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author Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com>
date Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:24:22 +0900
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3 title: "GNU Octave 5.2.0 Released"
4 date: 2020-01-31
5 categories: news release
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7
8 Octave Version 5.2.0 has been released and is now available for [download][1].
9 An official [Windows binary installer][2] is also available.
10 For [macOS][3] see the installation instructions in the wiki.
11
12 This version is a bug fixing release:
13
14 ## Improvements
15
16 - Lock amd and symbfact to avoid segmentation fault with SuiteSparse
17 ([bug #57435](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57435)).
18 - Fix segfault when calculating patch vertex normals
19 ([bug #57353](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57353)).
20 - Fix segfault in constructing patch normals for lighting
21 ([bug #57353](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57353)).
22 - mat2str.m: Fix for logical matrix (add `transpose`).
23 - improve file equality check for MS Windows
24 ([bug #55161](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55161)).
25 - ismember.m: Fix second return argument when values are complex
26 ([bug #52437](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52437)).
27 - findobj.m: Fix typo and correctly handle numeric properties
28 ([bug #57030](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57030)).
29 - Correctly display integer types with format hex
30 ([bug #56966](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56966)).
31 - Cast `winqueryreg` `REG_DWORD` types to `DWORD`
32 ([bug #56703](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56703)).
33 - Fix numerous errors in `audiowrite` / `audioread`
34 ([bug #56889](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56889)).
35 - print.m: Pass quoted path to `octave-svgconvert`
36 ([bug #56768](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56768)).
37 - dir.m: Fix occasionally returning incorrect folder field
38 ([bug #55448](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55448)).
39 - Stop segfault when calling 3-input form of `diag` with cell arrays
40 ([bug #56711](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56711)).
41 - improve message for setting breakpoint in nonexistent function
42 ([bug #56157](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56157)).
43 - Use framebuffer object for printing invisible Qt figures on mac
44 ([bug #55268](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55268)).
45 - Escape backslash characters in `EPS` output
46 ([bug #56448](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56448)).
47 - Use replacement characters to display non UTF-8 strings in figures
48 ([bug #55974](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55974)).
49 - inputrc: Add warning about modification
50 ([bug #56079](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56079)).
51 - documentation.cc (global_search): just return if query string is empty
52 ([bug #56388](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56388)).
53 - Default (c)transpose for old style class arrays
54 ([bug #56323](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56323)).
55 - Always reserve at least 1 element of storage for sparse matrices
56 ([bug #56232](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56232)).
57 - Don't segfault at exit after reading malformed HDF5 file
58 ([bug #56149](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56149)).
59 - Fix pause() with no arguments called on Windows
60 ([bug #55943](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55943)).
61 - refactor minimum eigenvalue index search in `qp`
62 ([bug #56037](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56037)).
63 - qp: fix obscure corner case when calculating `qp` caused by a typo
64 ([bug #56037](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56037)).
65 - use `std::streampos` instead of `std::ios::streampos`
66 ([patch #9782](https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?9782)).
67 - fix `pause` and `kbhit` with glibc 2.28 end-of-file state behavior
68 ([bug #55029](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55029)).
69 - Fix return of left-handed vectors when inputs are complex
70 ([bug #56026](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56026)).
71 - waitbar.m: Fix hang when using `createcancelbtn` property
72 ([bug #55963](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55963)).
73 - shading.m: Fix unexpected error when multiple `hggroups` present
74 ([bug #55993](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55993)).
75 - dec2base.m: Correctly handle zero matrix input
76 ([bug #56005](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56005)).
77 - eliminate duplicate graphics callback object stack
78 ([bug #55908](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55908)).
79 - Improve performance when closing figures
80 ([bug #55908](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55908)).
81 - Reduce time to process `pkg -forge list` by 30X
82 ([bug #39479](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39479)).
83 - Feed `fig2dev` with PDF files converted from svg
84 ([bug #55906](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55906)).
85 - Improve error checking for `iconv_open`.
86 - poly.m: fix the fix for input of complex conjugate pairs
87 ([bug #53897](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53897)).
88 - mkoctfile: use the `TMPDIR` environment variable if set
89 ([bug #55814](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55814)).
90 - line.m: Fix creation of unwanted axes
91 ([bug #55840](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55840)).
92 - Accept 4-input form for quiver3
93 ([bug #55570](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55570)).
94 - pkg.m: restore installing packages from zip archives
95 ([bug #55788](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55788)).
96 - axis.m: Fix issues with `equal` argument
97 ([bug #55619](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55619),
98 [bug #55614](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55614),
99 [bug #55574](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55574),
100 [bug #55514](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55514),
101 [bug #54848](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54848),
102 [bug #53724](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53724),
103 [bug #53504](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53504),
104 [bug #53336](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53336),
105 [bug #51938](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51938),
106 [bug #50356](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50356)).
107 - ordeig.m: Do not fail on 1x1 matrices
108 ([bug #55779](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55779)).
109
110 ## GUI
111
112 - fix editors search and replace in selection
113 ([bug #56405](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56405)).
114 - undo a complete replace all action in the editor
115 ([bug #56405](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56405)).
116 - fix missing unlock of mutex when gui editor is not present
117 ([bug #56097](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56097)).
118 - prevent unnamed editor tab from being closed by `rmdir`
119 ([bug #55888](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55888)).
120 - prevent editor from closing files that are not affected by `rmdir`
121 ([bug #55823](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55823)).
122 - fix creating keyword files for editor autocompletion
123 ([bug #55835](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55835)).
124 - fix dock widget position when being dragged out of the main window
125 ([bug #55704](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55704)).
126
127 ## Build system / Tests
128
129 - configure: prevent overlinking when SUNDIALS is disabled
130 ([bug #55956](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55956)).
131 - use QtCore and Qt5Gui modules instead of Qt5OpenGL
132 ([bug #55735](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55735)).
133 - make building with Qt4 QGLWidget work again
134 ([bug #55735](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55735)).
135 - build: adapt mk-qthelp.pl to changes in Texinfo 6.7.
136 - BIST should not rely on the current directory to be writable.
137 - bp-table.cc: Fix test.
138 - maint: Make old style class tests Matlab compatible.
139 - Add BIST tests for `unlink`
140 ([bug #56097](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56097)).
141
142 ## Documentation
143
144 - fix many spelling errors
145 ([bug #57613](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57613)).
146 - help: improve documentation for the `startup.m` user script.
147 - avoid conflict with @seealso macro in Texinfo 6.6
148 ([bug #55952](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55952))
149 - mk-doc-cache.pk: Also translate `@seealso` here.
150 ([bug #55952](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55952)).
151 - __makeinfo__.m: Also translate `@seealso` here
152 ([bug #55952](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55952)).
153 - polar.m: Document that input is expected to be in radians
154 ([bug #57052](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57052)).
155 - gallery.m: Fix typo in docstring for poisson
156 ([bug #56267](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56267)).
157 - Add 1024x1024 Octave logo icon
158 ([bug #55836](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55836)).
159 - add `.editorconfig` for default file encoding and indentation.
160 - octave.doap: Copy localized (short) description over from appdata
161 ([bug #55279](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55279)).
162 - org.octave.Octave.appdata.xml: Add German and French description
163 ([bug #55279](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55279)).
164 - languages/*.ts: updated language files
165 ([bug #55772](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55772)).
166 - quiver3.m: Fix texinfo typo in docstring from cset f7b10bd40045.
167 - doc: fix `.` Operator Index entry to build with Texinfo 6.7.
168 - doc: improve example of using global variables from oct-files.
169 - doc: Create en-dashes and em-dashes correctly in documentation.
170 - doc: expand `page_output_immediately` doc string, mention `page_screen_output`.
171 - doc: Clarify documentation of `history_file`
172 ([bug #57027](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57027)).
173 - doc: Improve documentation for `get_help_text`, `get_help_text_from_file`.
174 - doc: Add documentation for `GNUTERM` variable used with gnuplot
175 ([bug #56906](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56906)).
176 - doc: Improve `contour` docstring example
177 ([bug #56849](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56849)).
178 - doc: Add example to show limitations of the given BLAS integer size.
179 - doc: Improve documentation of sparse functions.
180 - doc: Improve spelling of `bicgstab`
181 ([bug #56812](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56812)).
182 - doc: Remove `Map` functions `keys`, `values`, `remove` from unimplemented list
183 ([bug #56718](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56718)).
184 - doc: Add function index entry for alias `inverse`
185 ([bug #56629](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56629)).
186 - add content rating declaration to AppStream metadata
187 ([bug #56466](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56466))
188 - doc: Remove stray semicolons from `pie`, `pie3` calling forms.
189 - doc: Redo documentation for `rats` function.
190 - doc: Specify `position` property for text objects is a three-element vector
191 ([bug #56303](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56303)).
192 - doc: state that Octave can only load HDF5 files created by itself
193 ([bug #56148](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56148)).
194 - doc: Fix names of options in `issorted`
195 ([bug #56087](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56087)).
196 - doc: Small fixes to `mat2cell` and `polyeig` docstrings
197 ([bug #55985](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55985)).
198 - doc: Improve example code for using `-pdflatexstandalone`
199 ([bug #55945](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55945)).
200 - doc: Refer to "root object" rather than "root figure object".
201 - doc: Place cross-reference from list of graphics object properties back to object
202 ([bug #46076](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46076)).
203 - doc: document the newline character in warning messages
204 ([bug #49158](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49158)).
205 - doc: pkg versions can be more general than "x.y.z"
206 ([bug #55798](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55798)).
207
208 The above list was generated using the following command and some manual
209 post-processing and grouping:
210
211 {% highlight bash %}
212 hg log -r "release-5-1-0:release-5-2-0" -b stable \
213 | grep "summary:" | nl | sort -rn | cut -f 2- \
214 | sed 's/summary:\s*/- /' \
215 | sed 's/\(bug #\)\([0-9]*\)/[\1\2](https:\/\/savannah.gnu.org\/bugs\/?\2)/' \
216 | sed 's/\(patch #\)\([0-9]*\)/[\1\2](https:\/\/savannah.gnu.org\/patch\/?\2)/'
217 {% endhighlight %}
218
219 [1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }}
220 [2]: https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows
221 [3]: {{ site.wiki_url }}/Octave_for_macOS