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diff NEWS @ 26915:5ef01ab5c9e5
edit.m: unset HOME directory by default (bug #41278)
* edit.m: Set HOME directory to empty array by default to disable it. Delete
most doc string references to copying function files into HOME. Defer HOME
option documentation to the end. Document how to restore previous behavior.
* NEWS: Document the change to the HOME setting and how to restore previous
behavior.
| author | Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 14 Mar 2019 17:52:30 -0700 |
| parents | 0adb232f93b9 |
| children | 1771bed38482 |
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--- a/NEWS Thu Mar 14 16:36:41 2019 -0700 +++ b/NEWS Thu Mar 14 17:52:30 2019 -0700 @@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ ### General improvements -- The `edit` function option `"editinplace"` now defaults to `true`. - Files will no longer be copied to the user's HOME directory for - editing and then copied back to their original location. +- The `edit` function option `"editinplace"` now defaults to `true` and + the option `"home"` now defaults to the empty matrix `[]`. Files will + no longer be copied to the user's HOME directory for editing. The old + behavior can be restored by setting `"editinplace"` to `false` and + `"home"` to `"~/octave"`. #### Graphics backend @@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ - A new property `"FontSmoothing"` has been added to text and axes objects that controls whether anti-aliasing is used during the rendering of characters. The default is "on" which produces smooth, - more visually appealing text. + more visually appealing text. - The appearance of patterned lines `"LineStyle" = ":"|"--"|"-."` has been improved for small widths (`"LineWidth"` less than 1.5 pixels)