--- a/etc/NEWS.4	Sun Jan 28 01:26:23 2024 -0500
+++ b/etc/NEWS.4	Mon Jan 29 16:58:01 2024 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,214 @@
+Summary of bugs fixed for version 4.4.1 (2018-08-09):
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+Using the bug numbers listed below, find bug reports on the web using
+the URL https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?NNNNN
+
+ ** disable compound binary operator optimization (bug #54465)
+
+ ** Fix initial bracketing for fzero (bug #54445).
+
+ ** Fix scrolling command window in Windows 10 (bug #52496).
+
+ ** Produce a single backtrace for global declaration overriding local variable.
+
+ ** revive setstr (bug #54417)
+
+ ** ode15i.m: In tests, use unlikely symbol name instead of “foo”.
+
+ ** run.m: In test, use a symbol name that is unlikely to be a function.
+
+ ** avoid alignment warning on solaris systems (bug #54389)
+
+ ** Improve error message if iconv is not available (bug #54384).
+
+ ** avoid error in gnulib wrapper on systems that don’t have fpu control word
+
+ ** avoid unused variable warning on some systems
+
+ ** avoid fprintf format warning on some systems
+
+ ** eliminate unnecessary sun-utils.h header file
+
+ ** index.tst: Make tests case insensitive for NaN, NA, Inf values (bug #54385).
+
+ ** positive value from uname can mean success (bug #54235)
+
+ ** add some bug numbers to the test suite
+
+ ** consider any non-zero return from uname to be failure (bug #54235)
+
+ ** if freetype detection fails, unset FT2_* config variables (bug #54369)
+
+ ** Produce same random number stream for "state" initialized to Inf (bug
+    #54342).
+
+ ** avoid crash when loading classdef objects (bug #54319)
+
+ ** hist.m: Don’t error out if called with identical Y values (bug #54326).
+
+ ** Parse empty struct input correctly (bug #54318).
+
+ ** Fix regression in 4.2.0 which disallowed printing with some Ghostscript
+    devices.
+
+ ** transform libiconv.dll.a to -liconv for mkoctfile (bug #53920)
+
+ ** trapz.m: Overhaul function to fix errors with different orientations of X
+    and Y (bug #54277).
+
+ ** Write audio OGG files in smaller chunk sizes (bug #54280).
+
+ ** Use LAPACK DTGSEN subrouting for ordered-qz computation (bug #53761)
+
+ ** Fix blkmm to work with empty matrices (bug #54261).
+
+ ** use octave bat file in pkg install configure/make when in windows (bug
+    #53938).
+
+ ** repelem.m: Fix behavior when final repeat count is 0 (bug #54275).
+
+ ** .hgsub: Use hg.octave.org instead of hg-new.octave.org
+
+ ** move some fortran and dynamic linking configure checks to separate macros
+
+ ** configure.ac: Reorder tests so that FPICFLAG is correctly set on Solaris
+    (bug #54235).
+
+ ** eigs.m: Decrease opts.maxit in UnconvergedEigenvalues BIST (bug #54179).
+
+ ** fix ambiguous overload build error on Solaris (bug #54217)
+
+ ** pkg.m: Restore ability to use file glob patterns when specifying local pkg
+    files (bug #54224).
+
+ ** Use %ld format code in xerbla printf (bug #54206).
+
+ ** use int instead of size_t for xerbla string length (bug #54206)
+
+ ** Pair fclose with all fopen and prevent file-io.cc test fails (bug #54180).
+
+ ** fsolve.m: Return info=1 when initial guess x0 is correct (bug #53991).
+
+ ** fsolve.m: Add BIST test for bug #53991.
+
+ ** fsolve.m: exit with info=-2 when singularity reached (bug #53991).
+
+ ** ensure that Make sees Octave exit status when running make check
+
+ ** interpreter.cc (intialize_xerbla_error_handler, xerbla_abort): New
+    functions.
+
+ ** improve warnings for global/local variable conflicts (bug #54052)
+
+ ** maybe preserve local value when declaring variable global (bug #54052)
+
+ ** fix regression in text (bug #54109)
+
+ ** create valid tmp scope for who -file (bug #54030)
+
+ ** polar.m: Correct axes limits when using negative rho values (bug #53999).
+
+ ** text.m: Fix regression when ‘String’ property is specified (bug #54067).
+
+ ** allow NULL mxArray* to be returned as undefined from fcn calls (bug #54096)
+
+ ** treat NULL as [] for mxSetFieldByNumber and mxSetCell (bug #54096)
+
+ ** Properly test Qt offscreen printing during manual figures generation.
+
+ ** Avoid segfault with textscan (bug #53786).
+
+ ** add Qt include needed to build against Qt 5.11 (bug #53978)
+
+ ** make listing local functions for command completion work again (bug #53925)
+
+ ** Stop segfault in debug mode with readline complete (bug #53925).
+
+ ** Remove code to install default colors for qt toolkit from window theme (bug
+    #53805).
+
+ ** back out changes attempting to automatically call handle class destructor
+
+ ** residue.m: Use a pre-conditioner on final matrix division for numerical
+    stability (bug #53869)
+
+ ** track multiple file types (oct|m|mex) for private functions (bug #53856)
+
+ ** also preserve temporaries in indexing expressions (bug #53844)
+
+ ** also update load-path info if private subdir time stamp changes (bug #53856)
+
+ ** defer deletion of temporaries in argument lists (bug #53844)
+
+ ** improve test for handle class destructor
+
+ ** call delete method correctly for handle class objects (bug #53844)
+
+ ** use size_t for f77 char arg length params with GCC 8 (bug #53872)
+
+ ** Fix lrwork dimension in svd for complex cases (bug #53823).
+
+ ** lines.m: Don’t open empty figure or axes if none already exist (bug #53648)
+
+Documentation bugs fixed:
+
+ ** doc: Add version number to top title of HTML manual for clarity.
+
+ ** flip.m: Update docstring.
+
+ ** setdiff.m: Fix typo in documentation (bug #54393).
+
+ ** doc: Replace instances of realroot (non-existent) with realpow (bug #54336).
+
+ ** HACKING.md: Update for recently removed files.
+
+ ** remove unused qtinfo source files
+
+ ** doc: Remove bad calling convention for warning with a mode struct (bug
+    #54288)
+
+ ** Document work-around for disabling OpenGL software rendering (bug #53845).
+
+ ** xpow.cc (err_nonsquare_matrix): Clarify error message (bug #54248).
+
+ ** doc: Miscellaneous documentation fixes all over the manual (bug #54288).
+
+ ** doc: small fixes to size and plot.txi (bug #54283).
+
+ ** doc: Clarify description of Example 4 for size (bug #54283).
+
+ ** doc: Fix malformed URL (bug #54225).
+
+ ** Fix typo in error statement from containers.Map (bug #54103).
+
+ ** doc: Use qcode macro to document fseek offsets (bug #51402).
+
+ ** Use correct abbreviation UTC for Coordinated Universal Time (bug #53918).
+
+ ** doc: Rewrite section on indexing for clarity (bug #53675).
+
+ ** md5sum.m: Fix error in sample code (bug #53829).
+
+Other bugs fixed:
+
+ ** gui: fix editor rendering on some displays, disable QScintilla buffered
+    drawing
+
+ ** m4/octave_blas_f77_func.m4: Restore 64-bit integer BLAS detection (bug
+    #53853).
+
+ ** build: include inplace_edit.pl in tarball (bug #54349).
+
+ ** fix test for 8-byte integer BLAS lib on big-endian systems (bug #53853)
+
+ ** OCTAVE_CHECK_LIB: avoid shell syntax error if not checking for lib
+
+ ** build: avoid compiler warning about unused function abs (bug #54237)
+
+ ** build: Work around bug in perl 5.28.0 (bug #54202).
+
+
 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.4 (2018-04-30):
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 

--- a/scripts/signal/movfun.m	Sun Jan 28 01:26:23 2024 -0500
+++ b/scripts/signal/movfun.m	Mon Jan 29 16:58:01 2024 -0500
@@ -178,23 +178,25 @@
   valid_bc = {"shrink", "discard", "fill", "same", "periodic"};
 
   ## Parse input arguments
-  parser = inputParser ();
-  parser.FunctionName = "movfun";
-  parser.addParamValue ("Endpoints", "shrink", ...
-    @(x) any (strcmpi (x, valid_bc)) || (isnumeric (x) && isscalar (x)));
-  parser.addParamValue ("dim", [], ...
-    @(d) isempty (d) || (isscalar (d) && isindex (d, ndims (x))));
-  parser.addParamValue ("nancond", "includenan", ...
-    @(x) any (strcmpi (x, {"includenan", "omitnan"})));
-  parser.addParamValue ("outdim", [], ...
-    @(d) isempty (d) || (isvector (d) && isindex (d)));
+  persistent parser;
+  if isempty (parser)
+    parser = inputParser ();
+    parser.FunctionName = "movfun";
+    parser.addParamValue ("Endpoints", "shrink", ...
+      @(x) any (strcmpi (x, valid_bc)) || (isnumeric (x) && isscalar (x)));
+    parser.addParamValue ("dim", [], ...
+      @(d) isempty (d) || (isscalar (d) && isindex (d, ndims (x))));
+    parser.addParamValue ("nancond", "includenan", ...
+      @(x) any (strcmpi (x, {"includenan", "omitnan"})));
+    parser.addParamValue ("outdim", [], ...
+      @(d) isempty (d) || (isvector (d) && isindex (d)));
+  endif
 
   parser.parse (varargin{:});
   bc      = parser.Results.Endpoints;   # boundary condition
   dim     = parser.Results.dim;         # dimension to be used as input
   nancond = parser.Results.nancond;     # whether NaN are ignored or not
   outdim  = parser.Results.outdim;      # selected output dimension of fcn
-  clear parser
   ## End parse input arguments
 
   if (isempty (x))