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NEWS.7.md: Clarify whitespace rules with inplace and binary operators (bug #62552).
author Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
date Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:47:55 +0200
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 7 (2022-04-06)
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2 --------------------------------------------------------------------
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4 ### General improvements
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6 - Many functions in Octave can be called in a command form---no
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7 parentheses for invocation and no return argument assignment---or in a
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8 functional form---parentheses and '=' for assignment of return values.
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10 **Command Form Example**
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12 `mkdir new_directory`
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14 **Function Form Example**
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16 `status = mkdir ("new_directory")`
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18 Octave now handles errors that occur in a consistent manner. If
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19 called in command form and there is a failure, an error is thrown
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20 and a message printed. If called in functional form, no error or
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21 message is printed and the failure is communicated to the programmer
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22 via the output status variable.
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24 The following list of functions have been modified.
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26 * `copyfile`
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27 * `fcntl`
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28 * `fileattrib`
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29 * `kill`
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30 * `link`
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31 * `mkfifo`
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32 * `movefile`
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33 * `rename`
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34 * `rmdir`
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35 * `symlink`
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36 * `unlink`
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38 - Calling a user-defined function with too many inputs or outputs is now
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39 an error. The interpreter makes this check automatically. If a
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40 function uses varargin then the check is skipped for function inputs,
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41 and if a function uses varargout then the check is skipped for function
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42 outputs. Input validation for functions typically begins with checking
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43 that the number of inputs and outputs match expectations. Existing code
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44 can be simplified by removing these checks which are now done by the
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45 interpreter. Typically, code blocks like the following can simply be
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46 deleted.
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48 ## Checking number of inputs
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49 if (nargin > 2)
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50 print_usage ();
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51 endif
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53 ## Checking number of outputs
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54 if (nargout > 1)
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55 print_usage ();
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56 endif
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58 - Binary and hexadecimal constants like `0b101` and `0xDEADBEEF` now
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59 create integers (unsigned by default) with sizes determined from the
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60 number of digits present. For example, `0xff` creates a `uint8` value
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61 and `0xDEADBEEF` creates a `uint64` value. You may also use a suffix of
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62 the form `u8`, `u16`, `u32`, `u64`, `s8`, `s16`, `s32`, or `s64` to
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63 explicitly specify the data type to use (`u` or `s` to indicate unsigned
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64 or signed and the number to indicate the integer size).
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66 Binary constants are limited to 64 binary digits and hexadecimal
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67 constants are limited to 16 hexadecimal digits with no automatic
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68 rounding or conversion to floating point values. Note that this may
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69 cause problems in existing code. For example, an expression like
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70 `[0x1; 0x100; 0x10000]` will be uint8 (because of the rules of
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71 concatenating integers of different sizes) with the larger values
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72 truncated (because of the saturation semantics of integer values). To
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73 avoid these kinds of problems either: 1) declare the first integer to be
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74 of the desired size such as `[0x1u32; 0x100; 0x10000]`, or 2) pad
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75 constants in array expressions with leading zeros so that they use the
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76 same number of digits for each value such as
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77 `[0x00_00_01; 0x00_01_00; 0x01_00_00]`.
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79 - The colon operator now works for integer (int8, int16, ..., uint64)
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80 and single data types. However, only double ranges use a
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81 memory-efficient storage scheme internally. Other data types are
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82 stored as ordinary arrays.
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84 - The increment and decrement operators `++` and `--` must "hug" their
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85 corresponding variables. In previous versions of Octave, whitespaces
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86 between these operators and the variable they affect were allowed. That
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87 is no longer the case.
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89 - For compatibility with command syntax, inplace operators (`+=`, `-=`,
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90 `*=`, `.*=`, `/=`, `./=`, `\=`, `.\=`, `^=`, `.^=`, `|=`, `&=`) must now
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91 either be followed by a whitespace character or must not be preceded by a
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92 whitespace character. For commands with binary operators (`+`, `-`, `*`,
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93 `.*`, `/`, `./`, `\`, `.\`, `^`, `.^`, `|`, `&`, `||`, `&&`) without
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94 assignment, the same rules apply. That was not a requirement in previous
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95 versions of Octave.
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96 E.g., `a + b`, `a+ b`, or `a+b` are valid if `a` is a variable. In
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97 contrast, `a +b` will throw an error if `a` is a variable. The latter
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98 example is now interpreted as command syntax expression equivalent to the
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99 function syntax expression `a ("+b")`.
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102 decomposition to solve nearly singular full square matrices. This is
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103 Matlab-compatible and yields results which more nearly minimize `norm
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104 (A*x - b)`. Previously, Octave computed a minimum-norm solution.
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107 inputs > 1e14, it can be up to 10,000 times faster.
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109 - The `isprime` function uses a new primality testing algorithm
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110 that is up to 50,000 times faster for inputs > 1e14.
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113 important special cases where a or b are 1.
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115 - The `whos` function now displays an additional attribute 's' when
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116 the variable is a sparse type.
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119 `jsondecode` and `jsonencode` functions to read and write JSON data.
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122 `jupyter_notebook` classdef class. This class supports running and
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123 filling Jupyter Notebooks using the Octave language kernel from Octave
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124 itself. Making the evaluation of long-running Jupyter Notebooks on a
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125 computing server without permanent browser connection possible.
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126
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127 - By default, the history file is now located at $DATA/octave/history,
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128 where $DATA is a platform dependent location for (roaming) user data
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129 files (e.g., ${XDG_DATA_HOME} or, if that is not set, ~/.local/share on
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130 Unix-like operating systems or %APPDATA% on Windows).
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131
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132 - For Octave on Windows OS, the minimum required version of the Windows
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133 API is now 6.1 (Windows 7 or newer).
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134
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135 - The non-re-entrant version of the QHull library "libqhull" was
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136 deprecated upstream. Octave now (optionally) requires the re-entrant
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137 version of that library "libqhull_r" instead.
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138
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139 - Octave's build system no longer appends "++" to the end of the
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140 "magick++" library name (set with the `--with-magick=` configure flag).
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141 The real name of the "magick++" library (including any potentially
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142 trailing "++") needs to be set in that option now.
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143
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144 - The `pkg update` command now accepts options that are passed to `pkg
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145 install` for each updated package. Specifying @option{-local} or
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146 @option{-global} will restrict update checks to local or global
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147 installed packages, respectively.
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148
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149 ### Graphical User Interface
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150
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151 - The graphical user interface is now available in Hungarian and
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152 Turkish.
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153
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154 - In debug mode, symbol values are now shown in tooltips when hovering
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155 variables in the editor panel.
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156
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157 - The "Disable global shortcuts when Command Window has focus" GUI
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158 preference under the Shortcuts tab is now disabled by default. This
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159 option disables keyboard shortcuts to avoid interference with readline
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160 key strokes in the Command Window. Unlike versions prior to Octave 7,
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161 this preference now also affects the Ctrl-C/V shortcuts for copy/paste.
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162
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163 - In command line mode, i.e. when Octave is started without the --gui option,
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164 the doc command now opens the GUI documentation browser as a standalone widget,
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165 provided that Octave was compiled with GUI support.
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166
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167 ### Graphics backend
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168
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169 - Support for Qt4 for both graphics and the GUI has been removed.
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170
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171 - If a working LaTeX tool chain is found on the path, including `latex`,
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172 `dvipng`, and `dvisvgm` binaries, then text strings can now be rendered
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173 properly when using the `"latex"` value for the text objects'
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174 `"interpreter"` property and axes objects' `"ticklabelinterpreter"`.
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175 Type `doc "latex interpreter"` for further info.
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176
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177 - The `"Marker"` property for plot objects now accepts `|` which draws
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178 a vertical line or `_` which draws a horizontal line.
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179
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180 - The `FMT` format argument for plot commands now accepts long forms for
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181 color names which may be more understandable than the existing
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182 one-letter codes. For example, the RGB value `[0 0 0]` can now be
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183 specified by `"black"` in addition to `"k"`.
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184
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185 - The color graphics properties, for example `"EdgeColor"` or
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186 `"FaceColor"`, now accept HTML specifications. An HTML specification is
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187 a string that begins with the character '#' and is followed by either 3
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188 or 6 hexadecimal digits. For example, magenta which is 100% red and
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189 blue values can specified by `"#FF00FF"` or `"#F0F"`.
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190
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191 - The additional property `"contextmenu"` has been added to all graphics
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192 objects. It is equivalent to the previously used `"uicontextmenu"`
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193 property which is hidden now.
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194
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195 - `uicontrol` objects now fully implement the `"Off"` and `"Inactive"`
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196 values of the `"Enable"` property. When the value is `"Off"`, no
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197 interaction with the object occurs and the `uicontrol` changes color
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198 (typically to gray) to indicate it is disabled. When the value is
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199 `"Inactive"`, the object appears normally (no change in color), but it
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200 is not possible to change the value of the object (such as modifying
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201 text in an `Edit` box or clicking on a `RadioButton`).
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202
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203 - The `"ListBoxTop"` property for `uicontrol` objects has been
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204 implemented for `set` commands.
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205
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206 - The `Title` property for print formats such as PDF or SVG is now set
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207 to the title displayed on the figure window which contains the plot.
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208
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209 - Additional properties have been added to the `axes` graphics object:
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210 * `"alphamap"` (not yet implemented)
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211 * `"alphascale"` (not yet implemented)
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212 * `"colorscale"` (not yet implemented)
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213 * `"fontsizemode"` (not yet implemented)
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214 * `"innerposition"` (equivalent to `"position"`)
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215 * `"interactions"` (not yet implemented)
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216 * `"layout"` (not yet implemented)
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217 * `"legend"` (not yet implemented)
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218 * `"nextseriesindex"` (read-only, used by `scatter`
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219 graphics objects)
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220 * `"positionconstraint"` (replacement for `"activepositionproperty"`
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221 which is now a hidden property. No plans for removal.)
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222 * `"toolbar"` (not yet implemented)
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223 * `"xaxis"` (not yet implemented)
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224 * `"yaxis"` (not yet implemented)
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225 * `"zaxis"` (not yet implemented)
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226
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227 ### Matlab compatibility
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228
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229 - The function `griddata` now implements the `"v4"` Biharmonic Spline
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230 Interpolation method. In adddition, the function now accepts 3-D inputs
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231 by passing the data to `griddata3`.
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232
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233 - Coordinate transformation functions `cart2sph`, `sph2cart`,
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234 `cart2pol`, and `pol2cart` now accept either row or column vectors for
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235 coordinate inputs. A single coordinate matrix with one variable per
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236 column can still be used as function input, but a single output variable
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237 will now contain just the first output coordinate, and will no longer
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238 return the full output coordinate matrix. Output size matches the size
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239 of input vectors, or in the case of an input matrix will be column
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240 vectors with rows corresponding to the input coordinate matrix.
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241
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242 - The function `dec2bin` and `dec2hex` now support negative numbers.
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243
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244 - The function `factor` now supports uint64 inputs larger than
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245 `flintmax`.
ecbcc4647dbe factor.m: Overhaul function to support inputs > flintmax.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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246
29985
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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247 - The function `primes` now supports char inputs.
3eb6483241d0 primes.m: Overhaul function.
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248
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parents: 29176
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249 - The functions `quantile` and `prctile` now permit operating on
dd4cb1ad9dc8 prctile.m, quantile.m: Small formatting changes to cset 7d262c7f8b1d.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29176
diff changeset
250 dimensions greater than `ndims (x)`.
26838
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Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
parents: 26798
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251
29932
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29923
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252 - The function `iqr` now uses Matlab compatible interpolation for
30373
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 30328
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253 quantile values. The dimension input now allows a vector, "all", and
2f4cd1952f0b NEWS: change a few wordings for clarity.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 30328
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254 dimensions greater than `ndims (x)`. The function also handles
2f4cd1952f0b NEWS: change a few wordings for clarity.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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255 `Inf` and `NaN` input values in a Matlab-compatible manner.
28143
4f1d1b1d4afc NEWS: Add a note about ostreamtube/streamtube (bug #57471).
Markus Meisinger <chloros2@gmx.de>
parents: 28136
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256
28369
248f7cc8dc74 NEWS: Announce improvements in importdata() function.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28331
diff changeset
257 - The function `importdata` now produces more compatible results when
248f7cc8dc74 NEWS: Announce improvements in importdata() function.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28331
diff changeset
258 the file contains a 2-D text matrix.
25739
8eec0403a370 fminsearch.m: Update default TolFun to 1e-4 for Matlab compatibility.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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259
30241
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 30240
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260 - The file functions `copyfile`, `mkdir`, `movefile`, `rmdir` now return
30293
1a1f3ae76e74 Use underscores instead of CamelCase in jupyter_notebook classdef
Abdallah Elshamy <abdallah.k.elshamy@gmail.com>
parents: 30289
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261 a logical value (true/false) rather than a numeric value (1/0).
26838
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Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
parents: 26798
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262
29913
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29905
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263 - `uimenu` now accepts property `"Text"` which is identical to
3eca54836f97 Allow 'Label' to be used as a synonym for 'Text' on uimenus (bug #60870)
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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264 `"Label"`. Matlab recommends using `"Text"` in new code, although there
3eca54836f97 Allow 'Label' to be used as a synonym for 'Text' on uimenus (bug #60870)
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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265 is no announced date for deprecating `"Label"`.
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266
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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267 - The functions `scatter` and `scatter3` now return a handle to a
3623c94ad285 NEWS: Clarify some text and wrap at column 72.
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268 scatter graphics object. For compatibility, they return an `hggroup` of
29111
4d8aaceb629a NEWS: Create proper double quotes for Octave properties in Markdown.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29108
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269 patch graphics objects when the `"gnuplot"` graphics toolkit is used. In
28762
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270 previous versions of Octave, these functions returned an `hggroup` of
28585
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271 patch graphics objects for all graphics toolkits.
26167
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Julien Bect <julien.bect@supelec.fr>
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272
29108
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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273 - The functions `bar` and `barh` now handle stacked negative bar values
5fc28dab0b2b Document new long forms of color spec argument to plot.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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274 in a Matlab-compatible manner. Negative values now stack below the zero
5fc28dab0b2b Document new long forms of color spec argument to plot.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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275 axis independently of a positive value bars in the same stack.
5fc28dab0b2b Document new long forms of color spec argument to plot.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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276 Previously the negative bars could overlap positive bars depending on
5fc28dab0b2b Document new long forms of color spec argument to plot.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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277 drawing order.
28671
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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278
29139
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29130
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279 - The functions `bar` and `barh` now use colors from the `"ColorOrder"`
f5e89a80ba8c Use colors from "colormap" property for bar, barh if a "hist" option was given (bug #59589).
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29130
diff changeset
280 axes property rather than the `"Colormap"` figure property unless one
f5e89a80ba8c Use colors from "colormap" property for bar, barh if a "hist" option was given (bug #59589).
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29130
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281 of the histogram options (@qcode{"hist"}, @qcode{"histc"} was specified.
22586
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Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org>
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282
28314
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Guillaume Flandin <guillaume.offline@gmail.com>
parents: 28309
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283 - The function `saveas` now defaults to saving in Octave figure format
bc904ed5aad4 saveas.m: Change default format to .ofig (bug #58391).
Guillaume Flandin <guillaume.offline@gmail.com>
parents: 28309
diff changeset
284 (.ofig) rather than PDF (.pdf).
28671
1f6b21015b4e NEWS: Add info about changed 'class' of inline functions (bug #59023).
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28660
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285
28762
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28693
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286 - A new warning ID (`"Octave:unimplemented-matlab-functionality"`) has
877e876338cc NEWS: Update Markdown syntax and re-order items.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28693
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287 been added which prints a warning when Octave's parser recognizes valid
28477
7ea82a190029 Add new warning ID "Octave:unimplemented-matlab-functionality".
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28391
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288 Matlab code, but for which Octave does not yet implement the
7ea82a190029 Add new warning ID "Octave:unimplemented-matlab-functionality".
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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289 functionality. By default, this warning is enabled.
25867
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Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
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290
29932
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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291 - When Octave is started with the `--traditional` option for maximum
b39203a44db2 Call print_struct_array_contents(1) when '--traditional' option used.
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292 compatibility the `print_struct_array_contents` internal variable is set
b39203a44db2 Call print_struct_array_contents(1) when '--traditional' option used.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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293 to true.
25867
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Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
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294
30280
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Nicholas R. Jankowski <jankowski.nicholas@gmail.com>
parents: 30278
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295 - The function `repelem` now produces a row vector output when the input is
7835150ba175 repelem.m: produce row output for scalar input (bug #61412)
Nicholas R. Jankowski <jankowski.nicholas@gmail.com>
parents: 30278
diff changeset
296 a scalar.
7835150ba175 repelem.m: produce row output for scalar input (bug #61412)
Nicholas R. Jankowski <jankowski.nicholas@gmail.com>
parents: 30278
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297
30410
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Stefano Guidoni <ilguido@users.sf.net>
parents: 30373
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298 - The functions `var` and `std` now accept a weight vector as input and
bc0de453fb6a extend var and std with dim options (bug #58116) and weights (patch #10103)
Stefano Guidoni <ilguido@users.sf.net>
parents: 30373
diff changeset
299 compute the weigthed variance. Dimension input now allows a vector and
bc0de453fb6a extend var and std with dim options (bug #58116) and weights (patch #10103)
Stefano Guidoni <ilguido@users.sf.net>
parents: 30373
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300 the keyword "all".
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Stefano Guidoni <ilguido@users.sf.net>
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301
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28039
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302 ### Alphabetical list of new functions added in Octave 7
25867
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Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
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303
29161
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29139
diff changeset
304 * `cospi`
28331
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Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com>
parents: 28323
diff changeset
305 * `getpixelposition`
28212
d052c11d47c6 Add new functions startsWith and endsWith (bug #57041).
Abdallah Elshamy <abdallah.k.elshamy@gmail.com>
parents: 28210
diff changeset
306 * `endsWith`
29395
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Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 29388
diff changeset
307 * `fill3`
28615
5da49e37a6c9 New functions jsondecode and jsonencode (bug #53100).
Abdallah Elshamy <abdallah.k.elshamy@gmail.com>
parents: 28585
diff changeset
308 * `jsondecode`
5da49e37a6c9 New functions jsondecode and jsonencode (bug #53100).
Abdallah Elshamy <abdallah.k.elshamy@gmail.com>
parents: 28585
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309 * `jsonencode`
30293
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Abdallah Elshamy <abdallah.k.elshamy@gmail.com>
parents: 30289
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310 * `jupyter_notebook`
28391
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Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com>
parents: 28386
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311 * `listfonts`
28769
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Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 28762
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312 * `matlab.net.base64decode`
903fe321649b Add Matlab compatible wrappers for base64_encode and base64_decode.
Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 28762
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313 * `matlab.net.base64encode`
28372
2f571bfff344 Add "memory" function (patch #9924).
Lars Kindermann <lars.kindermann@reglos.de>
parents: 28369
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314 * `memory`
28986
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Martin Köhler <koehlerm@mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de>
parents: 28973
diff changeset
315 * `ordqz`
28107
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 28080
diff changeset
316 * `rng`
29161
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29139
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317 * `sinpi`
28212
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Abdallah Elshamy <abdallah.k.elshamy@gmail.com>
parents: 28210
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318 * `startsWith`
28386
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Markus Meisinger <chloros2@gmx.de>
parents: 28372
diff changeset
319 * `streamribbon`
29348
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Christian Himpe <christian.himpe@wwu.de>
parents: 29308
diff changeset
320 * `turbo`
29308
f3272029d42c uniquetol.m: Add new function (bug #59850).
Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 29304
diff changeset
321 * `uniquetol`
29024
447beb85551d Add ytickangle and ztickangle functions (bug #59067)
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28999
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322 * `xtickangle`
447beb85551d Add ytickangle and ztickangle functions (bug #59067)
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28999
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323 * `ytickangle`
447beb85551d Add ytickangle and ztickangle functions (bug #59067)
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28999
diff changeset
324 * `ztickangle`
26838
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Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
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325
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Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 30601
diff changeset
326 ### Deprecated functions and operators
26185
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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327
30607
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Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 30601
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328 The following functions and operators have been deprecated in Octave 7
28077
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28039
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329 and will be removed from Octave 9 (or whatever version is the second
f47f9493cb37 NEWS: Update for version 7 development.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 28039
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330 major release after 7):
26185
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 26175
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331
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Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
parents: 26798
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332 - Functions
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Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org>
parents: 20154
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333
30601
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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334 Function | Replacement
824c67e2bd66 doc: Use Markdown verbatim mode for functions and operators in NEWS.7.md.
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335 ---------------------------- |----------------------------
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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336 `disable_diagonal_matrix` | `optimize_diagonal_matrix`
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337 `disable_permutation_matrix` | `optimize_permutation_matrix`
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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338 `disable_range` | `optimize_range`
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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339
31037
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 31035
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340 For plot functions, the use of numbers to select line colors in
39876ea8c588 warning_ids.m: Add new warning ID "Octave:deprecated-option".
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 31035
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341 shorthand formats was an undocumented feature that is deprecated in
39876ea8c588 warning_ids.m: Add new warning ID "Octave:deprecated-option".
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 31035
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342 Octave 7 and will be removed from Octave 9.
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 31035
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343
30031
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 30016
diff changeset
344 - Operators
cf60f8f636f6 Start deprecation of Fortran exponentiation operator.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 30016
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345
cf60f8f636f6 Start deprecation of Fortran exponentiation operator.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 30016
diff changeset
346 Operator | Replacement | Description
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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347 ---------|-------------|------------
30601
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348 `**` | `^` | Matrix exponent
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349 `.**` | `.^` | Element-by-element exponent
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350 `.+` | `+` | Element-by-element addition
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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351 `.-` | `-` | Element-by-element subtraction
20484
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
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352
29297
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29184
diff changeset
353 - Interpreter
cff933892ec2 Deprecate '...' line continuations in double-quoted strings.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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354
29304
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29297
diff changeset
355 * The use of `'...'` for line continuations *inside* double-quoted
29297
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29184
diff changeset
356 strings has been deprecated. Use `'\'` for line continuations
29304
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29297
diff changeset
357 inside strings instead.
28860
ba6e10c316d3 NEWS: Announce deprecation of LFLAGS (bug #59173).
Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 28671
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358
29304
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29297
diff changeset
359 * The use of `'\'` as a line continuation *outside* of double-quoted
01679f865fc7 Deprecate obsolete warning messages in lex.ll.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29297
diff changeset
360 strings has been deprecated. Use `'...'` for line continuations
29297
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29184
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361 instead.
cff933892ec2 Deprecate '...' line continuations in double-quoted strings.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
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362
29304
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29297
diff changeset
363 * Any trailing whitespace after a `'\'` line continuation has been
01679f865fc7 Deprecate obsolete warning messages in lex.ll.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 29297
diff changeset
364 deprecated. Delete unnecessary trailing whitespace.
26175
6e1a800dd365 eliminate brace and variable expansion in PATH search code
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 26173
diff changeset
365
26838
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Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
parents: 26798
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366
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 29916
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367 The following functions were deprecated in Octave 6 and will be removed
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 29916
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368 from Octave 8 (or whatever version is the second major release after 6):
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
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369
26838
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Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
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370 - Functions
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Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org>
parents: 20154
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371
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372 Function | Replacement
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373 -----------------------|------------------
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374 `runtests` | `oruntests`
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375
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376 - The environment variable used by `mkoctfile` for linker flags is now
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377 `LDFLAGS` rather than `LFLAGS`. `LFLAGS` was deprecated in Octave 6,
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378 and a warning is now emitted if it is used, but it will continue to
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379 work.
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380
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381 ### Removed functions, properties, and features
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382
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383 The following functions and properties were deprecated in Octave 5
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384 and have been removed from Octave 7.
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385
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386 - Functions
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387
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388 Function | Replacement
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389 -------------------------|------------------
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390 `output_max_field_width` | `output_precision`
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391 `is_keyword` | `iskeyword`
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392
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393 - Properties
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394
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395 Object | Property | Value
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396 -----------------|---------------|------------
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397 `text` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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398 `uibuttongroup` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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399 `uicontrol` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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400 `uipanel` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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401 `uitable` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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402
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403 - The prototype JIT compiler has been removed from Octave. Since it was
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404 first added as part of a Google Summer of Code project in 2012, no one
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405 has ever seriously taken on further development of it and it still does
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406 nothing significant. It is out of date with the default interpreter
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407 that walks the parse tree. Even though we have fixed the configure
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408 script to disable it by default, people still ask questions about how to
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409 build it, but it doesn’t seem that they are doing that to work on it but
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410 because they think it will make Octave code run faster (it never did,
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411 except for some extremely simple bits of code as examples for
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412 demonstration purposes only). The following functions related to the
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413 JIT compiler have also been removed: `debug_jit`, `jit_enable`,
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414 `jit_failcnt`, and `jit_startcnt`.
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415
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416 ### Old release news
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417
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418 - [Octave 6.x](etc/NEWS.6)
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419 - [Octave 5.x](etc/NEWS.5)
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420 - [Octave 4.x](etc/NEWS.4)
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421 - [Octave 3.x](etc/NEWS.3)
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422 - [Octave 2.x](etc/NEWS.2)
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423 - [Octave 1.x](etc/NEWS.1)