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textread.m: Make m-file a legacy function. * NEWS: Announce change. * scripts/legacy/module.mk, scripts/io/module.mk: Move findstr.m from io/ dir to legacy/ dir. * textread.m: Add Octave:legacy-function warning at top of function. Change docstring to note that this function is obsolete. Add an initial BIST test to trigger legacy-function warning which is then suppressed. * dlmread.cc (Fdlmread): Remove textread from @seealso list. * csvread.m, fileread.m: Remove textread from @seealso list. * debug.cc (Fdbstop): Change documentation to use an example in axis.m rather than textread.m

author	Rik <rik@octave.org>
date	Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:33:09 -0700
parents	8dc8edbffa17
children	7c5956c45a29

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25226 ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 5.0 (yyyy-mm-dd):
23277 df0fb2cb820b add release dates to NEWS files John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23273 diff changeset	2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
22586 d0e972e74851 maint: merge stable to default. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 22573 diff changeset	3
25226 ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	4 ** The functions issymmetric and ishermitian accept an option "nonskew"
ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	5 or "skew" to calculate the symmetric or skew-symmetric property
25259 7e0be1b2ccf5 NEWS: Update news file with list of functions deprecated and removed in Octave 5. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25258 diff changeset	6 of a matrix. Performance has also been increased.
24691 b658e0fa0cb3 maint: Remove trailing whitespace from files. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 24664 diff changeset	7
25484 b7db401e1a99 Use "ascend"/"descend" for issorted direction (bug #54147). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25333 diff changeset	8 ** The issorted function now uses a direction option of "ascend" or
b7db401e1a99 Use "ascend"/"descend" for issorted direction (bug #54147). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25333 diff changeset	9 "descend" to make it compatible with both the sort function and
b7db401e1a99 Use "ascend"/"descend" for issorted direction (bug #54147). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25333 diff changeset	10 with Matlab. Change all uses of "ascending" and "descending" in
b7db401e1a99 Use "ascend"/"descend" for issorted direction (bug #54147). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25333 diff changeset	11 existing code to the new options.
b7db401e1a99 Use "ascend"/"descend" for issorted direction (bug #54147). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25333 diff changeset	12
25698 ac386820f2b6 Return true when strncmp matches, but number of characters exceeds strlen (bug #54373) Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25627 diff changeset	13 ** The strncmp and strncmpi functions now return true if the two input
ac386820f2b6 Return true when strncmp matches, but number of characters exceeds strlen (bug #54373) Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25627 diff changeset	14 strings match, even though the number of characters specified by N
ac386820f2b6 Return true when strncmp matches, but number of characters exceeds strlen (bug #54373) Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25627 diff changeset	15 exceeds the string length. This behavior more closely matches
ac386820f2b6 Return true when strncmp matches, but number of characters exceeds strlen (bug #54373) Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25627 diff changeset	16 common sense and is Matlab compatible. Example:
ac386820f2b6 Return true when strncmp matches, but number of characters exceeds strlen (bug #54373) Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25627 diff changeset	17
ac386820f2b6 Return true when strncmp matches, but number of characters exceeds strlen (bug #54373) Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25627 diff changeset	18 Octave 5.0 : strncmp ("abc", "abc", 100) => true
ac386820f2b6 Return true when strncmp matches, but number of characters exceeds strlen (bug #54373) Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25627 diff changeset	19 Previously : strncmp ("abc", "abc", 100) => false
ac386820f2b6 Return true when strncmp matches, but number of characters exceeds strlen (bug #54373) Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25627 diff changeset	20
25738 8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	21 ** The fsolve function has been tweaked to use larger step sizes when
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	22 calculating the Jacobian of a function with finite differences.
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	23 This leads to faster convergence. The default solver options have
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	24 also changed to be Matlab compatible. This may result in existing
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	25 code producing different results.
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	26
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	27 Option \| New Default \| Old Default
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	28 ------------------------------------------------
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	29 FinDiffType \| "forward" \| "central"
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	30 MaxFunEvals \| 100*length(x0) \| Inf
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	31 TolFun \| 1e-6 \| 1e-7
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	32 TolX \| 1e-6 \| 1e-7
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	33 Updating \| "off" \| "on"
8cdaef4c6d44 NEWS: Announce changes to default fsolve options. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25734 diff changeset	34
25740 b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	35 ** The fminsearch function has changed default solver options for
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	36 Matlab compatibility. The accuracy option TolFun is now 1e-4 rather
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	37 than 1e-7. This may result in existing code producing different
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	38 results.
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	39
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	40 ** The fminbnd function has changed defaults for Matlab compatibility.
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	41 This may result in existing code producing different results.
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	42
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	43 Option \| New Default \| Old Default
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	44 ------------------------------------------------
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	45 MaxFunEvals \| 500 \| Inf
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	46 MaxIter \| 500 \| Inf
b1e0e58971f9 fminbnd.m: Update solver options to be Matlab compatible. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25739 diff changeset	47 TolX \| 1e-4 \| 1e-8
25739 8eec0403a370 fminsearch.m: Update default TolFun to 1e-4 for Matlab compatibility. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25738 diff changeset	48
25273 ac6ba9f2fa41 Add new Figure graphic property "Number" (bug #53343). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25259 diff changeset	49 ** Figure graphic objects have a new property "Number" which is
ac6ba9f2fa41 Add new Figure graphic property "Number" (bug #53343). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25259 diff changeset	50 read-only and will return the handle (number) of the figure.
ac6ba9f2fa41 Add new Figure graphic property "Number" (bug #53343). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25259 diff changeset	51 However, if the property "IntegerHandle" has been set to "off" then
ac6ba9f2fa41 Add new Figure graphic property "Number" (bug #53343). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25259 diff changeset	52 the property will return an empty matrix ([]).
22586 d0e972e74851 maint: merge stable to default. Carnë Draug <carandraug@octave.org> parents: 22573 diff changeset	53
25627 45bd3edcbbcf NEWS: Announce that -dtiff images will now be compressed (bug #54290). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25589 diff changeset	54 ** Printing using the -dtiff output device will now create compressed
45bd3edcbbcf NEWS: Announce that -dtiff images will now be compressed (bug #54290). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25589 diff changeset	55 images using lzw compression. This change was made for Matlab
45bd3edcbbcf NEWS: Announce that -dtiff images will now be compressed (bug #54290). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25589 diff changeset	56 compatibility. To produce uncompressed images use the -dtiffn
45bd3edcbbcf NEWS: Announce that -dtiff images will now be compressed (bug #54290). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25589 diff changeset	57 device.
45bd3edcbbcf NEWS: Announce that -dtiff images will now be compressed (bug #54290). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25589 diff changeset	58
25589 c21edcb90cbf support for osmesa removed (bug #50479) John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 25586 diff changeset	59 ** The FFTW library is now required to perform FFT calculations. The
25586 59f4fda5c548 remove fftpack sources John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 25484 diff changeset	60 FFTPACK sources have been removed from Octave.
59f4fda5c548 remove fftpack sources John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 25484 diff changeset	61
25589 c21edcb90cbf support for osmesa removed (bug #50479) John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 25586 diff changeset	62 ** The OSMesa library is no longer used. To print invisible figures
c21edcb90cbf support for osmesa removed (bug #50479) John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 25586 diff changeset	63 when using OpenGL graphics, the Qt QOFFSCREENSURFACE feature must be
c21edcb90cbf support for osmesa removed (bug #50479) John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 25586 diff changeset	64 available and you must use the qt graphics toolkit.
c21edcb90cbf support for osmesa removed (bug #50479) John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 25586 diff changeset	65
25734 c7095a755185 New function "ordeig" (patch #9670) Sébastien Villemot <sebastien@debian.org> parents: 25698 diff changeset	66 ** New functions added in 5.0:
c7095a755185 New function "ordeig" (patch #9670) Sébastien Villemot <sebastien@debian.org> parents: 25698 diff changeset	67
c7095a755185 New function "ordeig" (patch #9670) Sébastien Villemot <sebastien@debian.org> parents: 25698 diff changeset	68 ordeig
c7095a755185 New function "ordeig" (patch #9670) Sébastien Villemot <sebastien@debian.org> parents: 25698 diff changeset	69
25756 134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	70 ** Legacy functions.
134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	71
134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	72 The following functions have been declared legacy functions which
134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	73 means they are obsolete and should not be used in any new code.
134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	74 Unlike deprecated functions, however, their removal from Octave has
134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	75 not yet been scheduled.
134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	76
134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	77 Function \| Replacement
134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	78 ---------------------\|------------------
25760 2ccad4396afc findstr.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25759 diff changeset	79 findstr \| strfind
25759 ecdced9fe445 flipdim.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25756 diff changeset	80 flipdim \| flip
25756 134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	81 isequalwithequalnans \| isequaln
134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	82 isstr \| ischar
134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	83 setstr \| char
134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	84 strmatch \| strncmp or strcmp
25763 8dc8edbffa17 strread.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25760 diff changeset	85 strread \| textscan
25764 826b45c1c427 textread.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25763 diff changeset	86 textread \| textscan
25756 134939b92d86 strmatch.m: Make m-file a legacy function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25740 diff changeset	87
22613 edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	88 ** Deprecated functions.
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	89
25226 ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	90 The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 5.0 and will
ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	91 be removed from Octave 7 (or whatever version is the second major
ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	92 release after 5.0):
22613 edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	93
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	94 Function \| Replacement
edd04ce99891 Remove functions deprecated in version 4.0. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 22586 diff changeset	95 ---------------------\|------------------
25259 7e0be1b2ccf5 NEWS: Update news file with list of functions deprecated and removed in Octave 5. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25258 diff changeset	96 \|
24867 b2b1ada9a7f1 * NEWS: Update for 4.2.2 release. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 23225 diff changeset	97
25226 ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	98 ** The following functions were deprecated in Octave 4.2 and have been
ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	99 removed from Octave 5.0.
20484 c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	100
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	101 Function \| Replacement
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	102 ---------------------\|------------------
20486 4bb41929286b Deprecate bitmax. Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> parents: 20484 diff changeset	103 bitmax \| flintmax
20502 afdb856e44f1 Deprecate mahalanobis function. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20501 diff changeset	104 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	105 md5sum \| hash
23138 4e313457b5f9 * NEWS: Fix typo. John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> parents: 22628 diff changeset	106 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	107 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	108 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	109 usleep \| pause
20484 c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	110 wavread \| audioread
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	111 wavwrite \| audiowrite
c8ec0b72b7a6 Deprecate wavread and wavwrite. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 20466 diff changeset	112
23569 112676e86ea3 NEWS: Re-order announcements for 4.4 release for clarity. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 23563 diff changeset	113 ** Deprecated graphics properties.
19398 9e5b64b3c1fe Fix up documentation for new disable_[range,diagonal_matrix,permutation_matrix] fcns. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19386 diff changeset	114
23569 112676e86ea3 NEWS: Re-order announcements for 4.4 release for clarity. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 23563 diff changeset	115 The following properties or allowed corresponding values have been
25259 7e0be1b2ccf5 NEWS: Update news file with list of functions deprecated and removed in Octave 5. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25258 diff changeset	116 deprecated in Octave 5.0 and will be removed from Octave 7 (or whatever
7e0be1b2ccf5 NEWS: Update news file with list of functions deprecated and removed in Octave 5. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25258 diff changeset	117 version is the second major release after 5.0):
18606 0ede4dbb37f1 Overhaul interp1, interp2, interp3 functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 18580 diff changeset	118
23569 112676e86ea3 NEWS: Re-order announcements for 4.4 release for clarity. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 23563 diff changeset	119 Object \| Property \| Value
112676e86ea3 NEWS: Re-order announcements for 4.4 release for clarity. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 23563 diff changeset	120 ---------------------\|-------------------------\|-------------------
25259 7e0be1b2ccf5 NEWS: Update news file with list of functions deprecated and removed in Octave 5. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25258 diff changeset	121 \| \|
19974 72ccbd36e23c Return a column vector by default for Matlab compatibility (bug #44425, bug #44453). Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19965 diff changeset	122
25226 ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	123 ** The following properties or allowed corresponding values were
ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	124 deprecated in Octave 4.2 and have been removed from Octave 5.0:
19122 c43223245085 doc: Add warnings about eventual removal of inline functions. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19119 diff changeset	125
25226 ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	126 Object \| Property \| Value
ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	127 ---------------------\|-------------------------\|-------------------
ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	128 axes \| xaxislocation \| "zero"
ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	129 \| yaxislocation \| "zero"
ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	130 patch \| normalmode \|
ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	131 surface \| normalmode \|
19965 d20dd211cc89 Enable float truncation by default for octave builds. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 19958 diff changeset	132
9352 b59cc3252a51 NEWS update Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com> parents: 9215 diff changeset	133 ---------------------------------------------------------
b59cc3252a51 NEWS update Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com> parents: 9215 diff changeset	134
25226 ef521f780839 NEWS: Update for version 5 and move old file to NEWS.4. Rik <rik@octave.org> parents: 25173 diff changeset	135 See NEWS.4 for old news.

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