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--- layout: post title: "GNU Octave 4.0.1 Released" date: 2016-03-23 categories: news release --- Octave version 4.0.1 has been released and is now available for [download][1]. Octave 4.0, released in May 2015, was a major new version with many new features, including a graphical user interface, support for classdef object-oriented programming, better compatibility with Matlab, and many new and improved functions. This is a bug fixing release: - Allow strsplit to use '+' as a delimiter ([bug #47403](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47403)). - svds.m: Special handling for case of sigma=0 ([bug #46683](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46683)). - patch.m: Fix typo in docstring. - Fix splines and remove unnecessary calculations ([bug #47013](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47013)) - doc: Use consistent spacing for memory/storage sizes - fix printf regression ([bug #47192](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47192)) - Invoke correct version of octave-cli from main driver program - For gnuplot 5.x, add the "color" option to the postscript terminal. - Avoid overflow while reshaping large sparse matrices ([bug #42850](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?42850)). - Fix memory corruption allocating to sparse arrays ([bug #42825](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?42825)). - `__osmesa_print__.cc`: Include system headers with <file.h> syntax. - Fix compilation error when building with OSMesa on Mac platforms ([patch #8761](https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?8761)) - Disable char/int8_t function overloads where not permitted ([bug #45411](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45411)) - Fix cut/paste error in rande documentation ([bug #47097](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47097)). - Fix regressions caused by ismatrix definition change (partial fix [bug #47036](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47036)). - doc: Update copyright date in octave.texi (partial fix [bug #47058](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47058)). - Fix regressions caused by ismatrix definition change (partial fix [bug #47036](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47036)). - Fix regression for coordinate transforms on 3-D arrays (partial fix [bug #47036](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47036)). - Fix regressions caused by ismatrix definition change (partial fix [bug #47036](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47036)). - doc: Correct example errobar code and plot ([bug #46972](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46972)). - `__getlegenddata__.m`: fix handling of multiple child elements ([bug #46835](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46835)) - doc: fix spelling of "unknown". - svds.m: Modify BIST test for sigma=0 to reliably pass. - fzero.m: Correctly choose tolerance (eps) based on class of fun and X0 ([bug #46658](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46658)). - maint: Add @SizeTester files to build system. - etc/icons/octave.desktop.in: Add Keywords entry and field code to Exec. - doc: fix spelling of "occurred". - Remove spurious tick labels occuring when setting ticks and removing tick labels. - Fix behavior of warning ("error") call ([bug #45753](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45753)). - doc: Start help text with " -- ", not " -- : ". - Fixed isequal for comparison of objects with overridden size ([bug #44334](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44334)) - Fix compilation of classdef with the clang compiler ([bug #41178](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41178)) - Added tag rc-4-0-1-1 for changeset 20b17dda0e0c - doc: Fix incorrect description of Hessenberg decomposition ([bug #46622](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46622)). - Rewrite a8ee668e7fd7 to use #if defined rather than #ifdef. - Fix kbhit and pause on Windows systems. - set all lexical_feedback variables in init function ([bug #46522](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46522)) - randi.m: Clean up function. - randi.m: corrected warning policy for int and single ranges. - Tweak GUI ToolTip strings for consistency. - Update German translation file de_DE.ts. - Stop segfault when find() called with 6 outputs ([bug #42424](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?42424)). - lscov.m: Increase tolerance of BIST test to 2*eps. - doc: Clarify how if statement determines true or false for a matrix input. - textread.m, textscan.m: properly process single-quoted endofline parameter ([bug #46477](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46477)) - Fix rotated graphics when printing through ghostscript ([bug #46435](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46435)). - drawnow: add a delay to let the GUI thread lock the mutex when printing ([bug #44463](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44463)) - check whether filter is active or not when history widget becomes visible - fix hanging of gui when focusing the editor (regression from cset 802dc52d4d46) - quadv.m: Clarify that tolerance is absolute in docstring. - Fix segfault with 'dbclear all' ([bug #41843](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41843)). - intro.txi change a to A to match the previous comments - Force left-to-right alignment for the whole GUI ([bug #46204](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46204)) - validateattributes.m: fix typo on documentation ([bug #46328](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46328)) - doc: Fix typo in short-circuit operators documentation ([bug #46280](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46280)). - datevec.m: Properly handle FFF millisecond code ([bug #46171](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46171)). - build: Add check for sys/stropts.h system header file - libinterp/dldfcn/module-files: Sort the list of loadable module files. - Fix issue with gnuplot, subplot, and 2 y-axes ([bug #45822](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45822)). - plot.m: use actual property names in the description FMT argument ([bug #46240](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46240)) - normrnd.m: Return correct result for vector case when std = 0 ([bug #46238](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46238)). - prevent doc browser from searching for an empty string (bug 46227) - improve focus detection of gui ([bug #45306](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45306)) - Fix segfault when complex double matrix calls ZGETRF ([bug #45577](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45577)). - Add uiXXXX documentation ([bug #46076](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46076)) - quantile.m: Fix operation along a singleton dimension ([bug #45455](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45455)). - doc: Add explanation of ':' optional input to numel(). - doc: Cuddle parentheses in example code of for loop. - data.cc: Add @w{} around @code segments in docstrings to prevent line breaks. - `__gnuplot_drawnow__.m`: Use "screenpixelsperinch" instead of constant value ([bug #46122](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46122)). - methods.m: try Java class names if getMethods fails on Java objects ([bug #46010](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46010)) - textread.m, textscan.m: always remove headerlines args before invoking strread ([bug #46080](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46080)) - Include stdint.h in mex.h file (Bug #46062) - Handle hggroup objects "buttondownfcn" when children are clicked ([bug #45621](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45621)) - Fix selection of one pixel high(wide) images ([bug #46049](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46049)) - annotation.m: document the "string" property of textbox and textarrow annotations ([bug #46036](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46036)) - mkoctfile: Apply default C++ compiler flags when linking oct-file ([bug #45280](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45280)) - Use backslash as windows file separator for canonicalize_file_name ([bug #45816](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45816)). - maint: Complete deprecation of gmap40 colormap. - Generate correct ezplot for 2-input functions ([bug #46004](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46004)). - Fix regression in displayed error message for nargin and nargout. - Fix typo in str2func docstring. - doc: Make excplicit that asctime and ctime values end in a newline ([bug #45976](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45976)) - doc: remove section about broadcasting warnings which no longer exists. - Initialize interpreter correctly with script and --traditional ([bug #45921](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45921)) - do not leave debug modus when entering a command at debug prompt ([bug #45737](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45737)) - `__finish__.m`: Change from function to script to stay in base workspace ([bug #45869](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45869)). - Don't put default xtick vector size in documentation ([bug #45725](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45725)). - range.tst: Add tests for [bug #45739](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45739). - Fix 'descending' sort of Range objects ([bug #45739](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45739)). - strread.m: clarify delimiter and whitespace usage ([bug #45712](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45712)) - GUI-Find: keep focus on Find What and select all text when dialog opens - strread.m: properly preprocess all forms of string format specifier ([bug #45712](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45712)) - doc: Clarify that ARCH argument to fread overrides ARCH arg to fopen. - strfunc: Document function does not accept anonymous functions (partial fix [bug #45682](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45682)). - doc: Add info about single letter codes for fread, fopen IEEE format. - doc: Change docstrings to use 'IEEE 754' rather than 'IEEE-754'. - Fix hang when using errorbar with empty dataset ([bug #45554](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45554)). - doc: Clarify behavior of length() function ([bug #45611](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45611)). - show history context menu only for clicks on entries - Fix missing sorting of the workspace view directly after start-up - Allow sorting columns in workspace view ([bug #45448](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45448)) - Pass all fields in face/vertex structure through to patch() ([bug #45593](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45593)). - polar.m: Display plot titles on polar plots ([bug #45514](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45514)). - ellipke.m: Use correct definition of elliptic integral in documentation ([bug #45522](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45522)). - build: Sort generated PKG_ADD contents consistently - build: Use texinfo.tex from gnulib instead of manually imported version - doc: Fix backslash characters in docstrings - install.txi: Add warning about incorrect behavior of reference BLAS library. - unpack.m: Stop hang when unpacking on to existing filename ([bug #45331](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45331)). - Allow NEWS to be displayed properly in QTextBrowser ([bug #45396](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45396)) - Fix segfault when '[]' used for row_vector_property. - fix crash when selecting an image ([bug #45372](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45372)) - qt toolkit: set keyboard focus in canvas ([bug #44832](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44832)) - Clean up MEX example code. - Change mxCreateNumericArray to be Matlab compatible for ndims < 2 ([bug #45319](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45319)). - Fix conversion from string cell array into java's String[] ([bug #45290](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45290)) - Don't run wizard in --no-gui mode (see http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Octave-wants-to-run-startup-configuration-wizard-in-no-gui-mode-tp4670884.html) - Fix load/save of integers with -hdf5 ([bug #45225](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45225)) - io.tst: Add tests for printf hex or octal conversion on string inputs - ellipke.m: Modify to accept row vectors ([bug #45283](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45283)). - Return correct hex value for printf when used with string inputs ([bug #45263](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45263)). - run.m: Return to original directory on Windows ([bug #45231](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45231)). - Convert double Octave vectors to double Java vectors ([bug #45264](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45264)). - Also load settings and translations in --no-gui mode ([bug #44222](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44222) and [bug #45199](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45199)) - Avoid crash when trying to annotate an empty figure ([bug #45241](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45241)) - Allow interactive annotations in other figures than the currentfigure. - Allow copying a figure to clipboard even in --no-gui mode ([bug #44886](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44886)) - Allow saving/copying other figures than the currentfigure ([bug #45226](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45226)) - linsolve.m: Fix regression when calling linsolve with 2 arguments ([bug #45212](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45212)) - fftshift.m, ifftshift.m: Restore support for N-dimensional arrays ([bug #45207](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45207)) The above list was generated using the following command and very little manual post-processing: {% highlight bash %} hg log -r "release-4-0-0:release-4-0-1" -b stable \ | grep "summary:" | nl | sort -rn | cut -f 2- \ | sed 's/summary:\s*/- /' \ | sed 's/\(bug #\)\([0-9]*\)/[\1\2](https:\/\/savannah.gnu.org\/bugs\/?\2)/' \ | sed 's/\(patch #\)\([0-9]*\)/[\1\2](https:\/\/savannah.gnu.org\/patch\/?\2)/' {% endhighlight %} [1]: {{ "download.html" | absolute_url }}