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annotate NEWS @ 28234:2757f267a198
Implement "HorizontalAlignment" property for multi-line "Edit" uicontrols (bug #58224).
* EditControl.cc (init): Call setAlignment () when creating a multi-line
TextEdit uicontrol.
* EditControl.cc (updateMultiLine): In switch statement check for
"HorizontalAlignment" or "VerticalAlignment" property change and call
setAlignment ().
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 7 (yyyy-mm-dd): |
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4 ### General improvements |
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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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