octave: NEWS annotate

annotate NEWS @ 22231:01ba6ebc52e4

Add function "reducevolume" (patch #8856). * scripts/plot/draw/reducevolume.m: New function. * scripts/plot/draw/module.mk: Add to build system. * __unimplemented__.m: Remove "reducevolume" from list. * NEWS: Announce new function. * doc/interpreter/plot.txi: Add to documentation. * scripts/plot/draw/isosurface.m: Add "reducevolume" to @seealso.

author	Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
date	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:49:39 +0200
parents	9a0e30e24b9b
children	63b41167ef1e

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20157 e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2:
e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	2 ---------------------------------------------------------
e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	3
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	4 ** The parser has been extended to accept, but ignore, underscore
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	5 characters in numbers. This facilitates writing more legible code
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	6 by using '_' as a thousands separator or to group nibbles into bytes
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	7 in hex constants.
20588 e34692daf663 Extend parser to accept '_' in numbers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20535 diff changeset	8
e34692daf663 Extend parser to accept '_' in numbers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20535 diff changeset	9 Examples: 1_000_000 == 1e6 or 0xDE_AD_BE_EF
e34692daf663 Extend parser to accept '_' in numbers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20535 diff changeset	10
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	11 ** The parser has been extended to understand binary numbers which
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	12 begin with the prefix '0b' or '0B'. The value returned is Octave's
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	13 default numeric class of double, not at unsigned integer class.
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	14 Therefore numbers greater than flintmax, i.e., 2^53, will lose some
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	15 precision.
20589 7c0e10f035bd Extend parser to accept binary constants that begin with '0b' or '0B'. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20588 diff changeset	16
7c0e10f035bd Extend parser to accept binary constants that begin with '0b' or '0B'. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20588 diff changeset	17 Examples: 0b101 == 5 or 0B1100_0001 == 0xC1
7c0e10f035bd Extend parser to accept binary constants that begin with '0b' or '0B'. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20588 diff changeset	18
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	19 ** The default colormap is now set to "viridis" which is also the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	20 default colormap in matplotlib. This new colormap fixes some of the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	21 main issues with the old default colormap "jet" such as its bad
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	22 "luminance profile" and is also more similar to Matlab's new default
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	23 colormap "parula".
20530 17e507df10e3 Set the default colormap to 'viridis' Carlo de Falco <carlo.defalco@polimi.it> parents: 20502 diff changeset	24
22069 9121d6584f6a Overhaul graphics implementation of hold() (bug #43559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21948 diff changeset	25 ** The graphics command "hold on" now ensures that each new plot added to
9121d6584f6a Overhaul graphics implementation of hold() (bug #43559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21948 diff changeset	26 an existing plot has a different color or linestyle according to the
9121d6584f6a Overhaul graphics implementation of hold() (bug #43559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21948 diff changeset	27 "ColorOrder" and/or "LineStyleOrder" properties. This is equivalent
9121d6584f6a Overhaul graphics implementation of hold() (bug #43559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21948 diff changeset	28 to the old command "hold all" and was made for Matlab compatibility.
9121d6584f6a Overhaul graphics implementation of hold() (bug #43559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21948 diff changeset	29 Existing code may produce differently colored plots if it did not
9121d6584f6a Overhaul graphics implementation of hold() (bug #43559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21948 diff changeset	30 specify the color for a plot and relied on each new plot having the
22226 9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	31 default first color in the "ColorOrder" property.
22069 9121d6584f6a Overhaul graphics implementation of hold() (bug #43559). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21948 diff changeset	32
21350 ea31a050bdd8 Execute commands in startup.m at start for compatibility with Matlab. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21314 diff changeset	33 ** When starting, Octave now looks in the function path for a file
21395 0196666bf900 NEWS: Wrap to 72 characters. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21350 diff changeset	34 startup.m and executes any commands found there. This change was
0196666bf900 NEWS: Wrap to 72 characters. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21350 diff changeset	35 made to accommodate Matlab users. Octave has it's own configuration
21350 ea31a050bdd8 Execute commands in startup.m at start for compatibility with Matlab. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21314 diff changeset	36 system based on the file .octaverc which is preferred.
ea31a050bdd8 Execute commands in startup.m at start for compatibility with Matlab. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21314 diff changeset	37
20210 29eb47fe8e8c Add support for octal and hex escape sequences in single-quoted printf arguments (bug #39774). Rik <rik@octave.org>* parents: 20200 diff changeset	38 ** Octal ('\NNN') and hex ('\xNN') escape sequences in single quoted
29eb47fe8e8c Add support for octal and hex escape sequences in single-quoted printf arguments (bug #39774). Rik <rik@octave.org>* parents: 20200 diff changeset	39 strings are now interpreted by the function do_string_escapes().
29eb47fe8e8c Add support for octal and hex escape sequences in single-quoted printf arguments (bug #39774). Rik <rik@octave.org>* parents: 20200 diff changeset	40 The *printf family of functions now supports octal and hex escape
29eb47fe8e8c Add support for octal and hex escape sequences in single-quoted printf arguments (bug #39774). Rik <rik@octave.org>* parents: 20200 diff changeset	41 sequences in single-quoted strings for Matlab compatibility.
29eb47fe8e8c Add support for octal and hex escape sequences in single-quoted printf arguments (bug #39774). Rik <rik@octave.org>* parents: 20200 diff changeset	42
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	43 ** Special octal and hex escape sequences for the pattern and
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	44 replacement strings in regular expressions are now interpreted for
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	45 Matlab compatibility.
20211 f2bc7d23295d Add special hex/octal escape sequence processing for regexp. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20210 diff changeset	46
f2bc7d23295d Add special hex/octal escape sequence processing for regexp. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20210 diff changeset	47 octal: '\oNNN' or '\o{NNN}'
f2bc7d23295d Add special hex/octal escape sequence processing for regexp. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20210 diff changeset	48 hex : '\xNN' or '\x{NN}'
f2bc7d23295d Add special hex/octal escape sequence processing for regexp. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20210 diff changeset	49
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	50 ** Unknown escape sequences in the replacement string for regexprep are
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	51 now substituted with their unescaped version and no warning is
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	52 emitted. This change was made for Matlab compatibility.
20290 b6a59cc96bfa Process backslashes in regexprep replacement strings in Matlab compatible fashion (bug #45407). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20281 diff changeset	53
b6a59cc96bfa Process backslashes in regexprep replacement strings in Matlab compatible fashion (bug #45407). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20281 diff changeset	54 Example: regexprep ('a', 'a', 'x\yz')
b6a59cc96bfa Process backslashes in regexprep replacement strings in Matlab compatible fashion (bug #45407). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20281 diff changeset	55 => 'xyz'
b6a59cc96bfa Process backslashes in regexprep replacement strings in Matlab compatible fashion (bug #45407). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20281 diff changeset	56
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	57 ** mkfifo now interprets the MODE argument as an octal, not decimal,
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	58 integer. This is consistent with the equivalent shell command.
20200 d9f35ceff9e1 Change mkfifo to use an octal argument for MODE (bug #45054). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20157 diff changeset	59
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	60 ** linspace now returns an empty matrix if the number of requested
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	61 points is 0 or a negative number. This change was made to be
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	62 compatible with Matlab releases newer than 2011. In addition,
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	63 Octave no longer supports matrix inputs for A or B.
20466 16b9ec39ff46 Return empty matrix when linspace called with 0 points (bug #45820) Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20290 diff changeset	64
22226 9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	65 ** The cov function now returns the complex conjugate of the result
9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	66 from previous versions of Octave. This change was made for
9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	67 compatibility with Matlab.
9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	68
9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	69 ** condest now works with a normest1 compatible syntax.
9a0e30e24b9b Calculate cov as Matlab does, not as its conjugate (bug #48315). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 22183 diff changeset	70
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	71 ** The griddata function no longer plots the interpolated mesh if no
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	72 output argument is requested, instead the vector or array of
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	73 interpolated values is always returned for Matlab compatibility.
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	74
21789 6afdf40be534 Implement graphics object "light" (patch #8943). mmuetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 21765 diff changeset	75 ** The new function "light" and corresponding graphics object provide
6afdf40be534 Implement graphics object "light" (patch #8943). mmuetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 21765 diff changeset	76 light and shadow effects for patch and surface objects.
6afdf40be534 Implement graphics object "light" (patch #8943). mmuetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 21765 diff changeset	77
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	78 ** The surfnorm function now returns unnormalized (magnitude != 1)
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	79 normal vectors for compatibility with Matlab.
20214 561af1ab6099 griddata.m: Return values instead of plotting for Matlab compatibility (bug #45125) Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 20211 diff changeset	80
22149 ba8a9d2934c7 Point isonormals towards lower values for Matlab compatibility (bug #48552). Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22113 diff changeset	81 ** The normal vectors returned from isonormals have been reversed to
ba8a9d2934c7 Point isonormals towards lower values for Matlab compatibility (bug #48552). Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22113 diff changeset	82 point towards smaller values for compatibility with Matlab.
ba8a9d2934c7 Point isonormals towards lower values for Matlab compatibility (bug #48552). Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22113 diff changeset	83
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	84 ** The quadl function now uses an absolute, rather than relative,
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	85 tolerance for Matlab compatibility. The default tolerance is 1e-6
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	86 which may result in lower precision results than previous versions
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	87 of Octave which used eps as the relative tolerance. The quadl
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	88 function has also been extended to return a second output with the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	89 total number of function evaluations.
20690 dc2be2485968 NEWS: Update with changes to quadl function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20589 diff changeset	90
21483 fe56e066825d NEWS: announce improved textscan function Philip Nienhuis <prnienhuis@users.sf.net> parents: 21434 diff changeset	91 ** The textscan function is now built-in and is much faster and much
fe56e066825d NEWS: announce improved textscan function Philip Nienhuis <prnienhuis@users.sf.net> parents: 21434 diff changeset	92 more Matlab-compatible than the previous m-file version.
fe56e066825d NEWS: announce improved textscan function Philip Nienhuis <prnienhuis@users.sf.net> parents: 21434 diff changeset	93
21637 59ebef9680ef More cleanup associated with removing Java dialog boxes (cset b5d9b95d1e1a). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21634 diff changeset	94 ** Dialog boxes--errordlg, helpdlg, inputdlg, listdlg, msgbox,
59ebef9680ef More cleanup associated with removing Java dialog boxes (cset b5d9b95d1e1a). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21634 diff changeset	95 questdlg, and warndlg--now exclusively use Qt for rendering.
59ebef9680ef More cleanup associated with removing Java dialog boxes (cset b5d9b95d1e1a). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21634 diff changeset	96 Java based versions have been removed.
21630 b5d9b95d1e1a Removing Java dialog boxes. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 21483 diff changeset	97
21905 0c3f7fec9c1e Hide "erasemode" graphics property ahead of eventual removal. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21826 diff changeset	98 ** The graphics property 'erasemode' has been hidden, and will
0c3f7fec9c1e Hide "erasemode" graphics property ahead of eventual removal. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21826 diff changeset	99 eventually be removed. This property has also been removed
0c3f7fec9c1e Hide "erasemode" graphics property ahead of eventual removal. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21826 diff changeset	100 from Matlab, and was never implemented in Octave.
0c3f7fec9c1e Hide "erasemode" graphics property ahead of eventual removal. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21826 diff changeset	101
21948 241d39c66e8f Update graphics properties for figure object. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21905 diff changeset	102 ** The graphics property 'graphicssmothing' for figures now controls whether
241d39c66e8f Update graphics properties for figure object. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21905 diff changeset	103 anti-aliasing will be use for lines. The default is "on".
241d39c66e8f Update graphics properties for figure object. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21905 diff changeset	104
22113 b6f482e29afd New functions publish.m and grabcode.m (patch #9048). Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 22069 diff changeset	105 ** The publish function allows easy publication of Octave script files
b6f482e29afd New functions publish.m and grabcode.m (patch #9048). Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 22069 diff changeset	106 in HTML or other formats, including figures and output created by this
b6f482e29afd New functions publish.m and grabcode.m (patch #9048). Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 22069 diff changeset	107 script. It comes with its counterpart grabcode, which lets one literally
b6f482e29afd New functions publish.m and grabcode.m (patch #9048). Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 22069 diff changeset	108 grab the HTML published code from a remote website, for example.
b6f482e29afd New functions publish.m and grabcode.m (patch #9048). Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 22069 diff changeset	109
20157 e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	110 ** Other new functions added in 4.2:
e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	111
21711 2e0e4eec0d62 Document new function audioformats Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 21637 diff changeset	112 audioformats
20734 e44d904ac525 Add new functions deg2rad and rad2deg to core (bug #46340). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20725 diff changeset	113 deg2rad
21826 f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 21789 diff changeset	114 dialog
21075 5ed379c8decd Add new function evalc to core. Oliver Heimlich <oheim@posteo.de> parents: 21025 diff changeset	115 evalc
20913 69489c064cb7 New function hash to calculate MD{2/4/5} and SHA{1,244,256,384,512} hash values. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 20744 diff changeset	116 hash
20736 842765b159ed New function im2double ported from the image package. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20734 diff changeset	117 im2double
21765 23a610a3f001 Implement localfunctions Matlab command (bug #47705). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 21711 diff changeset	118 localfunctions
22183 bfb1b089c230 New function normest1 as replacement for onenormest (patch #8837) Marco Caliari <marco.caliari@univr.it> parents: 22149 diff changeset	119 normest1
21826 f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 21789 diff changeset	120 ode45
20533 fcb792acab9b Moving ode45, odeset, odeget, and levenshtein from odepkg to core. jcorno <jacopo.corno@gmail.com> parents: 20530 diff changeset	121 odeget
21826 f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 21789 diff changeset	122 odeset
21314 a4235a7eeb2c Add new padecoef.m function. Endre Kozma <endre.kozma@gmx.com> parents: 21308 diff changeset	123 padecoef
21765 23a610a3f001 Implement localfunctions Matlab command (bug #47705). Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> parents: 21711 diff changeset	124 psi
20736 842765b159ed New function im2double ported from the image package. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20734 diff changeset	125 rad2deg
22231 01ba6ebc52e4 Add function "reducevolume" (patch #8856). Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> parents: 22226 diff changeset	126 reducevolume
21826 f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> parents: 21789 diff changeset	127 uibuttongroup
20157 e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	128
20484 c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	129 ** Deprecated functions.
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	130
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	131 The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.2 and will
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	132 be removed from Octave 4.6 (or whatever version is the second major
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	133 release after 4.2):
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	134
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	135 Function \| Replacement
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	136 ---------------------\|------------------
20486 4bb41929286b Deprecate bitmax. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 20484 diff changeset	137 bitmax \| flintmax
20502 afdb856e44f1 Deprecate mahalanobis function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20501 diff changeset	138 mahalanobis \| mahal in Octave-Forge statistics pkg
20913 69489c064cb7 New function hash to calculate MD{2/4/5} and SHA{1,244,256,384,512} hash values. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 20744 diff changeset	139 md5sum \| hash
21434 1da428cbf401 deprecate octave_config_info John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21395 diff changeset	140 octve_config_info \| __octave_config_info__
22183 bfb1b089c230 New function normest1 as replacement for onenormest (patch #8837) Marco Caliari <marco.caliari@univr.it> parents: 22149 diff changeset	141 onenormest \| normest1
20923 58263bea2fdf Unified "sleep" functions to "octave_sleep" in C++ and "pause" in Octave. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 20913 diff changeset	142 sleep \| pause
58263bea2fdf Unified "sleep" functions to "octave_sleep" in C++ and "pause" in Octave. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 20913 diff changeset	143 usleep \| pause
20484 c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	144 wavread \| audioread
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	145 wavwrite \| audiowrite
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	146
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	147 ** The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	148 removed from Octave 4.2.
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	149
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	150 default_save_options java_new
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	151 gen_doc_cache java_unsigned_conversion
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	152 interp1q javafields
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	153 isequalwithequalnans javamethods
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	154 java_convert_matrix re_read_readline_init_file
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	155 java_debug read_readline_init_file
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	156 java_invoke saving_history
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	157
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	158 ** The global error_state variable in Octave's C++ API has been
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	159 deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Now the error
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	160 and print_usage functions throw an exception
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	161 (octave_execution_exception) after displaying the error message.
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	162 This makes the error and print_usage functions in C++ work more like
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	163 the corresponding functions in the scripting language.
20157 e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20154 diff changeset	164
21025 f7e64e1baa08 NEWS: Add note about updating user-supplied liboctave error handlers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20923 diff changeset	165 ** The default error handlers in liboctave have been updated to use
f7e64e1baa08 NEWS: Add note about updating user-supplied liboctave error handlers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20923 diff changeset	166 exceptions. After displaying an error message they no longer return
f7e64e1baa08 NEWS: Add note about updating user-supplied liboctave error handlers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20923 diff changeset	167 control to the calling program. The error handler function can be
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	168 customized through the global variables
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	169 "current_liboctave_error_handler" and
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	170 "current_liboctave_error_with_id_handler". If a programmer has
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	171 installed their own custom error handling routines when directly
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	172 linking with liboctave then these must be updated to throw an
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	173 exception and not return to the calling program.
21025 f7e64e1baa08 NEWS: Add note about updating user-supplied liboctave error handlers. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20923 diff changeset	174
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	175 ** The system for common errors and warnings has been renamed from
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	176 gripe_XXX to either err_XXX if error is called or warn_XXX if
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	177 warning is called. The gripe_XXX functions are deprecated and will
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	178 be removed in version 4.6.
21101 2e8aea678f2a Deprecate gripe_XXX functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21076 diff changeset	179
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	180 ** New configure option, --enable-address-sanitizer-flags, to build
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	181 Octave with memory allocator checks (similar to those in valgrind)
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	182 built in.
20725 7164a69472dd eliminate more uses of error state John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 20715 diff changeset	183
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	184 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.0:
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	185 ---------------------------------------------------------
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	186
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	187 ** A graphical user interface is now the default when running Octave
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	188 interactively. The start-up option --no-gui will run the familiar
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	189 command line interface, and still allows use of the GUI dialogs and
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	190 qt plotting toolkit. The option --no-gui-libs runs a minimalist
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	191 command line interface that does not link with the Qt libraries and
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	192 uses the fltk toolkit for plotting.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	193
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	194 ** Octave now uses OpenGL graphics with Qt widgets by default. If
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	195 OpenGL libraries are not available when Octave is built, gnuplot is
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	196 used. You may choose to use the fltk or gnuplot toolkit for
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	197 graphics by executing the command
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	198
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	199 graphics_toolkit ("fltk")
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	200 OR
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	201 graphics_toolkit ("gnuplot")
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	202
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	203 Adding such a command to your ~/.octaverc file will set the default
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	204 for each session.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	205
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	206 ** A new syntax for object oriented programming termed classdef has
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	207 been introduced. See the manual for more extensive documentation of
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	208 the classdef interface.
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	209
18803 7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	210 New keywords:
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	211
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	212 classdef endclassdef
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	213 enumeration endenumeration
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	214 events endevents
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	215 methods endmethods
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	216 properties endproperties
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	217
19520 9f7a2d75ce1f * NEWS: Mention new audio functions. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19408 diff changeset	218 ** New audio functions and classes:
19035 ff820f92cbb5 inputParser: classdef port of @inputParser from Octave Forge general pkg. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 19030 diff changeset	219
19682 c2478360291f New functions sound and soundsc Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19647 diff changeset	220 audiodevinfo audioread sound
c2478360291f New functions sound and soundsc Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19647 diff changeset	221 audioinfo audiorecorder soundsc
19520 9f7a2d75ce1f * NEWS: Mention new audio functions. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19408 diff changeset	222 audioplayer audiowrite
9f7a2d75ce1f * NEWS: Mention new audio functions. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19408 diff changeset	223
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	224 ** Other new classes in Octave 4.0:
19520 9f7a2d75ce1f * NEWS: Mention new audio functions. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19408 diff changeset	225
9f7a2d75ce1f * NEWS: Mention new audio functions. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19408 diff changeset	226 audioplayer inputParser
19597 db92e7e28e1f strip trailing whitespace from most source files John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19596 diff changeset	227 audiorecorder
19035 ff820f92cbb5 inputParser: classdef port of @inputParser from Octave Forge general pkg. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 19030 diff changeset	228
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	229 ** Optional stricter Matlab compatibility for ranges, diagonal
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	230 matrices, and permutation matrices.
19398 9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	231
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	232 Octave has internal optimizations which use space-efficient storage
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	233 for the three data types above. Three new functions have been added
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	234 which control whether the optimizations are used (default), or
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	235 whether the data types are stored as full matrices.
19398 9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	236
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	237 disable_range disable_diagonal_matrix disable_permutation_matrix
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	238
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	239 All three optimizations are disabled if Octave is started with the
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	240 --braindead command line option.
9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	241
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	242 ** The preference
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	243
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	244 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	245
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	246 is now enabled by default.
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	247
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	248 ** The preference
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	249
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	250 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	251
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	252 is now enabled by default and the warning ID
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	253
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	254 Octave:noninteger-range-as-index
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	255
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	256 is now set to "on" by default instead of "error" by default and "on"
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	257 for --traditional.
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	258
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	259 ** The "backtrace" warning option is now enabled by default. This
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	260 change was made for Matlab compatibility.
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	261
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	262 ** For compatibility with Matlab, the "ismatrix (x)" function now only
21308 c53bfd6d8e08 maint: Use American spelling for "behavior". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21133 diff changeset	263 checks the dimension of "x". The old behavior of "ismatrix" is
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	264 obtained by "isnumeric (x) \|\| islogical (x) \|\| ischar (x)".
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	265
21308 c53bfd6d8e08 maint: Use American spelling for "behavior". Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 21133 diff changeset	266 ** The nextpow2 function behavior has been changed for vector inputs.
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	267 Instead of computing `nextpow2 (length (x))', it will now compute
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	268 nextpow2 for each element of the input. This change is Matlab
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	269 compatible, and also prevents bugs for "vectors" of length 1.
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	270
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	271 ** polyeig now returns a row vector of eigenvalues rather than a matrix
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	272 with the eigenvalues on the diagonal. This change was made for
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	273 Matlab compatibility.
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	274
18606 0ede4dbb37f1 Overhaul interp1, interp2, interp3 functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18580 diff changeset	275 ** Interpolation function changes for Matlab compatibility
0ede4dbb37f1 Overhaul interp1, interp2, interp3 functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18580 diff changeset	276
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	277 The interpolation method 'cubic' is now equivalent to 'pchip' for
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	278 interp1, interp2, and interp3. Previously, 'cubic' was equivalent
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	279 to 'spline' for interp2. This may produce different results as
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	280 'spline' has continuous 1st and 2nd derivatives while 'pchip' only
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	281 has a continuous 1st derivative. The methods 'next' and 'previous'
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	282 have been added to interp1 for compatibility.
18606 0ede4dbb37f1 Overhaul interp1, interp2, interp3 functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18580 diff changeset	283
19164 ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	284 ** The delaunay function has been extended to accept 3-D inputs for
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	285 Matlab compatibility. The delaunay function no longer plots the
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	286 triangulation if no output argument is requested, instead, the
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	287 triangulation is always returned. The delaunay3 function which
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	288 handles 3-D inputs has been deprecated in favor of delaunay.
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	289
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	290 ** The trigonometric functions asin and acos return different phase
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	291 values from previous versions of Octave when the input is outside
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	292 the principal branch ([-1, 1]). If the real portion of the input is
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	293 greater than 1 then the limit from below is taken. If the real
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	294 portion is less than 1 then the limit from above is taken. This
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	295 criteria is consistent with several other numerical analysis
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	296 software packages.
19242 ba7e42dea4b2 Fix returned phase of asin, acos outside principal branch (bug #43349). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19196 diff changeset	297
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	298 ** The hyperbolic function acosh now returns values with a phase in the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	299 range [-pi/2, +pi/2]. Previously Octave returned values in the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	300 range [0, pi]. This is consistent with several other numerical
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	301 analysis software packages.
19730 554aaaf99644 Fix return phase of acosh to match Matlab (bug #44286). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19707 diff changeset	302
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	303 ** strfind changes when using empty pattern ("") for Matlab
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	304 compatibility
19386 f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	305
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	306 strfind now returns an empty array when the pattern itself is empty.
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	307 In previous versions of Octave, strfind matched at every character
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	308 location when the pattern was empty.
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	309
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	310 NEW
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	311 strfind ("abc", "") => []
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	312 OLD
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	313 strfind ("abc", "") => [1, 2, 3, 4]
f054112912df Change strfind to return empty array for empty pattern for compatibility (bug #43649). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19354 diff changeset	314
18652 3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	315 ** Integer formats used in the printf family of functions now work for
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	316 64-bit integers and are more compatible with Matlab when printing
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	317 non-integer values. Now instead of truncating, Octave will switch
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	318 the effective format to '%g' in the following circumstances:
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	319
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	320 * the value of an integer type (int8, uint32, etc.) value exceeds
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	321 the maximum for the format specifier. For '%d', the limit is
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	322 intmax ('int64') and for '%u' it is intmax ('uint64').
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	323
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	324 * round(x) != x or the value is outside the range allowed by the
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	325 integer format specifier.
3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	326
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	327 There is still one difference: Matlab switches to '%e' and Octave
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	328 switches to '%g'.
18652 3647db1a37d7 NEWS entry for previous printf format changes John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18649 diff changeset	329
19974 72ccbd36e23c Return a column vector by default for Matlab compatibility (bug #44425, bug #44453). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19965 diff changeset	330 ** The functions intersect, setdiff, setxor, and union now return a
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	331 column vector as output unless the input was a row vector. This
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	332 change was made for Matlab compatibility.
19974 72ccbd36e23c Return a column vector by default for Matlab compatibility (bug #44425, bug #44453). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19965 diff changeset	333
20133 bef9086a6725 inpolygon.m: Overhaul function and fix bug #40970. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20116 diff changeset	334 ** The inpolygon function now returns true for points that are within
bef9086a6725 inpolygon.m: Overhaul function and fix bug #40970. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20116 diff changeset	335 the polygon OR on it's edge. This change was made for Matlab
20715 5b7643257978 Remove trailing whitespace at end of lines. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20690 diff changeset	336 compatibility.
20133 bef9086a6725 inpolygon.m: Overhaul function and fix bug #40970. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20116 diff changeset	337
19258 a4e993343e93 Overhaul the archive family (bzip2, gzip, zip, tar) of m-files. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19242 diff changeset	338 ** The archive family of functions (bzip2, gzip, zip, tar) and their
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	339 unpacking routines (bunzip2, gunzip, unzip, untar, unpack) have been
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	340 recoded. Excepting unpack, the default is now to place files in the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	341 same directory as the archive (on unpack) or as the original files
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	342 (on archiving).
19258 a4e993343e93 Overhaul the archive family (bzip2, gzip, zip, tar) of m-files. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19242 diff changeset	343
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	344 ** Qt and FLTK graphics toolkits now support offscreen rendering on
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	345 Linux. In other words, print will work even when the figure
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	346 visibility is "off".
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	347
18803 7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	348 ** Z-order stacking issues with patches, grid lines, and line object
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	349 plot markers for on screen display and printing have all been
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	350 resolved. For 2-D plots the axis grid lines can be placed on top of
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	351 the plot with set (gca, "layer", "top").
18803 7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	352
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	353 ** The patch graphic object has been overhauled. It now produces
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	354 visual results equivalent to Matlab even for esoteric combinations
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	355 of faces/vertices/cdata.
18803 7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	356
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	357 ** The polar() plot function now draws a circular theta axis and radial
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	358 rho axis rather than using a rectangular x/y axis.
18803 7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18794 diff changeset	359
18723 e68788478aa1 linkprop.m: Overhaul function for performance and Matlab compatibility. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18721 diff changeset	360 ** linkprop has been completely re-coded for performance and Matlab
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	361 compatibility. It now returns a linkprop object which must be
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	362 stored in a variable for as long as the graphic objects should
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	363 remain linked. To unlink properties use 'clear hlink' where hlink
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	364 is the variable containing the linkprop object.
18723 e68788478aa1 linkprop.m: Overhaul function for performance and Matlab compatibility. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18721 diff changeset	365
19051 3d0f4f4ec688 NEWS: note that isprime now accepts negative and complex inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19035 diff changeset	366 ** isprime has been extended to operate on negative and complex inputs.
3d0f4f4ec688 NEWS: note that isprime now accepts negative and complex inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19035 diff changeset	367
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	368 ** xor has been extended to accept more than two arguments in which
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	369 case it performs cumulative XOR reduction.
19189 d70b1cec7743 NEWS: Announce addition of XOR reduction to xor function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19167 diff changeset	370
19164 ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	371 ** The following functions now support N-dimensional arrays:
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	372
20116 33e706b6b7be rectint: fix for non-overlapping rectangle, and support ND boxes (bug #44904) Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 20097 diff changeset	373 fliplr flipud rot90 rectint
19164 ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19155 diff changeset	374
19030 9ef10e6a5987 make "file found in path" warnings consistent John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18911 diff changeset	375 ** The new warning ID "Octave:data-file-in-path" replaces the three
9ef10e6a5987 make "file found in path" warnings consistent John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18911 diff changeset	376 previous separate warning IDs "Octave:fopen-file-in-path",
9ef10e6a5987 make "file found in path" warnings consistent John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18911 diff changeset	377 "Octave:load-file-in-path", and "Octave:md5sum-file-in-path".
9ef10e6a5987 make "file found in path" warnings consistent John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 18911 diff changeset	378
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	379 ** The warning ID Octave:singular-matrix-div has been replaced by
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	380 Octave:nearly-singular-matrix and Octave:singular-matrix.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	381
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	382 ** The warning ID Octave:matlab-incompatible has been replaced by
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	383 Octave:language-extension to better reflect its meaning.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	384
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	385 ** The warning ID Octave:broadcast has been removed. Instead automatic
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	386 broadcasting will throw an Octave:language-extension warning. This
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	387 warning ID is used for broadcasting as well as other features not
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	388 available in Matlab.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	389
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	390 ** Other new functions added in 4.0:
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	391
19741 b8e4104a8f55 Add the annotation function (bug #43282) Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com> parents: 19730 diff changeset	392 annotation
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	393 bandwidth
19530 5ab6fcf32d1e New function for colormap cubehelix. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 19520 diff changeset	394 cubehelix
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	395 dir_in_loadpath
19126 995df67fc912 Flip arrays - ND support for fliplr and flipud, and replace flipdim with flip. Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com> parents: 19122 diff changeset	396 flip
19313 39a69f54417e New functions im2frame and frame2im. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 19294 diff changeset	397 frame2im
20024 cf9b94a89620 Document get_home_directory in Octave manual and NEWS file. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19974 diff changeset	398 get_home_directory
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	399 hgload
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	400 hgsave
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	401 ichol
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	402 ilu
19313 39a69f54417e New functions im2frame and frame2im. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 19294 diff changeset	403 im2frame
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	404 isbanded
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	405 isdiag
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	406 isstudent
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	407 istril
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	408 istriu
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	409 javachk
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	410 jit_failcnt
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	411 linkaxes
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	412 lscov
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	413 metaclass
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	414 numfields
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	415 open
19747 56157a7505ed Add new ordschur function. Sébastien Villemot <sebastien@debian.org> parents: 19741 diff changeset	416 ordschur
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	417 pan
19354 cc6000ccd627 New function qmr (patch #8569). Nathan Podlich <nathan.podlich@gmail.com> parents: 19313 diff changeset	418 qmr
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	419 rotate
19941 b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19852 diff changeset	420 rotate3d
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	421 sylvester
19167 6f0290863d50 Add new function unsetenv from gnulib to Octave. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19164 diff changeset	422 unsetenv
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	423 validateattributes
19089 8a6f87637c16 hg new function, zoom John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19081 diff changeset	424 zoom
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	425
19122 c43223245085 doc: Add warnings about eventual removal of inline functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19119 diff changeset	426 ** inline() scheduled for eventual deprecation by Matlab
c43223245085 doc: Add warnings about eventual removal of inline functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19119 diff changeset	427
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	428 Functions created through the use of inline are scheduled for
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	429 deprecation by Matlab. When this occurs Octave will continue to
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	430 support inline functions for an indeterminate amount of time before
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	431 also removing support. All new code should use anonymous functions
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	432 in place of inline functions.
19122 c43223245085 doc: Add warnings about eventual removal of inline functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19119 diff changeset	433
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	434 ** Deprecated functions.
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	435
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	436 The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.0 and will
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	437 be removed from Octave 4.4 (or whatever version is the second major
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	438 release after 4.0):
18538 fcd87f68af4f Deprecate nfields and replace with numfields. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18132 diff changeset	439
19268 e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	440 Function \| Replacement
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	441 ---------------------\|------------------
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	442 bicubic \| interp2
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	443 delaunay3 \| delaunay
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	444 dump_prefs \| individual preference get/set routines
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	445 find_dir_in_path \| dir_in_loadpath
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	446 finite \| isfinite
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	447 fmod \| rem
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	448 fnmatch \| glob or regexp
20500 caa5de39147e maint: Complete deprecation of gmap40 colormap. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20280 diff changeset	449 gmap40 \| ----
19647 0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio. Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19645 diff changeset	450 loadaudio \| audioread
19268 e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	451 luinc \| ilu or ichol
19760 47440b762547 bring back mouse_wheel_zoom function as deprecated John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19747 diff changeset	452 mouse_wheel_zoom \| mousewheelzoom axes property
19268 e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	453 nfields \| numfields
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	454 octave_tmp_file_name \| tempname
19647 0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio. Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19645 diff changeset	455 playaudio \| audioplayer
0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio. Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19645 diff changeset	456 saveaudio \| audiowrite
19268 e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	457 syl \| sylvester
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19258 diff changeset	458 usage \| print_usage
18538 fcd87f68af4f Deprecate nfields and replace with numfields. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18132 diff changeset	459
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	460 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	461 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
19647 0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio. Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19645 diff changeset	462 setaudio
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	463
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	464 ** The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and will be
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	465 removed from Octave 4.2 (or whatever version is the second major
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	466 release after 3.8):
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	467
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	468 default_save_options java_new
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	469 gen_doc_cache java_unsigned_conversion
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	470 interp1q javafields
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	471 isequalwithequalnans javamethods
18911 d1c649bd90e9 maint: Periodic merge of gui-release to default. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18904 18910 diff changeset	472 java_convert_matrix re_read_readline_init_file
19081 d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	473 java_debug read_readline_init_file
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	474 java_invoke saving_history
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19071 diff changeset	475
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	476 ** The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.6 and have been
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	477 removed from Octave 4.0.
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	478
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	479 cut polyderiv
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	480 cor shell_cmd
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	481 corrcoef studentize
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	482 __error_text__ sylvester_matrix
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	483 error_text
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	484
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	485 ** The following keywords were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	486 removed from Octave 4.0
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	487
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	488 static
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	489
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	490 ** The following configuration variables were deprecated in Octave 3.8
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	491 and have been removed from Octave 4.0
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	492
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	493 CC_VERSION (now GCC_VERSION)
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	494 CXX_VERSION (now GXX_VERSION)
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	495
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	496 ** The internal function atan2 of the sparse matrix class has been
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	497 deprecated in Octave 4.0 and will be removed from Octave 4.4 (or
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	498 whatever version is the second major release after 4.0). Use the
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	499 Fatan2 function with sparse inputs as a replacement.
19645 ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19598 diff changeset	500
20280 077e73619ba8 Allow NEWS to be displayed properly in QTextBrowser (bug #45396) John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 20133 diff changeset	501 ** The internal class Octave_map was deprecated in Octave 3.8 and has
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	502 been removed from Octave 4.0. Replacement classes are octave_map
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	503 (struct array) or octave_scalar_map for a single structure.
18110 2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> parents: 18108 diff changeset	504
19598 76478d2da117 unconditionally disable the octave_allocator class John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19597 diff changeset	505 ** The configure option --enable-octave-allocator has been removed.
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	506 The internal class octave_allocator declared in oct-alloc.h has been
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	507 removed. The header remains, but is deprecated. The macros to
19598 76478d2da117 unconditionally disable the octave_allocator class John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19597 diff changeset	508 access the class (DECLARE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR, DEFINE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR,
76478d2da117 unconditionally disable the octave_allocator class John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19597 diff changeset	509 and DEFINE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR2) are now unconditionally defined to be
76478d2da117 unconditionally disable the octave_allocator class John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19597 diff changeset	510 empty.
76478d2da117 unconditionally disable the octave_allocator class John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 19597 diff changeset	511
19816 81078b0e39e8 build: Enable OpenMP by default, remove experimental warning (bug #42176) Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19788 diff changeset	512 ** Octave now has OpenMP enabled by default if the system provides a
81078b0e39e8 build: Enable OpenMP by default, remove experimental warning (bug #42176) Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19788 diff changeset	513 working OpenMP implementation. This allows oct-file modules to take
81078b0e39e8 build: Enable OpenMP by default, remove experimental warning (bug #42176) Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19788 diff changeset	514 advantage of OpenMP if desired. This can be disabled when building
81078b0e39e8 build: Enable OpenMP by default, remove experimental warning (bug #42176) Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19788 diff changeset	515 Octave with the configure option --disable-openmp.
81078b0e39e8 build: Enable OpenMP by default, remove experimental warning (bug #42176) Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org> parents: 19788 diff changeset	516
21133 31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	517 ** Octave now automatically truncates intermediate calculations done
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	518 with floating point values to 64 bits. Some hardware math
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	519 co-processors, such as the x87, maintain extra precision, but this
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	520 leads to disagreements in calculations when compared to reference
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	521 implementations in software using the IEEE standard for double
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	522 precision. There was no measurable performance impact to this
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	523 change, but it may be disabled with the configure option
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	524 --disable-float-truncate. MinGW and Cygwin platforms, as well as
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	525 GCC compilers >= 5.0 require this feature. Non-x87 hardware, or
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 21101 diff changeset	526 hardware using SSE options exclusively, can disable float truncation
19965 d20dd211cc89 Enable float truncation by default for octave builds. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19958 diff changeset	527 if desired.
d20dd211cc89 Enable float truncation by default for octave builds. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19958 diff changeset	528
9352 b59cc3252a51 NEWS update Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com> parents: 9215 diff changeset	529 ---------------------------------------------------------
b59cc3252a51 NEWS update Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com> parents: 9215 diff changeset	530
7990 86dae6e5b83c Initial update of NEWS for 3.2 release David Bateman <dbateman@free.fr> parents: 7279 diff changeset	531 See NEWS.3 for old news.

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