Revamp strread, textscan, textread functions for Matlab compatability Implemented ML-compatible whitespace and delimiter defaults Implemented ML-compatible options: 'whitespace', treatasempty', format string repeat count, user-specified comment style, uneven-length output arrays, %n and %u conversion specifiers (provisionally) Implemented processing of given-width format specifiers * textscan.m: Add new tests. Implement EndofLine, ReturnOnError, TreatAsEmpty options. Improve whitespace handling. * textread.m: Add new tests Implement EndofLine option. Improve whitespace handling. * strread.m: Major rewrite.

--- a/NEWS	Wed Jul 20 10:41:59 2011 -0700
+++ b/NEWS	Fri Jul 22 13:05:26 2011 -0700
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 
  ** The PCRE library is now required to build Octave.
 
+ ** strread, textscan, and textread have been completely revamped.
+
+    They now support nearly all Matlab functionality including:
+
+    * ML-compatible whitespace and delimiter defaults
+
+    * ML-compatible options: 'whitespace', treatasempty',
+    format string repeat count, user-specified comment style, uneven-length
+    output arrays, %n and %u conversion specifiers (provisionally)
+ 
  ** New functions added.
 
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