 or to 2 columns for file filter cell");
     endif
     fltk_str = "";
     for idx = 1 : r
--- a/scripts/plot/private/__ghostscript__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/private/__ghostscript__.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@
     unwind_protect
       fid = fopen (offsetfile, "w");
       if (fid == -1)
-        error ("print:fopenfailed", "__ghostscript__.m: fopen() failed.");
+        error ("print:fopenfailed", "__ghostscript__.m: fopen() failed");
       endif
       fprintf (fid, "%s\n", offset_ps{:})
     unwind_protect_cleanup
       status = fclose (fid);
       if (status == -1)
-        error ("print:fclosefailed", "__ghostscript__.m: fclose() failed.");
+        error ("print:fclosefailed", "__ghostscript__.m: fclose() failed");
       endif
     end_unwind_protect
     if (opts.debug)
--- a/scripts/plot/uigetfile.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/uigetfile.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
   if (any (cellfun(@(x)strcmp (x, "fltk"), available_graphics_toolkits ())))
     [retfile, retpath, retindex] = __fltk_uigetfile__ (outargs{:});
   else
-    error ("uigetfile: fltk graphics toolkit required.");
+    error ("uigetfile: fltk graphics toolkit required");
   endif
 
 endfunction
--- a/scripts/plot/uiputfile.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/plot/uiputfile.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     endif
 
   else
-    error ("uiputfile: number of input arguments must be less than four.");
+    error ("uiputfile: number of input arguments must be less than four");
   endif
 
   if (any (cellfun(@(x)strcmp (x, "fltk"), available_graphics_toolkits ())))
--- a/scripts/polynomial/polyaffine.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/polynomial/polyaffine.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
    endif
 
    if (! isvector (f))
-      error ("polyaffine: F must be a vector.");
+      error ("polyaffine: F must be a vector");
    endif
 
    if (! isvector (mu) || length (mu) != 2)
-      error ("polyaffine: MU must be a two-element vector.");
+      error ("polyaffine: MU must be a two-element vector");
    endif
 
    lf = length (f);
--- a/scripts/sparse/pcg.m	Thu Jan 20 17:35:29 2011 -0500
+++ b/scripts/sparse/pcg.m	Thu Jan 20 17:51:13 2011 -0500
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
         ## fprintf (stderr, "pcg condest: %g\n", eigest(2)/eigest(1));
       else
         eigest = [NaN, NaN];
-        warning ("pcg: eigenvalue estimate failed: iteration converged too fast.");
+        warning ("pcg: eigenvalue estimate failed: iteration converged too fast");
       endif
     else
       eigest = [NaN, NaN];