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Rename function dir_in_path to dir_in_loadpath. * NEWS: Announce new function in 4.2. * scripts/deprecated/find_dir_in_path.m: Call dir_in_loadpath as replacement. * utils.cc (Fdir_in_loadpath): Renamed dir_in_path to dir_in_loadpath. * help.m, what.m, rundemos.m, runtests.m: Chane instances of dir_in_path to dir_in_loadpath. * utils.cc, variables.cc: Change seealso links to point to dir_in_loadpath. * func.txi: Document dir_in_loadpath function.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Wed, 04 Dec 2013 08:23:42 -0800
parents ff05d5b70411
children 282820308650
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Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2:
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 ** Other new functions added in 4.2:

      dir_in_loadpath

 ** Deprecated functions.

    The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
    removed from Octave 4.2.

      default_save_options    java_new            
      gen_doc_cache           java_set                   
      interp1q                java_unsigned_conversion
      isequalwithequalnans    javafields                
      java_convert_matrix     javamethods               
      java_debug              re_read_readline_init_file
      java_get                read_readline_init_file   
      java_invoke             saving_history            


    The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.2 and will
    be removed from Octave 4.6 (or whatever version is the second major
    release after 4.2):

      find_dir_in_path


    The following keywords were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
    removed from Octave 4.2

      static

    The following configuration variables were deprecated in Octave 3.8
    and have been removed from Octave 4.2

      CC_VERSION  (now GCC_VERSION)
      CXX_VERSION (now GXX_VERSION)

    The internal class <Octave_map> was deprecated in Octave 3.8 and has
    been removed from Octave 4.2.  Replacement classes are
    <octave_map> (struct array) or <octave_scalar_map> for a single structure.

Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.0:
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 ** Other new functions added in 4.0.0:

      validateattributes

 ** Deprecated functions.

    The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.6 and have been
    removed from Octave 4.0.
                                           
      cut                polyderiv        
      cor                shell_cmd        
      corrcoef           studentize       
      __error_text__     sylvester_matrix 
      error_text         

    The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.0 and will
    be removed from Octave 4.4 (or whatever version is the second major
    release after 4.0):

    *none*

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