Mercurial > octave
changeset 28415:1296a89b08f4 stable
A few fixes to outdated or incomplete documentation (bug #58488).
* README: Mention `doc/interpreter/bugs.txi` for the benefit of hg users.
* doc/interpreter/install.txi: The default renderer toolkit is now "qt".
author | Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> |
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date | Tue, 02 Jun 2020 21:25:59 +0000 |
parents | 808e3964987b |
children | d85a754c97fb 19f4126d26cb |
files | README doc/interpreter/install.txi |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/README Thu May 14 23:27:43 2020 -0400 +++ b/README Tue Jun 02 21:25:59 2020 +0000 @@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ Bugs and Patches ---------------- -The file `BUGS` explains the recommended procedure for reporting bugs -on the [bug tracker](https://bugs.octave.org) or contributing patches. +The file `BUGS` (or `doc/interpreter/bugs.txi`) explains the recommended +procedure for reporting bugs on the [bug tracker](https://bugs.octave.org) +or contributing patches; online documentation is also available +[here](https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/bugs.html). Documentation -------------
--- a/doc/interpreter/install.txi Thu May 14 23:27:43 2020 -0400 +++ b/doc/interpreter/install.txi Tue Jun 02 21:25:59 2020 +0000 @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ (@code{fft}, @code{ifft}, @code{fft2}, etc.) @item FLTK -Portable GUI toolkit (@url{http://www.fltk.org}). FLTK is currently +Portable GUI toolkit (@url{http://www.fltk.org}). FLTK can be used to provide windows for Octave's OpenGL-based graphics functions. @item fontconfig @@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ @item gnuplot Interactive graphics program (@url{http://www.gnuplot.info}). gnuplot -is currently the default graphics renderer for Octave. +can be used as a graphics renderer for Octave; prior to Octave 4.0, +gnuplot was the default graphics renderer. @item GraphicsMagick++ Image processing library (@url{http://www.graphicsmagick.org}). @@ -281,11 +282,12 @@ @item OpenGL API for portable 2-D and 3-D graphics (@url{https://www.opengl.org}). An -OpenGL implementation is required to provide Octave's OpenGL-based +OpenGL implementation can be used to provide a renderer for Octave's graphics functions. Octave's OpenGL-based graphics functions usually outperform the gnuplot-based graphics functions because plot data can be rendered directly instead of sending data and commands to gnuplot for -interpretation and rendering. +interpretation and rendering. Since Octave 4.0, the default graphics +renderer (@qcode{"qt"}) has been OpenGL-based. @item PortAudio PortAudio (@url{http://www.portaudio.com/}) provides a very simple API @@ -314,7 +316,9 @@ @item Qt GUI and utility libraries (@url{https://www.qt.io}). Qt is required for building the GUI@. It is a large framework, but the only components -required are the GUI, core, and network modules. +required are the GUI, core, and network modules. Since Octave 4.0, the +default graphics renderer (@qcode{"qt"}) has been Qt-based, which has +been OpenGL-based. @item SuiteSparse Sparse matrix factorization library