--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2010-10-20  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* io/strread.m, optimization/sqp.m, plot/daspect.m,
+	plot/pbaspect.m, plot/gnuplot_drawnow.m, plot/isocolors.m,
+	plot/isonormals.m, plot/legend.m, plot/print.m,
+	plot/private/__interp_cube__.m, plot/__fltk_print__.m,
+	plot/__gnuplot_print__.m, plot/__print_parse_opts__.m,
+	statistics/base/quantile.m: Style fixes.
+
 2010-10-19  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* strings/module.mk (strings_FCN_FILES): Include

--- a/scripts/io/strread.m
+++ b/scripts/io/strread.m
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     data = words (m:nspecif:end);
 
     ## Map to format
-    switch specif (m, :)
+    switch (specif(m,:))
       case "%s"
         data (end+1:num_lines) = {""};
         varargout {k} = data';

--- a/scripts/optimization/sqp.m
+++ b/scripts/optimization/sqp.m
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@
   obj_grd = @fd_obj_grd;
   have_hess = 0;
   if (iscell (objf))
-    switch length (objf)
-     case {1}
+    switch (numel (objf))
+     case 1
        obj_fun = objf{1};
-     case {2}
+     case 2
        obj_fun = objf{1};
        obj_grd = objf{2};
-     case {3}
+     case 3
        obj_fun = objf{1};
        obj_grd = objf{2};
        obj_hess = objf{3};
@@ -258,10 +258,10 @@
   if (nargin > 2)
     ce_grd = @fd_ce_jac;
     if (iscell (cef))
-      switch length (cef)
-       case {1}
+      switch (numel (cef))
+       case 1
          ce_fun = cef{1};
-       case {2}
+       case 2
          ce_fun = cef{1};
          ce_grd = cef{2};
        otherwise

--- a/scripts/plot/__fltk_print__.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/__fltk_print__.m
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
   gl2ps_device = {};
   pipeline = {};
-  switch lower (opts.devopt)
+  switch (lower (opts.devopt))
   case {"eps", "eps2", "epsc", "epsc2"}
     ## format GL2PS_EPS
     gl2ps_device = {"eps"};
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@
       pipeline = {sprintf("cat > %s.%s", name, suffix)};
       pipeline{2} = sprintf ("cat > %s.tex", name);
     endif
-  case {"tikz"}
+  case "tikz"
     ## format GL2PS_PGF
     gl2ps_device = {"pgf"};
     pipeline = {sprintf("cat > %s", opts.name)};
-  case {"svg"}
+  case "svg"
     ## format GL2PS_SVG
     gl2ps_device = {"svg"};
     pipeline = {sprintf("cat > %s", opts.name)};
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
       gl2ps_device = {"eps"};
       pipeline = {cmd};
     endif
-  case {"aifm"}
+  case "aifm"
     cmd = opts.pstoedit_cmd (opts, "ps2ai");
     gl2ps_device = {"eps"};
     pipeline = {sprintf("%s > %s", cmd, opts.name)};

--- a/scripts/plot/__gnuplot_print__.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/__gnuplot_print__.m
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
   pipeline = "";
 
-  switch lower (opts.devopt)
+  switch (lower (opts.devopt))
   case {"eps", "eps2", "epsc", "epsc2"}
     if (any (strcmp (opts.devopt, {"eps", "epsc"})))
       gp_opts = sprintf ("%s level1", gp_opts);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     endif
     local_drawnow (sprintf ("%s %s", term, gp_opts),
                    strcat (name, ".", suffix), opts)
-  case {"tikz"}
+  case "tikz"
     if (__gnuplot_has_terminal__ ("tikz"))
       local_drawnow (sprintf ("lua tikz %s", gp_opts), opts.name, opts);
     else
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
              "print.m: '%s' output is not available for Gnuplot-%s.",
              upper (opts.devopt), __gnuplot_version__ ())
     endif
-  case {"svg"}
+  case "svg"
     local_drawnow (sprintf ("svg dynamic %s", gp_opts), opts.name, opts);
   case {"aifm", "corel", "eepic", "emf", "fig"}
     local_drawnow (sprintf ("%s %s", opts.devopt, gp_opts), opts.name, opts);
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@
     opts.(varargin{n}) = varargin{n+1};
   endfor
   f = "";
-  switch opts.devopt
-  case {"cgm"}
+  switch (opts.devopt)
+  case "cgm"
     if (! isempty (opts.font) && ! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       f = sprintf ("font ""%s,%d""", opts.font, opts.fontsize);
     elseif (! isempty (opts.font))
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
     elseif (! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       f = sprintf ("%d", 2 * opts.fontsize);
     endif
-  case {"svg"}
+  case "svg"
     if (! isempty (opts.font) && ! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       fontsize = round (opts.fontsize * 0.75);
       f = sprintf ("fname ""%s"" fsize %d", opts.font, fontsize);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
       fontsize = round (opts.fontsize * 0.75);
       f = sprintf ("%s fsize %d", f, fontsize);
     endif
-  case {"pdf"}
+  case "pdf"
     if (! isempty (opts.font) && ! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       f = sprintf ("font ""%s,%d""", opts.font, opts.fontsize);
     elseif (! isempty (opts.font))
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
     elseif (! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       f = sprintf ("%d", opts.fontsize);
     endif
-  case {"pslatex"}
+  case "pslatex"
     if (! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       f = sprintf ("%d", opts.fontsize);
     endif
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
     elseif (! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       f = sprintf ("font ""%d""", opts.fontsize);
     endif
-  case {"emf"}
+  case "emf"
     if (! isempty (opts.font) && ! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       f = sprintf ("""%s"" %d", opts.font, opts.fontsize);
     elseif (! isempty (opts.font))
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
     elseif (! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       f = sprintf ("%d", opts.fontsize);
     endif
-  case {"canvas"}
+  case "canvas"
     if (! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       f = sprintf ("fsize %d", opts.fontsize);
     endif
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
     elseif (! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       f = sprintf ("%d", opts.fontsize);
     endif
-  case {"fig"}
+  case "fig"
     if (! isempty (opts.font) && ! isempty (opts.fontsize))
       f = sprintf ("font %s fontsize %d", opts.font, opts.fontsize);
     elseif (! isempty (opts.font))
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 function [h, fontsize] = get_figure_text_objs (opts)
   h = findall (opts.figure, "-property", "fontsize");
   fontsize = get (h, "fontsize");
-  switch numel (fontsize)
+  switch (numel (fontsize))
   case 0
     fontsize = {};
   case 1

--- a/scripts/plot/__print_parse_opts__.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/__print_parse_opts__.m
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
     papersize = papertype;
     papersize(papersize=="-") = "";
     papersize = strrep (papersize, "us", "");
-    switch papersize
+    switch (papersize)
     case "a"
       papersize = "letter";
     case {"b", "tabloid"}
@@ -558,12 +558,12 @@
 endfunction
 
 function value = convert2points (value, units)
-    switch units
-    case {"inches"}
+    switch (units)
+    case "inches"
       value = value * 72;
-    case {"centimeters"}
+    case "centimeters"
       value = value * 72 / 25.4;
-    case {"normalized"}
+    case "normalized"
       error ("print:customnormalized",
              "print.m: papersize=='<custom>' and paperunits='normalized' may not be combined.")
     endswitch

--- a/scripts/plot/daspect.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/daspect.m
@@ -50,21 +50,21 @@
     if (numel (varargin) == 1)
       if (ischar (varargin{1})
           && any (strcmpi (varargin{1}, {"mode", "manual", "auto"})))
-        switch varargin{1}
-        case {"mode"}
+        switch (varargin{1})
+        case "mode"
           if (nargout < 2)
             varargout{1} = get (hax, "dataaspectratiomode");
             return
           else
             error ("daspect: only one output is allowed.")
           endif
-        case {"manual"}
+        case "manual"
           set (hax, "dataaspectratiomode", "manual");
-        case {"auto"}
+        case "auto"
           set (hax, "dataaspectratiomode", "auto");
         endswitch
       elseif (isreal (varargin{1})
-              && any (numel (varargin{1}) == [2 3]))
+              && any (numel (varargin{1}) == [2, 3]))
         set (hax, "dataaspectratio", varargin{1})
       else
         error ("daspect: invalid input.")

--- a/scripts/plot/gnuplot_drawnow.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/gnuplot_drawnow.m
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
           if (__gnuplot_has_feature__ ("wxt_figure_size"))
             terminals_with_size{end+1} = "wxt";
           endif
-          switch term
+          switch (term)
           case terminals_with_size
             size_str = sprintf ("size %g,%g", gnuplot_size);
           case "tikz"

--- a/scripts/plot/isocolors.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/isocolors.m
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 function varargout = isocolors(varargin)
   calc_rgb = false;
-  switch nargin
+  switch (nargin)
     case 2
       c = varargin{1};
       vp = varargin{2};
@@ -141,17 +141,17 @@
     pa = vp;
     v = get (pa, "Vertices");
   else
-    error("isocolors: last argument is not a vertex list or patch handle");
+    error ("isocolors: last argument is not a vertex list or patch handle");
   endif
-  if ( calc_rgb )
+  if (calc_rgb)
     new_col = zeros (size (v, 1), 3);
-    new_col(:, 1) = __interp_cube__ (x, y, z, R, v, "values" );
-    new_col(:, 2) = __interp_cube__ (x, y, z, G, v, "values" );
-    new_col(:, 3) = __interp_cube__ (x, y, z, B, v, "values" );
+    new_col(:,1) = __interp_cube__ (x, y, z, R, v, "values" );
+    new_col(:,2) = __interp_cube__ (x, y, z, G, v, "values" );
+    new_col(:,3) = __interp_cube__ (x, y, z, B, v, "values" );
   else
     new_col = __interp_cube__ (x, y, z, c, v, "values" );
   endif
-  switch nargout
+  switch (nargout)
     case 0
       if (!isempty (pa))
         set (pa, "FaceVertexCData", new_col);

--- a/scripts/plot/isonormals.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/isonormals.m
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
       error ("isonormals: Unknown option '%s'", varargin{nargin});
     endif
   endif
-  switch na
+  switch (na)
     case 2
       c = varargin{1};
       vp = varargin{2};
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
   else
     normals = __interp_cube__ (x, y, z, c, v, "normals");
   endif
-  switch nargout
+  switch (nargout)
     case 0
       if (!isempty (pa))
         set (pa, "VertexNormals", normals);

--- a/scripts/plot/legend.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/legend.m
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
         else
           lpos = [0, 0, num1 * xstep, num2 * ystep];
         endif
-        switch(position)
+        switch (position)
           case "north"
             if (outside)
               lpos = [ca_pos(1) + (ca_pos(3) - lpos(3)) / 2, ...
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
         yk = 0;
         for k = 1 : numel (hplots)
           hobjects = [hobjects, texthandle (k)];
-          switch get (hplots(k), "type")
+          switch (get (hplots(k), "type"))
           case "line"
             color = get (hplots(k), "color");
             style = get (hplots(k), "linestyle");

--- a/scripts/plot/pbaspect.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/pbaspect.m
@@ -50,21 +50,21 @@
     if (numel (varargin) == 1)
       if (ischar (varargin{1})
           && any (strcmpi (varargin{1}, {"mode", "manual", "auto"})))
-        switch varargin{1}
-        case {"mode"}
+        switch (varargin{1})
+        case "mode"
           if (nargout < 2)
             varargout{1} = get (hax, "plotboxaspectratiomode");
             return
           else
             error ("pbaspect: only one output is allowed.")
           endif
-        case {"manual"}
+        case "manual"
           set (hax, "plotboxaspectratiomode", "manual");
-        case {"auto"}
+        case "auto"
           set (hax, "plotboxaspectratiomode", "auto");
         endswitch
       elseif (isreal (varargin{1})
-              && any (numel (varargin{1}) == [2 3]))
+              && any (numel (varargin{1}) == [2, 3]))
         set (hax, "plotboxaspectratio", varargin{1})
       else
         error ("pbaspect: invalid input.")

--- a/scripts/plot/print.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/print.m
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
     endif
 
     ## call the backend print script
-    switch get (opts.figure, "__backend__")
+    switch (get (opts.figure, "__backend__"))
     case "gnuplot"
       opts = __gnuplot_print__ (opts);
     otherwise

--- a/scripts/plot/private/__interp_cube__.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/private/__interp_cube__.m
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     return
   endif
 
-  switch req
+  switch (req)
     case "values"
       [Vxyz, idx, frac] = interp_cube_trilin (x, y, z, val, v);
     case "normals"

--- a/scripts/statistics/base/quantile.m
+++ b/scripts/statistics/base/quantile.m
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Ben Abbott and Jaroslav Hajek
+n## Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Ben Abbott and Jaroslav Hajek
 ## 
 ## This file is part of Octave.
 ##
@@ -52,21 +52,24 @@
 ## interpolation function respecting each methods' representative cdf.
 ## 
 ## @enumerate 4
-## @item Method 4: p(k) = k / n. That is, linear interpolation of the empirical cdf.
+## @item Method 4: p(k) = k / n. That is, linear interpolation of the
+## empirical cdf.
 ##
-## @item Method 5: p(k) = (k - 0.5) / n. That is a piecewise linear function where 
-## the knots are the values midway through the steps of the empirical cdf. 
+## @item Method 5: p(k) = (k - 0.5) / n. That is a piecewise linear
+## function where the knots are the values midway through the steps of
+## the empirical cdf.
 ##
 ## @item Method 6: p(k) = k / (n + 1).
 ##
 ## @item Method 7: p(k) = (k - 1) / (n - 1).
 ##
-## @item Method 8: p(k) = (k - 1/3) / (n + 1/3).  The resulting quantile estimates 
-## are approximately median-unbiased regardless of the distribution of @var{x}.
+## @item Method 8: p(k) = (k - 1/3) / (n + 1/3).  The resulting quantile
+## estimates are approximately median-unbiased regardless of the
+## distribution of @var{x}.
 ##
-## @item Method 9: p(k) = (k - 3/8) / (n + 1/4).  The resulting quantile estimates 
-## are approximately unbiased for the expected order statistics if @var{x} is 
-## normally distributed.
+## @item Method 9: p(k) = (k - 3/8) / (n + 1/4).  The resulting quantile
+## estimates are approximately unbiased for the expected order
+## statistics if @var{x} is normally distributed.
 ## @end enumerate
 ## 
 ## Hyndman and Fan (1996) recommend method 8.  Maxima, S, and R
@@ -323,9 +326,9 @@
     ## The column-distribution indices.
     pcd = kron (ones (n, 1), mx*(0:nx-1));
     mm = kron (ones (n, 1), m);
-    switch method
+    switch (method)
       case {1, 2, 3}
-        switch method
+        switch (method)
           case 1
             p = max (ceil (kron (p, m)), 1);
             inv(k,:) = x(p + pcd);
@@ -345,7 +348,7 @@
         endswitch
 
       otherwise
-        switch method
+        switch (method)
           case 4
             p = kron (p, m);