diff NEWS @ 25589:c21edcb90cbf

support for osmesa removed (bug #50479) * configure.ac: Don't check for osmesa library. * __osmesa_print__.cc: Delete. * libinterp/dldfcn/module-files: Update. * getframe.m, __opengl_print__.m: Don't use osmesa for printing. * NEWS: Note change.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:10:24 -0400
parents 59f4fda5c548
children 45bd3edcbbcf
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--- a/NEWS	Thu Jul 12 08:16:37 2018 -0400
+++ b/NEWS	Thu Jul 12 13:10:24 2018 -0400
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@
     However, if the property "IntegerHandle" has been set to "off" then
     the property will return an empty matrix ([]).
 
- ** We now require the FFTW library to perform FFT calculations.  The
+ ** The FFTW library is now required to perform FFT calculations.  The
     FFTPACK sources have been removed from Octave.
 
+ ** The OSMesa library is no longer used.  To print invisible figures
+    when using OpenGL graphics, the Qt QOFFSCREENSURFACE feature must be
+    available and you must use the qt graphics toolkit.
+
  ** Deprecated functions.
 
     The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 5.0 and will