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maint: merge stable to default.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:03:16 -0400
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 7 (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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4 ### General improvements
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6 - Many functions in Octave can be called in a command form---no
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7 parentheses for invocation and no return argument assignment---or in a
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8 functional form---parentheses and '=' for assignment of return values.
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10 **Command Form Example**
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12 `mkdir new_directory`
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14 **Function Form Example**
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16 `status = mkdir ("new_directory")`
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18 Octave now handles errors that occur in a consistent manner. If
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19 called in command form and there is a failure, an error is thrown
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20 and a message printed. If called in functional form, no error or
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21 message is printed and the failure is communicated to the programmer
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22 via the output status variable.
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24 The following list of functions have been modified.
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26 * `copyfile`
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27 * `fcntl`
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28 * `fileattrib`
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29 * `kill`
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30 * `link`
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31 * `mkfifo`
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32 * `movefile`
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33 * `rename`
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34 * `rmdir`
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35 * `symlink`
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36 * `unlink`
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38 - Calling a user-defined function with too many inputs or outputs is now
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39 an error. The interpreter makes this check automatically. If a
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40 function uses varargin then the check is skipped for function inputs,
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41 and if a function uses varargout then the check is skipped for function
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42 outputs. Input validation for functions typically begins with checking
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43 the number of inputs and outputs match expectations. Existing code can
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44 be simplified by removing these checks which are now done by the
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45 interpreter. Typically, code blocks like the following can simply be
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46 deleted.
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48 ## Checking number of inputs
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49 if (nargin > 2)
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50 print_usage ();
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51 endif
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53 ## Checking number of outputs
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54 if (nargout > 1)
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55 print_usage ();
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56 endif
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58 - Binary and hexadecimal constants like `0b101` and `0xDEADBEEF` now
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59 create integers (unsigned by default) with sizes determined from the
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60 number of digits present. For example, `0xff` creates a `uint8` value
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61 and `0xDEADBEEF` creates a `uint64` value. You may also use a suffix of
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62 the form `s8`, `s16`, `s32`, `s64`, `u8`, `u16`, `u32`, or `u64` to
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63 explicitly specify the data type to use (`u` or `s` to indicate signed
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64 or unsigned and the number to indicate the integer size).
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66 Binary constants are limited to 64 binary digits and hexadecimal
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67 constants are limited to 16 hexadecimal digits with no automatic
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68 rounding or conversion to floating point values. Note that this may
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69 cause problems in existing code. For example, an expression like
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70 `[0x1; 0x100; 0x10000]` will be uint8 (because of the rules of
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71 concatenating integers of different sizes) with the larger values
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72 truncated (because of the saturation semantics of integer values). To
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73 avoid these kinds of problems either: 1) declare the first integer to be
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74 of the desired size such as `[0x1u32; 0x100; 0x10000]`, or 2) pad
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75 constants in array expressions with leading zeros so that they use the
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76 same number of digits for each value such as
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77 `[0x00_00_01; 0x00_01_00; 0x01_00_00]`.
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79 - As part of GSoC 2020, Abdallah K. Elshamy implemented the
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80 `jsondecode` and `jsonencode` functions to read and write JSON data.
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82 - By default, the history file is now located at $DATA/octave/history,
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83 where $DATA is a platform dependent location for (roaming) user data
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84 files (e.g. ${XDG_DATA_HOME} or, if that is not set, ~/.local/share on
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85 Unix-like operating systems or %APPDATA% on Windows).
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87 - In debug mode, symbol values are now shown in tooltips when hovering
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88 variables in the editor panel.
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90 ### Graphics backend
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92 - Support for Qt4 for both graphics and the GUI has been removed.
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94 - The additional property `"contextmenu"` has been added to all graphics
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95 objects. It is equivalent to the previously used `"uicontextmenu"`
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96 property which is hidden now.
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98 - Additional properties have been added to the `axes` graphics object:
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99 * `"alphamap"` (not yet implemented)
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100 * `"alphascale"` (not yet implemented)
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101 * `"colorscale"` (not yet implemented)
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102 * `"fontsizemode"` (not yet implemented)
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103 * `"innerposition"` (equivalent to `"position"`)
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104 * `"interactions"` (not yet implemented)
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105 * `"layout"` (not yet implemented)
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106 * `"legend"` (not yet implemented)
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107 * `"nextseriesindex"` (read-only, used by `scatter`
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108 graphics objects)
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109 * `"positionconstraint"` (replacement for `"activepositionproperty"`
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110 which is now a hidden property. No plans for removal.)
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111 * `"toolbar"` (not yet implemented)
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112 * `"xaxis"` (not yet implemented)
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113 * `"yaxis"` (not yet implemented)
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114 * `"zaxis"` (not yet implemented)
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116 ### Matlab compatibility
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118 - The function `griddata` now implements the "v4" Biharmonic Spline
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119 Interpolation method. In adddition, the function now accepts 3-D inputs
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120 by passing the data to `griddata3`.
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122 - Coordinate transformation functions `cart2sph`, `sph2cart`,
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123 `cart2pol`, and `pol2cart` now accept either row or column vectors for
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124 coordinate inputs. A single coordinate matrix with one variable per
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125 column can still be used as function input, but a single output variable
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126 will now contain just the first output coordinate, and will no longer
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127 return the full output coordinate matrix. Output size matches the size
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128 of input vectors, or in the case of an input matrix will be column
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129 vectors with rows corresponding to the input coordinate matrix.
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131 - The function `dec2bin` and `dec2hex` now support negative numbers.
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132
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133 - The function `importdata` now produces more compatible results when
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134 the file contains a 2-D text matrix.
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135
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136 - `uicontrol` objects now fully implement the "Off" and "Inactive"
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137 values of the "Enable" property. When the value is "Off", no
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138 interaction with the object occurs and the `uicontrol` changes color
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139 (typically to gray) to indicate it is disabled. When the value is
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140 "Inactive", the object appears normally (no change in color), but it is
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141 not possible to change the value of the object (such as modifying text
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142 in an `Edit` box or clicking on a `RadioButton`).
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143
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144 - The functions `scatter` and `scatter3` now return a handle to a
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145 scatter graphics object. For compatibility, they return an `hggroup` of
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146 patch graphics objects when the "gnuplot" graphics toolkit is used. In
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147 previous versions of Octave, these functions returned an `hggroup` of
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148 patch graphics objects for all graphics toolkits.
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149
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150 - The function `saveas` now defaults to saving in Octave figure format
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151 (.ofig) rather than PDF (.pdf).
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152
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153 - A new warning ID (`"Octave:unimplemented-matlab-functionality"`) has
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154 been added which prints a warning when Octave's parser recognizes valid
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155 Matlab code, but for which Octave does not yet implement the
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156 functionality. By default, this warning is enabled.
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157
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158 ### Alphabetical list of new functions added in Octave 7
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159
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160 * `getpixelposition`
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161 * `endsWith`
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162 * `jsondecode`
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163 * `jsonencode`
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164 * `listfonts`
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165 * `matlab.net.base64decode`
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166 * `matlab.net.base64encode`
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167 * `memory`
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168 * `rng`
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169 * `startsWith`
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170 * `streamribbon`
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171
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172 ### Deprecated functions and properties
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173
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174 The following functions and properties have been deprecated in Octave 7
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175 and will be removed from Octave 9 (or whatever version is the second
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176 major release after 7):
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177
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178 - Functions
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179
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180 Function | Replacement
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181 -----------------------|------------------
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182 |
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183
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184 - Properties
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185
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186 Object | Property | Value
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187 -----------------|---------------|------------
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188 | |
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189
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190 ### Removed functions and properties
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191
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192 The following functions and properties were deprecated in Octave 5
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193 and have been removed from Octave 7.
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194
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195 - Functions
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196
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197 Function | Replacement
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198 -------------------------|------------------
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199 `output_max_field_width` | `output_precision`
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200 `is_keyword` | `iskeyword`
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201
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202 - Properties
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203
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204 Object | Property | Value
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205 -----------------|---------------|------------
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206 `text` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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207 `uibuttongroup` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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208 `uicontrol` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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209 `uipanel` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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210 `uitable` | `fontangle` | `"oblique"`
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211
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212 ### Old release news
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213
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214 - [Octave 6.x](etc/NEWS.6)
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215 - [Octave 5.x](etc/NEWS.5)
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216 - [Octave 4.x](etc/NEWS.4)
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217 - [Octave 3.x](etc/NEWS.3)
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218 - [Octave 2.x](etc/NEWS.2)
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219 - [Octave 1.x](etc/NEWS.1)