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NEWS: Update for 6.1 release. * NEWS: Update for 6.1 release.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:45:34 -0800
parents f2b89a2e20b6
children 83c748eb9fbd
files NEWS
diffstat 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/NEWS	Thu Dec 12 14:50:17 2019 -0800
+++ b/NEWS	Thu Dec 12 15:45:34 2019 -0800
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
   accept a new sorting option `"stable"` which will return output values
   in the same order as the input, rather than in ascending order.
 
+- 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 `linspace` function now produces symmetrical sequences when the
   endpoints are symmetric.  This is more intuitive and also compatible
   with recent changes made in Matlab R2019b.
@@ -49,11 +56,14 @@
 
 #### Graphics backend
 
-- The `"legend"` function has been entirely rewritten.  This fixes a
+- The `legend` function has been entirely rewritten.  This fixes a
   number of historical bugs, but also implements new properties such as
   `"AutoUpdate"` and `"NumColumns"`.  The gnuplot toolkit---which is no
   longer actively maintained---still uses the old legend function.
 
+- The `axis` function was updated which resolved 10 bugs affecting
+  axes to which `"equal"` had been applied.
+
 - 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"`)
@@ -110,13 +120,6 @@
   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