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author | Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> |
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date | Sat, 28 May 2022 15:49:25 +0900 |
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--- layout: post title: "GNU Octave 6.2.0 Released" date: 2021-02-20 categories: news release --- Octave Version 6.2.0 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 - `bicgstab.m`, `cgs.m`: Fix typo in `"iter_min"` variable name ([bug #60071](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60071)). - Compute with `NA` correctly on MIPS architecture ([bug #59830](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59830)). - Fix lookup of `"caller"` stack frame ([bug #59847](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59847)). - Also wait on `main_thread` after interpreter shuts down ([bug #56952](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56952)). - Fix symbol lookup issue with anonymous functions ([bug #55989](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55989)). - Line buffer input in `terminal_reader` class. - `qr`: Error for dense `A` and `B` with three output arguments ([bug #58944](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58944)). - `strmatch.m`: Always return column vector for Matlab compatibility ([bug #59917](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59917)) - Avoid crash when `evalin` global variables into existence in script ([bug #59937](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59937)) - Avoid crash on null statement list ([bug #59938](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59938)). - Fix ignored output from user function in left side of assignment ([bug #59704](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59704)). - Temporarily set lvalue list to null ([bug #59704](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59704)). - `fminbnd.m`: do not ignore `"OutputFcn"` ([bug #59901](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59901)). - `load-path.cc`: Reduce number of times `"canonicalize_file_name"` is called ([bug #59711](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59711)). - `interpn.m`: Use `size_equal` for 10X speedup in cset 067b663529bb ([bug #59856](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59856)). - `interpn.m`: Fix check for scattered point coordinates ([bug #59856](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59856)). - Avoid `YYUSE` in Octave parser files (see [bug #59806](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59806)). - `struct2hdl.m`: Set `"units"` property early. - `load-path.cc`: Avoid copying string for loop variable. - `pcg.m`: Return correct `FLAG` and correct `RELRES` output ([bug #59776](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59776)). - Use static keyword on regexp pattern in `file_stat` ([bug #59706](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59706)). - `stat`: Improve regular expression for UNC roots on Windows ([bug #59706](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59706)). - `stat`: Use `"make_absolute"` instead of `"canonicalize_file_name"` on Windows ([bug #59706](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59706)). - Improve `class_simple` function handle function lookup ([bug #59661](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59661)). - `hdl2struct.m`: store hidden text properties ([bug #57241](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57241)). - Mark script created with commands from history as modified. - `replem.m`: Fix operations with sparse matrices ([bug #59705](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59705)). - `ode_event_handler.m`: Fix mishandling of event edge types and multiple events ([bug #59709](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59709)). - Increase size of dynamic variable `new_argv` by 1 to avoid indexing out of array. - Fix incorrect results for set functions with `"legacy"` option ([bug #59708](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59708)). - `dir.m`: Return folder (not including file) in field `"folder"` ([bug #59689](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59689)). - Avoid memory leak with function handles ([bug #59659](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59659)). - Avoid dispatch error if method argument is a function handle ([bug #59617](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59617)). - Avoid crash due to accessing first element of empty list ([bug #59656](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59656)). - Don't propagate prevailing `isargout` info through `mexCallMATLAB` ([bug #59597](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59597)). - Show original error when failing to create a graphics object ([bug #59620](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59620)). - Fix regression with superclass lookup in classdef constructors ([bug #59602](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59602)). - Allow Octave class `execution_exception` to catch `std::exception` objects ([bug #59592](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59592)). ## GUI - Fix restoring editor session after having closed all tabs ([bug #60051](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60051)). - Maybe convert TAB to SPC in GUI terminal pasted text ([bug #59916](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59916)). - Make bracketed paste mode work in GUI terminal. - Fix regression in variable editor when printing without selection. - Avoid gui when octave is launched in non-interactive mode ([bug #59628](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59628)). - `file-editor-tab.cc` (dtor): do not delete `m_edit_area` ([bug #59628](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59628)). - Fix error when restoring previous main window layout ([bug #59426](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59426)). - Improve default sizes of gui dock widgets. - Clean up constructing main window layout of the gui. - Fix focus command window after command execution ([bug #59609](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59609)). - Check object size before plotting from variable editor ([bug #56685](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56685)). - `documentation.cc`: Include missing header ([bug #59553](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59553)). ## Build system / Tests - Add default value to `OCTAVE_MIPS_NAN` configure macro for cross-compiling ([bug #59830](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59830)). - tests: Function name should match file name ([bug #59704](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59704)). - Avoid build errors with Qt4 ([bug #59813](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59813)). - eigs.m: Make tests that depend on CHOLMOD conditional. - tests: Make tests that depend on CXSparse conditional. - build: Use `SPARSE_XCPPFLAGS` in `CPP_FLAGS` for libcorefcn ([bug #59806](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59806)). - Add test case for [bug #59661](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59661). - `hgsave.m`: Allow test to run with qt or gnuplot graphics toolkits ([bug #57241](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57241)). ## Documentation - `embedded.cc`: Fix syntax error interpreter shutdown. - Update Octave Project Developers copyright for the new year. - Use the same comment style for copyright headers in .m files and shell scripts. The above list was generated using the following command and some manual post-processing and grouping: {% highlight bash %} hg log -r "release-6-1-0:release-6-2-0" -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