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NEWS: Note that initial implementation of alpha transparency exists. * NEWS: Note that initial implementation of alpha transparency exists.
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.4 (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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4 ** A graphical Variable Editor has been added to the GUI interface.
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5 It uses a spreadsheet-like interface for quick, intuitive editing
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6 of variables. The Variable Editor is launched by double-clicking
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7 on a variable name in the Workspace Window or by typing
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8 "openvar VARIABLE_NAME" in the Command Window.
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10 ** On systems with 64-bit pointers, --enable-64 is now the default and
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11 Octave always uses 64-bit indexing. However, if the configure
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12 script determines that the BLAS library uses 32-bit integers, then
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13 operations using the following libraries are limited to arrays with
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14 dimensions that are smaller than 2^31 elements:
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16 BLAS LAPACK QRUPDATE SuiteSparse ARPACK
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18 Additionally, the following libraries use "int" internally, so
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19 maximum problem sizes are always limited:
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21 glpk Qhull
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23 ** A new container data type--containers.Map--is available. Map is a
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24 key/value storage container (a.k.a, a hash) that efficiently allows
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25 storing and retrieving values by name, rather than by position which
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26 is how arrays work.
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28 ** The bareword "import" is now recognized in scripts and functions.
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29 However, the functionality to import functions and classes from
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30 other namespaces into the local scope has not yet been implemented.
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31 Attempting to use "import" will provoke an error message.
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33 ** hex2num and num2hex now work for integer and char types and num2hex
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34 may optionally return a cell array of strings instead of a character
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35 array. If given a cell array of strings, hex2num now returns a
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36 numeric array of the same size as the input cell array. Previously,
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37 hex2num would accept a cell array of strings of arbitrary dimension
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38 but would always return a column vector.
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40 ** The "names" option used in regular expressions now returns a struct
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41 array, rather than a struct with a cell array for each field. This
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42 change was made for Matlab compatibility.
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44 ** The quadcc function now uses both absolute tolerance and relative
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45 tolerance to determine the stopping criteria for an integration.
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46 To be compatible with other quadXXX functions such as quadgk the
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47 calling syntax has changed to
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49 quadcc (f, a, b, [AbsTol, [RelTol]])
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51 To update existing code, change instances of RelTol to [0, RelTol].
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53 quadcc (f, a, b, tol) => quadcc (f, a, b, [0, tol])
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55 A warning that a single tolerance input is now interpreted as an
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56 absolute tolerance will be issued in Octave versions 4.4 and 4.6,
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57 after which it will be removed. The warning has ID
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58 "Octave:quadcc:RelTol-conversion" and can be disabled with
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60 warning ("off", "Octave:quadcc:RelTol-conversion")
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62 ** The properties "BackgroundColor", "EdgeColor", "LineStyle",
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63 "LineWidth", and "Margin" are now implemented for text objects using
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64 an OpenGL toolkit.
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66 ** An initial implementation of alpha transparency has been made for
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67 patch and surface objects. Printing to svg and pdf is supported.
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69 ** Other new functions added in 4.4:
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73 campos
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77 camva
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78 camzoom
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79 corrcoef
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80 getframe
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81 gsvd
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82 hgtransform
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83 humps
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84 integral
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87 openvar
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88 quad2d
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93 xticks
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94 yticklabels
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96 zticklabels
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99 ** Deprecated functions.
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100
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101 The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.4 and will
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102 be removed from Octave 4.8 (or whatever version is the second major
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103 release after 4.4):
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104
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105 Function | Replacement
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106 ---------------------|------------------
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107
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108 ** The following functions were deprecated in Octave 4.0 and have been
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109 removed from Octave 4.4.
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111 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
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112 bicubic
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113 delaunay3
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114 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
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115 dump_prefs
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116 find_dir_in_path
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117 finite
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118 fmod
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119 fnmatch
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120 gmap40
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121 loadaudio
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122 luinc
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123 mouse_wheel_zoom
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124 nfields
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125 octave_tmp_file_name
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126 playaudio
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127 saveaudio
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128 setaudio
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129 syl
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130 usage
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132 ** The "Octave:undefined-return-values" warning ID is obsolete. Octave
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133 now throws an error for any attempts to assign undefined values that
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134 might be returned from functions.
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136 ** Deprecated graphics properties.
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138 The following properties or allowed corresponding values have been
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141
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142 Object | Property | Value
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144 figure | doublebuffer |
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146 | wvisual |
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147 | wvisualmode |
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148 | xdisplay |
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149 | xvisual |
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150 | xvisualmode |
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151 axes | drawmode |
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152 annotation | edgecolor ("rectangle") |
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153 text | fontweight | "demi" and "light"
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154 uicontrol | fontweight | "demi" and "light"
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155 uipanel | fontweight | "demi" and "light"
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156 uibuttongroup | fontweight | "demi" and "light"
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158 ** The rectangle and ellipse annotation property "edgecolor" has been
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161 instead.
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163 ** The header file oct-alloc.h has been removed along with the macros
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165 and DEFINE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR2).
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168 Summary of bugs fixed for version 4.2.1 (2017-02-22):
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169 ----------------------------------------------------
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170
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171 Using the bug numbers listed below, find bug reports on the web using
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172 the URL https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?NNNNN
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173
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174 ** guarantee returning std::string from tilde_expand functions (bug #50234)
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175
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176 ** workaround segfault in file_stat (bug #50234)
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177
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178 ** genpropdoc.m: document more graphics properties (bug #50337)
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179
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180 ** always fork and exec when starting the gui (bug #49609)
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181
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182 ** print.m: fix regression with -append option (bug #50318)
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183
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184 ** don't display legend, colorbar, and annotation axes coordinates
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185 (bug #50272)
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186
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187 ** qp.m: Fix regression with incorrect vector dimensions (bug #50067)
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188
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189 ** prevent infinite loop in global documentation search (bug #50177)
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190
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191 ** connect execute command signal in editor constructor (bug #50171)
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192
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193 ** connect editors execute command signal to the required slot (bug #50171)
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194
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195 ** check if input is class method before declaring it unimplemented
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196 (patch #9238) (bug #49694)
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197
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198 ** workaround segfault when an error occurs while printing (bug #49779)
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199
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200 ** axis.m: Do not set plotboxaspectratio to 0 (bug #49755)
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201
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202 ** don't rethrow exception in destructor (bug #49304)
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203
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204 ** rethrow octave::exit_exception (bug #49304)
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205
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206 ** update appdata.xml to follow conventions (bug #49952)
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207
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208 ** mexproto.h (mxAssert, mxAssertS): ensure operator precedence (bug #50050)
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209
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210 ** calculate error in solution for ode solvers correctly (bug #49950)
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211
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212 ** use GetModuleFileName for getting octave path in windows (bug #48671)
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213
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214 ** use C++ updaters for labels color (bug #49980)
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215
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216 ** distinguish elements vs. bytes in fread (bug #49699)
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217
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218 ** move frame2im and im2frame to image/ directory (bug #49939)
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219
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220 ** fix undefined return argument for more than 2 outputs from ode solver
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221 (bug #49890)
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222
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223 ** fix inv for hermitian matrices (bug #49904)
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224
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225 ** fix gzip for certain types of gzip files (bug #49760)
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226
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227 ** fix typo in liboctave version info (bug #49860)
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228
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229 ** initialize ODE Event function with start time (bug #49846)
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230
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231 ** allow configure test to succeed without implicit fcn decls (bug #49782)
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232
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233 ** allow external docstrings from .oct files to be found again (bug #49687)
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234
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235 ** don't require semicolon between property list elements (bug #49819)
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236
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237 ** display.m: Correctly display output for non-class objects
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238 (bug #49753, #49794)
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239
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240 ** don't run publish.tst unless OSMESA or gnuplot are available (bug #49767)
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241
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242 ** find help for function aliases again (bug #49687)
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243
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244 ** legend.m: backport cset 7184b4516a68 (bug #49675)
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245
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246 ** preserve lasterror info on rethrow (bug #49642)
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247
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248 ** norm: fix error in input argument validation leading to segfault
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249 (bug #49634)
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250
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251 Documentation bugs fixed:
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252
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253 ** overhaul Java interface description (bug #50299)
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254
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255 ** add documentation for hex and binary prefix and _ separator
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256 (bug #50305, #50334)
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257
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258 ** fix build of docs broken in sub2ind (bug #50348)
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259
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260 ** version.m: document that "-release" returns an empty string (bug #50294)
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261
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262 ** remove trailing "\n\" from sleep and usleep docstrings (bug #50301)
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263
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264 ** expand documentation for cast() (bug #50201)
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265
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266 ** correct two entries in Table 34.1 (bug #50203)
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267
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268 ** oop.txi: Improve table formatting (bug #50203)
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269
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270 ** fix '##' in middle of docstring/comment lines (bug #50145)
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272 ** reword documentation about subplots in 15.2.4 (bug #50148)
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274 ** update unimplemented list of functions and where to find them
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275 (bug #50098)
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277 ** compare_plot_demos: fix HTML syntax, simplify output, remove
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278 external deps (bug #49709)
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281
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282 ** correct documentation for javaclasspath file (bug #49873)
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283
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284 ** small fixes to docstrings (bug #49733)
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285
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286 ** change text describing demo plots to reflect new ColorOrder (bug #49288)
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287
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288 Other bugs fixed:
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289
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290 ** add missing classdef test files (bug #49819)
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291
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292 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2 (2016-11-13):
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293 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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295 ** The parser has been extended to accept, but ignore, underscore
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296 characters in numbers. This facilitates writing more legible code
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297 by using '_' as a thousands separator or to group nibbles into bytes
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298 in hex constants.
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299
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300 Examples: 1_000_000 == 1e6 or 0xDE_AD_BE_EF
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302 ** The parser has been extended to understand binary numbers which
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303 begin with the prefix '0b' or '0B'. The value returned is Octave's
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304 default numeric class of double, not at unsigned integer class.
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305 Therefore numbers greater than flintmax, i.e., 2^53, will lose some
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306 precision.
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307
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308 Examples: 0b101 == 5 or 0B1100_0001 == 0xC1
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309
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310 ** gnuplot 4.4 is now the minimum version supported by Octave.
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311
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312 ** The default set of colors used to plot lines has been updated to be
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313 compatible with Matlab's new default color scheme. The line plot
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314 color scheme can be set with the axes property "ColorOrder".
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315
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316 ** The default colormap is now set to "viridis" which is also the
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317 default colormap in matplotlib. This new colormap fixes some of the
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318 main issues with the old default colormap "jet" such as its bad
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319 "luminance profile" and is also more similar to Matlab's new default
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320 colormap "parula".
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321
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322 ** The colormap function no longer supports the input argument "list"
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323 to show built-in colormaps. Use "help colormap" to find the
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324 built-in colormaps.
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325
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326 ** The graphics command "hold on" now ensures that each new plot added
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327 to an existing plot has a different color or linestyle according to
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328 the "ColorOrder" and/or "LineStyleOrder" properties. This is
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329 equivalent to the old command "hold all" and was made for Matlab
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330 compatibility. Existing code *may* produce differently colored
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331 plots if it did not specify the color for a plot and relied on each
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332 new plot having the default first color in the "ColorOrder"
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333 property.
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334
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335 ** When starting, Octave now looks in the function path for a file
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336 startup.m and executes any commands found there. This change was
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337 made to accommodate Matlab users. Octave has it's own configuration
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338 system based on the file .octaverc which is preferred.
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339
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340 ** Octal ('\NNN') and hex ('\xNN') escape sequences in single quoted
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341 strings are now interpreted by the function do_string_escapes().
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342 The *printf family of functions now supports octal and hex escape
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343 sequences in single-quoted strings for Matlab compatibility.
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344
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345 ** Special octal and hex escape sequences for the pattern and
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346 replacement strings in regular expressions are now interpreted for
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347 Matlab compatibility.
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348
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349 octal: '\oNNN' or '\o{NNN}'
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350 hex : '\xNN' or '\x{NN}'
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352 ** Unknown escape sequences in the replacement string for regexprep are
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353 now substituted with their unescaped version and no warning is
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354 emitted. This change was made for Matlab compatibility.
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355
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356 Example: regexprep ('a', 'a', 'x\yz')
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357 => 'xyz'
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359 ** mkfifo now interprets the MODE argument as an octal, not decimal,
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360 integer. This is consistent with the equivalent shell command.
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362 ** linspace now returns an empty matrix if the number of requested
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363 points is 0 or a negative number. This change was made to be
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364 compatible with Matlab releases newer than 2011. In addition,
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365 Octave no longer supports matrix inputs for A or B.
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366
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367 ** The cov function now returns the complex conjugate of the result
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368 from previous versions of Octave. This change was made for
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369 compatibility with Matlab.
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370
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371 ** condest now works with a normest1 compatible syntax.
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372
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373 ** The griddata function no longer plots the interpolated mesh if no
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374 output argument is requested, instead the vector or array of
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375 interpolated values is always returned for Matlab compatibility.
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376
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377 ** The new function "light" and the corresponding graphics object
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378 provide light and shadow effects for patch and surface objects.
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379
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380 ** The surfnorm function now returns unnormalized (magnitude != 1)
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381 normal vectors for compatibility with Matlab.
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382
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383 ** The normal vectors returned from isonormals have been reversed to
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384 point towards smaller values for compatibility with Matlab.
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386 ** The quadl function now uses an absolute, rather than relative,
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387 tolerance for Matlab compatibility. The default tolerance is 1e-6
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388 which may result in lower precision results than previous versions
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389 of Octave which used eps as the relative tolerance. The quadl
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390 function has also been extended to return a second output with the
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391 total number of function evaluations.
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392
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393 ** The textscan function is now built-in and is much faster and much
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394 more Matlab-compatible than the previous m-file version.
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396 ** Dialog boxes--errordlg, helpdlg, inputdlg, listdlg, msgbox,
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397 questdlg, and warndlg--now exclusively use Qt for rendering.
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398 Java based versions have been removed.
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399
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400 ** The axes properties "TitleFontSizeMultiplier" and "TitleFontWeight"
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401 are now implemented which control the default appearance of text
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402 created with title().
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403 The axes property "LabelFontSizeMultiplier" is now implemented
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404 which controls the default appearance of text created with
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405 xlabel(), ylabel(), or zlabel().
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406
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407 ** The graphics property "box" for axes now defaults to "off".
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408 To obtain equivalent plots to previous versions of Octave use
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409 set (0, "DefaultAxesBox", "on");
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410 in your .octaverc file.
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411
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412 ** The graphics property "boxstyle" has been implemented. The default
0ca341841198 Implement "boxstyle" graphics property.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22351
diff changeset
413 is "back" which draws only the back planes in a 3-D view. If the
0ca341841198 Implement "boxstyle" graphics property.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22351
diff changeset
414 option is "full" then all planes are drawn.
0ca341841198 Implement "boxstyle" graphics property.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22351
diff changeset
415
22335
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22327
diff changeset
416 ** The graphics property "erasemode" has been hidden, and will
21905
0c3f7fec9c1e Hide "erasemode" graphics property ahead of eventual removal.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 21826
diff changeset
417 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
418 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
419
22476
57a6e657311d Fix typos in NEWS.
Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 22473
diff changeset
420 ** The graphics property "graphicssmoothing" for figures now controls
22351
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off".
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22335
diff changeset
421 whether anti-aliasing will be used for lines. The default is "on".
21948
241d39c66e8f Update graphics properties for figure object.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 21905
diff changeset
422
22335
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22327
diff changeset
423 ** The value "zero" for the axes properties "xaxislocation" and
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22327
diff changeset
424 "yaxislocation" has been deprecated and will be removed from
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22327
diff changeset
425 Octave 4.6. Use "origin" instead.
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22327
diff changeset
426
22113
b6f482e29afd New functions publish.m and grabcode.m (patch #9048).
Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
parents: 22069
diff changeset
427 ** The publish function allows easy publication of Octave script files
22351
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off".
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22335
diff changeset
428 in HTML or other formats, including figures and output created by
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off".
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22335
diff changeset
429 this script. It comes with its counterpart grabcode, which lets one
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off".
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22335
diff changeset
430 literally grab the HTML published code from a remote website, for
e6df1ddfc3cf Change DefaultAxesBox property to "off".
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22335
diff changeset
431 example.
22113
b6f482e29afd New functions publish.m and grabcode.m (patch #9048).
Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
parents: 22069
diff changeset
432
22452
3a8af9d517de Initialize MEX TrapFlag variable for Matlab compatibility.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22451
diff changeset
433 ** The value of the MEX variable TrapFlag now defaults to 0, which will
3a8af9d517de Initialize MEX TrapFlag variable for Matlab compatibility.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22451
diff changeset
434 cause Octave to abort execution of a MEX file and return to the
3a8af9d517de Initialize MEX TrapFlag variable for Matlab compatibility.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22451
diff changeset
435 prompt if an error is encountered in mexCallMATLAB.
3a8af9d517de Initialize MEX TrapFlag variable for Matlab compatibility.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22451
diff changeset
436
22451
ad5439817753 Add mexCallMATLABWithTrap to MEX API (bug #48949).
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22442
diff changeset
437 ** The MEX API now includes the function mexCallMATLABWithTrap. This
ad5439817753 Add mexCallMATLABWithTrap to MEX API (bug #48949).
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22442
diff changeset
438 function will not abort if an error occurs during mexCallMATLAB, but
ad5439817753 Add mexCallMATLABWithTrap to MEX API (bug #48949).
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22442
diff changeset
439 instead will return execution to the MEX function for error
ad5439817753 Add mexCallMATLABWithTrap to MEX API (bug #48949).
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22442
diff changeset
440 handling.
ad5439817753 Add mexCallMATLABWithTrap to MEX API (bug #48949).
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22442
diff changeset
441
22473
bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22464
diff changeset
442 ** The MEX API functions for input validation that begin with "mxIs"
bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22464
diff changeset
443 (e.g., mxIsDouble, mxIsEmpty, etc.) now return type bool rather than
bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22464
diff changeset
444 type int.
bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22464
diff changeset
445
22460
b0caa61934fe NEWS: Document mxAssert and mxAssertS additions.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22454
diff changeset
446 ** The functions mxAssert and mxAssertS for checking assertions have
b0caa61934fe NEWS: Document mxAssert and mxAssertS additions.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22454
diff changeset
447 been added. In order to avoid a performance penalty they are only
b0caa61934fe NEWS: Document mxAssert and mxAssertS additions.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22454
diff changeset
448 compiled in to debug versions of a MEX file, i.e., that are produced
22473
bb10d836751b NEWS: Review and update for 4.2 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22464
diff changeset
449 when the '-g' option is given to mex or mkoctfile.
22460
b0caa61934fe NEWS: Document mxAssert and mxAssertS additions.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22454
diff changeset
450
22462
6cb7813e5b2f Add new mxIsScalar function for MEX API.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22460
diff changeset
451 ** Other new MEX API functions include mexEvalStringWithTrap,
22464
1d2960b5efe6 Add new MEX fcns mxCreateUninitNumericArray, mxCreateUninitNumericMatrix.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22462
diff changeset
452 mxIsScalar, mxCreateUninitNumericArray, mxCreateUninitNumericMatrix.
22454
8445f67a8123 Add function mexEvalStringWithTrap to MEX API.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22452
diff changeset
453
20157
e410d62ae2c8 maint: move NEWS from 45565ecec019 from the release 4.0 to 4.2.
Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org>
parents: 20154
diff changeset
454 ** 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
455
21711
2e0e4eec0d62 Document new function audioformats
Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org>
parents: 21637
diff changeset
456 audioformats
22288
57fded74ee22 Add camlight function (patch #9014).
Colin Macdonald <cbm@m.fsf.org>
parents: 22278
diff changeset
457 camlight
22335
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22327
diff changeset
458 condeig
20734
e44d904ac525 Add new functions deg2rad and rad2deg to core (bug #46340).
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20725
diff changeset
459 deg2rad
21826
f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup
Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org>
parents: 21789
diff changeset
460 dialog
21075
5ed379c8decd Add new function evalc to core.
Oliver Heimlich <oheim@posteo.de>
parents: 21025
diff changeset
461 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
462 hash
20736
842765b159ed New function im2double ported from the image package.
Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org>
parents: 20734
diff changeset
463 im2double
22278
3fe6663808cc Add function "isocaps" (patch #8872)
Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 22247
diff changeset
464 isocaps
3fe6663808cc Add function "isocaps" (patch #8872)
Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 22247
diff changeset
465 lighting
21765
23a610a3f001 Implement localfunctions Matlab command (bug #47705).
Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com>
parents: 21711
diff changeset
466 localfunctions
22247
c8fc60a183a3 Add function material. (patch #9013)
Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 22243
diff changeset
467 material
22183
bfb1b089c230 New function normest1 as replacement for onenormest (patch #8837)
Marco Caliari <marco.caliari@univr.it>
parents: 22149
diff changeset
468 normest1
22335
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22327
diff changeset
469 ode23
21826
f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup
Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org>
parents: 21789
diff changeset
470 ode45
20533
fcb792acab9b Moving ode45, odeset, odeget, and levenshtein from odepkg to core.
jcorno <jacopo.corno@gmail.com>
parents: 20530
diff changeset
471 odeget
22335
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22327
diff changeset
472 odeplot
21826
f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup
Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org>
parents: 21789
diff changeset
473 odeset
21314
a4235a7eeb2c Add new padecoef.m function.
Endre Kozma <endre.kozma@gmx.com>
parents: 21308
diff changeset
474 padecoef
22335
17b71d845251 NEWS: Update list of functions added in 4.2.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 22327
diff changeset
475 profexport
21765
23a610a3f001 Implement localfunctions Matlab command (bug #47705).
Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com>
parents: 21711
diff changeset
476 psi
20736
842765b159ed New function im2double ported from the image package.
Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org>
parents: 20734
diff changeset
477 rad2deg
22243
654de580bdb3 Add function "reducepatch" (patch #8912)
Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 22235
diff changeset
478 reducepatch
22231
01ba6ebc52e4 Add function "reducevolume" (patch #8856).
Markus Muetzel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 22226
diff changeset
479 reducevolume
22278
3fe6663808cc Add function "isocaps" (patch #8872)
Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
parents: 22247
diff changeset
480 smooth3
21826
f3455f8ff86d Document new functions dialog and uibuttongroup
Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org>
parents: 21789
diff changeset
481 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
482
20484
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
483 ** Deprecated functions.
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
484
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
485 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
486 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
487 release after 4.2):
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
488
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
489 Function | Replacement
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
490 ---------------------|------------------
20486
4bb41929286b Deprecate bitmax.
Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
parents: 20484
diff changeset
491 bitmax | flintmax
20502
afdb856e44f1 Deprecate mahalanobis function.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20501
diff changeset
492 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
493 md5sum | hash
23138
4e313457b5f9 * NEWS: Fix typo.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 22628
diff changeset
494 octave_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
495 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
496 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
497 usleep | pause
20484
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
498 wavread | audioread
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
499 wavwrite | audiowrite
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
500
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
501 ** 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
502 removed from Octave 4.2.
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
503
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
504 default_save_options java_new
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
505 gen_doc_cache java_unsigned_conversion
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
506 interp1q javafields
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
507 isequalwithequalnans javamethods
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
508 java_convert_matrix re_read_readline_init_file
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
509 java_debug read_readline_init_file
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
510 java_invoke saving_history
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20466
diff changeset
511
21133
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
diff changeset
512 ** 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
513 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
514 and print_usage functions throw an exception
22327
d0562b3159c7 move more classes inside octave namespace
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 22319
diff changeset
515 (octave::execution_exception) after displaying the error message.
21133
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
diff changeset
516 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
517 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
518
21025
f7e64e1baa08 NEWS: Add note about updating user-supplied liboctave error handlers.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20923
diff changeset
519 ** 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
520 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
521 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
522 customized through the global variables
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
diff changeset
523 "current_liboctave_error_handler" and
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
diff changeset
524 "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
525 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
526 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
527 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
528
21133
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
diff changeset
529 ** 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
530 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
531 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
532 be removed in version 4.6.
21101
2e8aea678f2a Deprecate gripe_XXX functions.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 21076
diff changeset
533
21133
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
diff changeset
534 ** 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
535 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
536 built in.
20725
7164a69472dd eliminate more uses of error state
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 20715
diff changeset
537
23277
df0fb2cb820b add release dates to NEWS files
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 23273
diff changeset
538 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.0 (2015-05-23):
df0fb2cb820b add release dates to NEWS files
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 23273
diff changeset
539 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
18110
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges
Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
parents: 18108
diff changeset
540
19941
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
541 ** 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
542 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
543 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
544 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
545 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
546 uses the fltk toolkit for plotting.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
547
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549 OpenGL libraries are not available when Octave is built, gnuplot is
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550 used. You may choose to use the fltk or gnuplot toolkit for
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551 graphics by executing the command
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555 graphics_toolkit ("gnuplot")
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556
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557 Adding such a command to your ~/.octaverc file will set the default
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558 for each session.
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562 the classdef interface.
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564 New keywords:
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566 classdef endclassdef
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567 enumeration endenumeration
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568 events endevents
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569 methods endmethods
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570 properties endproperties
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571
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572 ** New audio functions and classes:
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573
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574 audiodevinfo audioread sound
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575 audioinfo audiorecorder soundsc
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576 audioplayer audiowrite
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578 ** Other new classes in Octave 4.0:
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580 audioplayer inputParser
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581 audiorecorder
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583 ** Optional stricter Matlab compatibility for ranges, diagonal
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584 matrices, and permutation matrices.
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586 Octave has internal optimizations which use space-efficient storage
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589 whether the data types are stored as full matrices.
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591 disable_range disable_diagonal_matrix disable_permutation_matrix
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593 All three optimizations are disabled if Octave is started with the
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594 --braindead command line option.
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595
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596 ** The preference
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597
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598 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
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599
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600 is now enabled by default.
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602 ** The preference
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603
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604 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
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605
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607
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608 Octave:noninteger-range-as-index
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609
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610 is now set to "on" by default instead of "error" by default and "on"
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611 for --traditional.
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612
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613 ** The "backtrace" warning option is now enabled by default. This
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614 change was made for Matlab compatibility.
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616 ** For compatibility with Matlab, the "ismatrix (x)" function now only
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617 checks the dimension of "x". The old behavior of "ismatrix" is
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618 obtained by "isnumeric (x) || islogical (x) || ischar (x)".
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620 ** The nextpow2 function behavior has been changed for vector inputs.
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621 Instead of computing `nextpow2 (length (x))', it will now compute
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622 nextpow2 for each element of the input. This change is Matlab
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623 compatible, and also prevents bugs for "vectors" of length 1.
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624
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625 ** polyeig now returns a row vector of eigenvalues rather than a matrix
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626 with the eigenvalues on the diagonal. This change was made for
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627 Matlab compatibility.
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628
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629 ** Interpolation function changes for Matlab compatibility
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631 The interpolation method 'cubic' is now equivalent to 'pchip' for
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632 interp1, interp2, and interp3. Previously, 'cubic' was equivalent
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634 'spline' has continuous 1st and 2nd derivatives while 'pchip' only
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635 has a continuous 1st derivative. The methods 'next' and 'previous'
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638 ** The delaunay function has been extended to accept 3-D inputs for
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639 Matlab compatibility. The delaunay function no longer plots the
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640 triangulation if no output argument is requested, instead, the
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641 triangulation is always returned. The delaunay3 function which
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644 ** The trigonometric functions asin and acos return different phase
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645 values from previous versions of Octave when the input is outside
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650 software packages.
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652 ** The hyperbolic function acosh now returns values with a phase in the
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653 range [-pi/2, +pi/2]. Previously Octave returned values in the
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654 range [0, pi]. This is consistent with several other numerical
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655 analysis software packages.
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657 ** strfind changes when using empty pattern ("") for Matlab
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658 compatibility
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660 strfind now returns an empty array when the pattern itself is empty.
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661 In previous versions of Octave, strfind matched at every character
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662 location when the pattern was empty.
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664 NEW
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665 strfind ("abc", "") => []
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666 OLD
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667 strfind ("abc", "") => [1, 2, 3, 4]
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670 64-bit integers and are more compatible with Matlab when printing
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671 non-integer values. Now instead of truncating, Octave will switch
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672 the effective format to '%g' in the following circumstances:
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678 * round(x) != x or the value is outside the range allowed by the
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679 integer format specifier.
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682 switches to '%g'.
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parents: 21101
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685 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
686 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
687
20133
bef9086a6725 inpolygon.m: Overhaul function and fix bug #40970.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20116
diff changeset
688 ** 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
689 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
690 compatibility.
20133
bef9086a6725 inpolygon.m: Overhaul function and fix bug #40970.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20116
diff changeset
691
19258
a4e993343e93 Overhaul the archive family (bzip2, gzip, zip, tar) of m-files.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19242
diff changeset
692 ** 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
693 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
694 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
695 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
696 (on archiving).
19258
a4e993343e93 Overhaul the archive family (bzip2, gzip, zip, tar) of m-files.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19242
diff changeset
697
21133
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
diff changeset
698 ** 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
699 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
700 visibility is "off".
19941
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
701
18803
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 18794
diff changeset
702 ** 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
703 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
704 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
705 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
706
21133
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
diff changeset
707 ** 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
708 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
709 of faces/vertices/cdata.
18803
7c6ee4bd7719 NEWS: Update with important changes for 4.2 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 18794
diff changeset
710
21133
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
diff changeset
711 ** 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
712 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
713
18723
e68788478aa1 linkprop.m: Overhaul function for performance and Matlab compatibility.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 18721
diff changeset
714 ** 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
715 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
716 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
717 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
718 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
719
19051
3d0f4f4ec688 NEWS: note that isprime now accepts negative and complex inputs.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19035
diff changeset
720 ** 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
721
21133
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
diff changeset
722 ** 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
723 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
724
19164
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19155
diff changeset
725 ** 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
726
20116
33e706b6b7be rectint: fix for non-overlapping rectangle, and support ND boxes (bug #44904)
Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org>
parents: 20097
diff changeset
727 fliplr flipud rot90 rectint
19164
ba167badef9f Deprecate delaunay3 and extend delaunay to 3-D inputs.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19155
diff changeset
728
19030
9ef10e6a5987 make "file found in path" warnings consistent
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 18911
diff changeset
729 ** 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
730 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
731 "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
732
19941
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
733 ** 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
734 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
735
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
736 ** 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
737 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
738
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
739 ** 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
740 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
741 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
742 available in Matlab.
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
743
19645
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
diff changeset
744 ** 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
745
19741
b8e4104a8f55 Add the annotation function (bug #43282)
Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo.diribarne@gmail.com>
parents: 19730
diff changeset
746 annotation
19081
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
747 bandwidth
19530
5ab6fcf32d1e New function for colormap cubehelix.
Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org>
parents: 19520
diff changeset
748 cubehelix
19081
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
749 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
750 flip
19313
39a69f54417e New functions im2frame and frame2im.
Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org>
parents: 19294
diff changeset
751 frame2im
20024
cf9b94a89620 Document get_home_directory in Octave manual and NEWS file.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19974
diff changeset
752 get_home_directory
19081
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
753 hgload
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
754 hgsave
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
755 ichol
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
756 ilu
19313
39a69f54417e New functions im2frame and frame2im.
Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org>
parents: 19294
diff changeset
757 im2frame
19081
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
758 isbanded
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
759 isdiag
19941
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
760 isstudent
19081
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
761 istril
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
762 istriu
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
763 javachk
19941
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
764 jit_failcnt
19081
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
765 linkaxes
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
766 lscov
19941
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
767 metaclass
19081
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
768 numfields
19941
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
769 open
19747
56157a7505ed Add new ordschur function.
Sébastien Villemot <sebastien@debian.org>
parents: 19741
diff changeset
770 ordschur
19941
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
771 pan
19354
cc6000ccd627 New function qmr (patch #8569).
Nathan Podlich <nathan.podlich@gmail.com>
parents: 19313
diff changeset
772 qmr
19081
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
773 rotate
19941
b5479bbc3727 NEWS: Update NEWS file for 4.0 release.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19852
diff changeset
774 rotate3d
19081
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
775 sylvester
19167
6f0290863d50 Add new function unsetenv from gnulib to Octave.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19164
diff changeset
776 unsetenv
19645
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
diff changeset
777 validateattributes
19089
8a6f87637c16 hg new function, zoom
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19081
diff changeset
778 zoom
18110
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges
Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
parents: 18108
diff changeset
779
19122
c43223245085 doc: Add warnings about eventual removal of inline functions.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19119
diff changeset
780 ** 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
781
21133
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
diff changeset
782 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
783 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
784 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
785 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
786 in place of inline functions.
19122
c43223245085 doc: Add warnings about eventual removal of inline functions.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19119
diff changeset
787
18110
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges
Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
parents: 18108
diff changeset
788 ** Deprecated functions.
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges
Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
parents: 18108
diff changeset
789
19645
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
diff changeset
790 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
791 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
792 release after 4.0):
18538
fcd87f68af4f Deprecate nfields and replace with numfields.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 18132
diff changeset
793
19268
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
794 Function | Replacement
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
795 ---------------------|------------------
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
796 bicubic | interp2
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
797 delaunay3 | delaunay
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
798 dump_prefs | individual preference get/set routines
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
799 find_dir_in_path | dir_in_loadpath
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
800 finite | isfinite
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
801 fmod | rem
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
802 fnmatch | glob or regexp
20500
caa5de39147e maint: Complete deprecation of gmap40 colormap.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 20280
diff changeset
803 gmap40 | ----
19647
0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio.
Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org>
parents: 19645
diff changeset
804 loadaudio | audioread
19268
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
805 luinc | ilu or ichol
19760
47440b762547 bring back mouse_wheel_zoom function as deprecated
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19747
diff changeset
806 mouse_wheel_zoom | mousewheelzoom axes property
19268
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
807 nfields | numfields
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
808 octave_tmp_file_name | tempname
19647
0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio.
Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org>
parents: 19645
diff changeset
809 playaudio | audioplayer
0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio.
Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org>
parents: 19645
diff changeset
810 saveaudio | audiowrite
19268
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
811 syl | sylvester
e5a1e7951908 Deprecate octave_tmp_file_name.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19258
diff changeset
812 usage | print_usage
18538
fcd87f68af4f Deprecate nfields and replace with numfields.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 18132
diff changeset
813
19645
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
diff changeset
814 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
diff changeset
815 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
19647
0165d9607624 Deprecate audio functions loadaudio, playaudio, saveaudio, and setaudio.
Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org>
parents: 19645
diff changeset
816 setaudio
19645
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
diff changeset
817
ebd27d8c63fd update default branch to release as 4.0
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
diff changeset
818 ** 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
819 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
820 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
821
19081
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
822 default_save_options java_new
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
823 gen_doc_cache java_unsigned_conversion
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
diff changeset
824 interp1q javafields
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
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825 isequalwithequalnans javamethods
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Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 18904 18910
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826 java_convert_matrix re_read_readline_init_file
19081
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
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827 java_debug read_readline_init_file
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
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828 java_invoke saving_history
d59d052c9858 rotate.m: new function
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19071
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829
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
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830 ** 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
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831 removed from Octave 4.0.
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
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832
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
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833 cut polyderiv
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
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834 cor shell_cmd
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
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835 corrcoef studentize
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
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836 __error_text__ sylvester_matrix
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
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837 error_text
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
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838
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
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839 ** 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
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840 removed from Octave 4.0
18110
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Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
parents: 18108
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841
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges
Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
parents: 18108
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842 static
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Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
parents: 18108
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843
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 19598
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844 ** 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
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845 and have been removed from Octave 4.0
18110
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Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
parents: 18108
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846
2217bc116aa9 maint: Dummy merge with gui-release, ignoring all recent backout merges
Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
parents: 18108
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847 CC_VERSION (now GCC_VERSION)
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Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
parents: 18108
diff changeset
848 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
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849
21133
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
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850 ** 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
851 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
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852 whatever version is the second major release after 4.0). Use the
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
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853 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
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854
20280
077e73619ba8 Allow NEWS to be displayed properly in QTextBrowser (bug #45396)
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 20133
diff changeset
855 ** 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
856 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
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857 (struct array) or octave_scalar_map for a single structure.
18110
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Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
parents: 18108
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858
19816
81078b0e39e8 build: Enable OpenMP by default, remove experimental warning (bug #42176)
Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org>
parents: 19788
diff changeset
859 ** 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
860 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
861 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
862 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
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863
21133
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John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
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864 ** Octave now automatically truncates intermediate calculations done
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
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865 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
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866 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
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867 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
868 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
869 precision. There was no measurable performance impact to this
31674b9d202b * NEWS: Refill text to 72 columns.
John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
parents: 21101
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870 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
871 --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
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872 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
873 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
874 if desired.
d20dd211cc89 Enable float truncation by default for octave builds.
Rik <rik@octave.org>
parents: 19958
diff changeset
875
9352
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Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com>
parents: 9215
diff changeset
876 ---------------------------------------------------------
b59cc3252a51 NEWS update
Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com>
parents: 9215
diff changeset
877
7990
86dae6e5b83c Initial update of NEWS for 3.2 release
David Bateman <dbateman@free.fr>
parents: 7279
diff changeset
878 See NEWS.3 for old news.