# HG changeset patch # User jwe # Date 909172081 0 # Node ID bdf2186d4592e6afca73ec797507779cbfd42aaf # Parent e4f4b2d26ee923157dee7f39fc5da051e124970d [project @ 1998-10-23 19:47:59 by jwe] diff -r e4f4b2d26ee9 -r bdf2186d4592 NEWS --- a/NEWS Fri Oct 23 05:44:01 1998 +0000 +++ b/NEWS Fri Oct 23 19:48:01 1998 +0000 @@ -9,6 +9,229 @@ when it crashes or is killed by a signal. The default value is 1 (0 if you use --traditional). + * If LOADPATH contains a doubled colon, the default path is inserted + in its place. This is similar to the substitution that also takes + place for leading or trailing colons in the LOADPATH. + + * Loops of the form `for i = STRING ... endfor' are now allowed. + + * It is now possible to set the iteration limit for lsode using + lsode_options ("step limit", N). + + * New functions: + + is_complex -- tell whether a variable is complex + rehash -- re-initialize the cache of directories in LOADPATH + graw -- send a string to the gnuplot subprocess + + * New functions from Kurt Hornik's Octave-ci package: + + In finance (new directory): + + fv + fvl + irr + nper + npv + pmt + pv + pvl + rate + vol + + In linear-algebra: + + dmult + + In signal: + + arch_fit + arch_rnd + arch_test + arma_rnd + autocor + autocov + autoreg_matrix + bartlett + blackman + diffpara + durbinlevinson + fractdiff + hamming + hanning + hurst + periodogram + rectangle_lw + rectangle_sw + sinetone + sinewave + spectral_adf + spectral_xdf + spencer + stft + synthesis + triangle_lw + triangle_sw + yulewalker + + In statistics/base (new directory): + + center + cloglog + cor + cov + cut + iqr + kendall + logit + mean + meansq + moment + ppplot + probit + qqplot + range + ranks + run_count + spearman + statistics + studentize + table + values + var + + In statistics/distributions (new directory): + + beta_cdf + beta_inv + beta_pdf + beta_rnd + binomial_cdf + binomial_inv + binomial_pdf + binomial_rnd + cauchy_cdf + cauchy_inv + cauchy_pdf + cauchy_rnd + chisquare_cdf + chisquare_inv + chisquare_pdf + chisquare_rnd + discrete_cdf + discrete_inv + discrete_pdf + discrete_rnd + empirical_cdf + empirical_inv + empirical_pdf + empirical_rnd + exponential_cdf + exponential_inv + exponential_pdf + exponential_rnd + f_cdf + f_inv + f_pdf + f_rnd + gamma_cdf + gamma_inv + gamma_pdf + gamma_rnd + geometric_cdf + geometric_inv + geometric_pdf + geometric_rnd + hypergeometric_cdf + hypergeometric_inv + hypergeometric_pdf + hypergeometric_rnd + kolmogorov_smirnov_cdf + laplace_cdf + laplace_inv + laplace_pdf + laplace_rnd + logistic_cdf + logistic_inv + logistic_pdf + logistic_rnd + lognormal_cdf + lognormal_inv + lognormal_pdf + lognormal_rnd + normal_cdf + normal_inv + normal_pdf + normal_rnd + pascal_cdf + pascal_inv + pascal_pdf + pascal_rnd + poisson_cdf + poisson_inv + poisson_pdf + poisson_rnd + stdnormal_cdf + stdnormal_inv + stdnormal_pdf + stdnormal_rnd + t_cdf + t_inv + t_pdf + t_rnd + uniform_cdf + uniform_inv + uniform_pdf + uniform_rnd + weibull_cdf + weibull_inv + weibull_pdf + weibull_rnd + wiener_rnd + + In statistics/models (new directory): + + logistic_regression + logistic_regression_derivatives + logistic_regression_likelihood + + In statistics/tests (new directory): + + anova + bartlett_test + chisquare_test_homogeneity + chisquare_test_independence + cor_test + f_test_regression + hotelling_test + hotelling_test_2 + kolmogorov_smirnov_test + kolmogorov_smirnov_test_2 + kruskal_wallis_test + manova + mcnemar_test + prop_test_2 + run_test + sign_test + t_test + t_test_2 + t_test_regression + u_test + var_test + welch_test + wilcoxon_test + z_test + z_test_2 + + * The load command now accepts the option -append to save the + variables at the end of the file, leaving the existing contents. + + * New command-line option --no-history (also available using the + single character option -H) inhibits saving command history. + + * The mkoctfile script now accepts -DDEF options and passes them on + to the C and C++ compilers. + * Running `make check' should work now before you run `make install', even if you build a copy of Octave that depends on shared versions of the Octave libraries. diff -r e4f4b2d26ee9 -r bdf2186d4592 src/ChangeLog --- a/src/ChangeLog Fri Oct 23 05:44:01 1998 +0000 +++ b/src/ChangeLog Fri Oct 23 19:48:01 1998 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,19 @@ +Fri Oct 23 12:07:32 1998 John W. Eaton + + * defaults.cc (Vdefault_load_path): New static variable. + (set_default_path): Set it. + (maybe_add_default_load_path): Use it. + (symbols_of_defaults): Add DEFCONST for DEFAULT_LOADPATH. + Thanks to Rafael Laboissiere . + + * defaults.cc (set_default_path): If OCTAVE_PATH is set in the + environment, call maybe_add_default_load_path on it. + +Tue Oct 20 20:58:04 1998 John W. Eaton + + * defaults.cc (maybe_add_default_load_path): If LOADPATH contains + an embedded "::", insert the default path there too. + Fri Oct 16 00:52:15 1998 John W. Eaton * parse.y (in_matrix_or_assign_lhs): New subroutine for lexical diff -r e4f4b2d26ee9 -r bdf2186d4592 src/defaults.cc --- a/src/defaults.cc Fri Oct 23 05:44:01 1998 +0000 +++ b/src/defaults.cc Fri Oct 23 19:48:01 1998 +0000 @@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ // (--path path; -p path) string Vload_path; +// The default load path with OCTAVE_HOME appropriately substituted. +static string Vdefault_load_path; + // And the cached directory path corresponding to Vload_path. dir_path Vload_path_dir_path; @@ -181,11 +184,12 @@ static void set_default_path (void) { - string std_path = subst_octave_home (OCTAVE_FCNFILEPATH); + Vdefault_load_path = subst_octave_home (OCTAVE_FCNFILEPATH); string oct_path = octave_env::getenv ("OCTAVE_PATH"); - Vload_path = oct_path.empty () ? std_path : oct_path; + Vload_path = oct_path.empty () + ? Vdefault_load_path : maybe_add_default_path (oct_path); Vload_path_dir_path = dir_path (Vload_path); } @@ -239,22 +243,30 @@ string maybe_add_default_load_path (const string& pathstring) { - string std_path = subst_octave_home (OCTAVE_FCNFILEPATH); - string retval; if (! pathstring.empty ()) { if (pathstring[0] == SEPCHAR) { - retval = std_path; + retval = Vdefault_load_path; retval.append (pathstring); } else retval = pathstring; if (pathstring[pathstring.length () - 1] == SEPCHAR) - retval.append (std_path); + retval.append (Vdefault_load_path); + + size_t pos = 0; + do + { + pos = retval.find ("::"); + + if (pos != NPOS) + retval.insert (pos+1, Vdefault_load_path); + } + while (pos != NPOS); } return retval; @@ -415,9 +427,15 @@ DEFVAR (EXEC_PATH, Vexec_path, 0, exec_path, "colon separated list of directories to search for programs to run"); - DEFVAR (LOADPATH, Vload_path, 0, loadpath, - "colon separated list of directories to search for scripts"); + DEFVAR (LOADPATH, ":", 0, octave_loadpath, + "colon separated list of directories to search for scripts.\n\ +The default value is \":\", which means to search the default list\n\ +of directories. The default list of directories may be found in\n\ +the built-in constant DEFAULT_LOADPATH"); + DEFCONST (DEFAULT_LOADPATH, Vdefault_load_path, + "the default colon separated list of directories to search for scripts"); + DEFVAR (IMAGEPATH, OCTAVE_IMAGEPATH, 0, imagepath, "colon separated list of directories to search for image files");