Mercurial > octave
diff NEWS @ 27811:392c03df4565
NEWS: Update for 6.1 release.
* NEWS: Update for 6.1 release.
author | Rik <rik@octave.org> |
---|---|
date | Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:45:34 -0800 |
parents | 992e702ef0d7 |
children | 78435ddc9f88 |
line wrap: on
line diff
--- a/NEWS Thu Dec 12 14:50:17 2019 -0800 +++ b/NEWS Thu Dec 12 15:45:34 2019 -0800 @@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ accept a new sorting option `"stable"` which will return output values in the same order as the input, rather than in ascending order. +- Complex RESTful web services can now be accessed by the `webread` and + `webwrite` functions alongside with the `weboptions` structure. One + major feature is the support for cookies to enable RESTful + communication with the web service. + + Additionally, the system web browser can be opened by the `web` function. + - The `linspace` function now produces symmetrical sequences when the endpoints are symmetric. This is more intuitive and also compatible with recent changes made in Matlab R2019b. @@ -49,11 +56,14 @@ #### Graphics backend -- The `"legend"` function has been entirely rewritten. This fixes a +- The `legend` function has been entirely rewritten. This fixes a number of historical bugs, but also implements new properties such as `"AutoUpdate"` and `"NumColumns"`. The gnuplot toolkit---which is no longer actively maintained---still uses the old legend function. +- The `axis` function was updated which resolved 10 bugs affecting + axes to which `"equal"` had been applied. + - Graphic primitives now accept a color property value of `"none"` which is useful when a particular primitive needs to be hidden (for example, the Y-axis of an axes object with `"ycolor" = "none"`) @@ -110,13 +120,6 @@ outputs) as well as the orientation of all outputs to match Matlab releases prior to R2012b. -- Complex RESTful web services can now be accessed by the `webread` and - `webwrite` functions alongside with the `weboptions` structure. One - major feature is the support for cookies to enable RESTful - communication with the web service. - - Additionally, the system web browser can be opened by the `web` function. - - The interpreter now supports handles to nested functions. - The graphics properties `"LineWidth"` and `"MarkerSize"` are now