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setdiff.m: Accept a "legacy" flag for Matlab compatibility.
* NEWS: Announce change to setdiff return values when given "rows" argument.
Announce "legacy" flag.
* setdiff.m Add new calling form and explanation of "legacy" option to
docstring. Allow up to 4 inputs in input validation. Check for "legacy"
in input options and set variable optlegacy. Set variable isrowvec based
on optlegacy and orientation of inputs. Add BIST tests for "rows" and "legacy"
inputs.
author | Rik <rik@octave.org> |
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date | Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:29:38 -0700 |
parents | 3d10834979f8 |
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Summary of important user-visible changes for version 6 (yyyy-mm-dd): ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ### General improvements - 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 - 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"`) without hiding the entire primitive `"visibility" = "off"`. - 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. - The figure property `"windowscrollwheelfcn"`is now implemented. This makes it possible to provide a callback function to be executed when users manipulate the mouse wheel on a given figure. - The figure properties `"pointer"`, `"pointershapecdata"`, and `"pointershapehotspot"` are now implemented. This makes it possible to change the shape of the cursor (pointer in Matlab-speak) displayed in a plot window. - The appearance of patterned lines `"LineStyle" = ":"|"--"|"-."` has been improved for small widths (`"LineWidth"` less than 1.5 pixels) which is a common scenario. - Printing to EPS files now uses a tight bounding box (`"-tight"` argument to print) by default. This makes more sense for EPS files which are normally embedded within other documents, and is Matlab compatible. If necessary use the `"-loose"` option to reproduce figures as they appeared in previous versions of Octave. - The following print devices are no longer officially supported: cdr, corel, aifm, ill, cgm, hpgl, mf and dxf. A warning will be thrown when using those devices, and the code for supporting those formats will eventually be removed from a future version of Octave. ### Matlab compatibility - The function `unique` now returns column index vectors for the second and third outputs. When duplicate values are present, the default index to return is now the `"first"` occurrence. The previous Octave behavior, or Matlab behavior from releases prior to R2012b, can be obtained by using the `"legacy"` flag. - The function `setdiff` with the `"rows"` argument now returns Matlab compatible results. The previous Octave behavior, or Matlab behavior from releases prior to R2012b, can be obtained by using the `"legacy"` flag. - The functions `intersect`, `union` now accept a `"legacy"` flag which changes the index values (second and third 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 measured in points, *not* pixels. Compared to previous versions of Octave, some lines and markers will appear 4/3 larger. ### Alphabetical list of new functions added in Octave 6 - `lightangle` - `newline` - `verLessThan` - `web` - `weboptions` - `webread` - `webwrite` ### Deprecated functions and properties The following functions and properties have been deprecated in Octave 6 and will be removed from Octave 8 (or whatever version is the second major release after 6): - Functions Function | Replacement -----------------------|------------------ `runtests` | `oruntests` - Properties Object | Property | Value -----------------|---------------|------------ | | ### Removed functions and properties The following functions and properties were deprecated in Octave 4.4 and have been removed from Octave 6. - Functions Function | Replacement ---------------------|------------------ `chop` | `sprintf` for visual results `desktop` | `isguirunning` `tmpnam` | `tempname` `toascii` | `double` `java2mat` | `__java2mat__` - Properties Object | Property | Value ---------------------|---------------------------|----------------------- `figure` | `doublebuffer` | | `mincolormap` | | `wvisual` | | `wvisualmode` | | `xdisplay` | | `xvisual` | | `xvisualmode` | `axes` | `drawmode` | `annotation` | `edgecolor ("rectangle")` | `text` | `fontweight` | `"demi"` and `"light"` `uicontrol` | `fontweight` | `"demi"` and `"light"` `uipanel` | `fontweight` | `"demi"` and `"light"` `uibuttongroup` | `fontweight` | `"demi"` and `"light"` `uitable` | `fontweight` | `"demi"` and `"light"` ### Old release news - [Octave 5.x](etc/NEWS.5) - [Octave 4.x](etc/NEWS.4) - [Octave 3.x](etc/NEWS.3) - [Octave 2.x](etc/NEWS.2) - [Octave 1.x](etc/NEWS.1)