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Update foundation framework.
author | Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> |
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date | Wed, 08 Jul 2020 17:08:46 +0900 |
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--- layout: post title: "GNU Octave 5.2.0 Released" date: 2020-01-31 categories: news release --- Octave Version 5.2.0 has been released and is now available for [download][1]. An official [Windows binary installer][2] is also available. For [macOS][3] see the installation instructions in the wiki. This version is a bug fixing release: ## Improvements - Avoid color changes in MS Windows GUI terminal ([bug #57658](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57658)). - Lock amd and symbfact to avoid segmentation fault with SuiteSparse ([bug #57435](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57435)). - Fix segfault when calculating patch vertex normals ([bug #57353](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57353)). - Fix segfault in constructing patch normals for lighting ([bug #57353](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57353)). - mat2str.m: Fix for logical matrix (add `transpose`). - improve file equality check for MS Windows ([bug #55161](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55161)). - ismember.m: Fix second return argument when values are complex ([bug #52437](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52437)). - findobj.m: Fix typo and correctly handle numeric properties ([bug #57030](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57030)). - Correctly display integer types with format hex ([bug #56966](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56966)). - Cast `winqueryreg` `REG_DWORD` types to `DWORD` ([bug #56703](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56703)). - Fix numerous errors in `audiowrite` / `audioread` ([bug #56889](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56889)). - print.m: Pass quoted path to `octave-svgconvert` ([bug #56768](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56768)). - dir.m: Fix occasionally returning incorrect folder field ([bug #55448](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55448)). - Stop segfault when calling 3-input form of `diag` with cell arrays ([bug #56711](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56711)). - improve message for setting breakpoint in nonexistent function ([bug #56157](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56157)). - Use framebuffer object for printing invisible Qt figures on mac ([bug #55268](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55268)). - Escape backslash characters in `EPS` output ([bug #56448](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56448)). - Use replacement characters to display non UTF-8 strings in figures ([bug #55974](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55974)). - inputrc: Add warning about modification ([bug #56079](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56079)). - documentation.cc (global_search): just return if query string is empty ([bug #56388](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56388)). - Default (c)transpose for old style class arrays ([bug #56323](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56323)). - Always reserve at least 1 element of storage for sparse matrices ([bug #56232](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56232)). - Don't segfault at exit after reading malformed HDF5 file ([bug #56149](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56149)). - Fix pause() with no arguments called on Windows ([bug #55943](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55943)). - refactor minimum eigenvalue index search in `qp` ([bug #56037](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56037)). - qp: fix obscure corner case when calculating `qp` caused by a typo ([bug #56037](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56037)). - use `std::streampos` instead of `std::ios::streampos` ([patch #9782](https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?9782)). - fix `pause` and `kbhit` with glibc 2.28 end-of-file state behavior ([bug #55029](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55029)). - Fix return of left-handed vectors when inputs are complex ([bug #56026](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56026)). - waitbar.m: Fix hang when using `createcancelbtn` property ([bug #55963](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55963)). - shading.m: Fix unexpected error when multiple `hggroups` present ([bug #55993](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55993)). - dec2base.m: Correctly handle zero matrix input ([bug #56005](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56005)). - eliminate duplicate graphics callback object stack ([bug #55908](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55908)). - Improve performance when closing figures ([bug #55908](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55908)). - Reduce time to process `pkg -forge list` by 30X ([bug #39479](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39479)). - Feed `fig2dev` with PDF files converted from svg ([bug #55906](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55906)). - Improve error checking for `iconv_open`. - poly.m: fix the fix for input of complex conjugate pairs ([bug #53897](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53897)). - mkoctfile: use the `TMPDIR` environment variable if set ([bug #55814](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55814)). - line.m: Fix creation of unwanted axes ([bug #55840](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55840)). - Accept 4-input form for quiver3 ([bug #55570](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55570)). - pkg.m: restore installing packages from zip archives ([bug #55788](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55788)). - axis.m: Fix issues with `equal` argument ([bug #55619](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55619), [bug #55614](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55614), [bug #55574](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55574), [bug #55514](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55514), [bug #54848](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54848), [bug #53724](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53724), [bug #53504](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53504), [bug #53336](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53336), [bug #51938](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51938), [bug #50356](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50356)). - ordeig.m: Do not fail on 1x1 matrices ([bug #55779](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55779)). ## GUI - fix editors search and replace in selection ([bug #56405](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56405)). - undo a complete replace all action in the editor ([bug #56405](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56405)). - fix missing unlock of mutex when gui editor is not present ([bug #56097](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56097)). - prevent unnamed editor tab from being closed by `rmdir` ([bug #55888](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55888)). - prevent editor from closing files that are not affected by `rmdir` ([bug #55823](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55823)). - fix creating keyword files for editor autocompletion ([bug #55835](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55835)). - fix dock widget position when being dragged out of the main window ([bug #55704](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55704)). ## Build system / Tests - fetch upstream gnulib changes using `git fetch` - update gnulib archive if requested changeset is not in the local archive - eliminate gnulib subrepo ([bug #57044](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57044)). - configure: prevent overlinking when SUNDIALS is disabled ([bug #55956](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55956)). - use QtCore and Qt5Gui modules instead of Qt5OpenGL ([bug #55735](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55735)). - make building with Qt4 QGLWidget work again ([bug #55735](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55735)). - build: adapt mk-qthelp.pl to changes in Texinfo 6.7. - BIST should not rely on the current directory to be writable. - bp-table.cc: Fix test. - maint: Make old style class tests Matlab compatible. - Add BIST tests for `unlink` ([bug #56097](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56097)). ## Documentation - fix many spelling errors ([bug #57613](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57613)). - help: improve documentation for the `startup.m` user script. - avoid conflict with @seealso macro in Texinfo 6.6 ([bug #55952](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55952)) - mk-doc-cache.pk: Also translate `@seealso` here. ([bug #55952](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55952)). - __makeinfo__.m: Also translate `@seealso` here ([bug #55952](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55952)). - polar.m: Document that input is expected to be in radians ([bug #57052](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57052)). - gallery.m: Fix typo in docstring for poisson ([bug #56267](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56267)). - Add 1024x1024 Octave logo icon ([bug #55836](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55836)). - add `.editorconfig` for default file encoding and indentation. - octave.doap: Copy localized (short) description over from appdata ([bug #55279](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55279)). - org.octave.Octave.appdata.xml: Add German and French description ([bug #55279](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55279)). - languages/*.ts: updated language files ([bug #55772](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55772)). - quiver3.m: Fix texinfo typo in docstring from cset f7b10bd40045. - doc: fix `.` Operator Index entry to build with Texinfo 6.7. - doc: improve example of using global variables from oct-files. - doc: Create en-dashes and em-dashes correctly in documentation. - doc: expand `page_output_immediately` doc string, mention `page_screen_output`. - doc: Clarify documentation of `history_file` ([bug #57027](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57027)). - doc: Improve documentation for `get_help_text`, `get_help_text_from_file`. - doc: Add documentation for `GNUTERM` variable used with gnuplot ([bug #56906](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56906)). - doc: Improve `contour` docstring example ([bug #56849](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56849)). - doc: Add example to show limitations of the given BLAS integer size. - doc: Improve documentation of sparse functions. - doc: Improve spelling of `bicgstab` ([bug #56812](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56812)). - doc: Remove `Map` functions `keys`, `values`, `remove` from unimplemented list ([bug #56718](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56718)). - doc: Add function index entry for alias `inverse` ([bug #56629](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56629)). - add content rating declaration to AppStream metadata ([bug #56466](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56466)) - doc: Remove stray semicolons from `pie`, `pie3` calling forms. - doc: Redo documentation for `rats` function. - doc: Specify `position` property for text objects is a three-element vector ([bug #56303](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56303)). - doc: state that Octave can only load HDF5 files created by itself ([bug #56148](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56148)). - doc: Fix names of options in `issorted` ([bug #56087](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56087)). - doc: Small fixes to `mat2cell` and `polyeig` docstrings ([bug #55985](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55985)). - doc: Improve example code for using `-pdflatexstandalone` ([bug #55945](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55945)). - doc: Refer to "root object" rather than "root figure object". - doc: Place cross-reference from list of graphics object properties back to object ([bug #46076](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?46076)). - doc: document the newline character in warning messages ([bug #49158](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49158)). - doc: pkg versions can be more general than "x.y.z" ([bug #55798](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55798)). The above list was generated using the following command and some manual post-processing and grouping: {% highlight bash %} hg log -r "release-5-1-0:release-5-2-0" -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 }} [2]: https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/windows [3]: {{ site.wiki_url }}/Octave_for_macOS