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Deprecate dump_prefs.m * NEWS: Announce deprecation. * scripts/deprecated/dump_prefs.m: Function moved from miscellaneous/. Adding warning to docstring and to code. * scripts/deprecated/module.mk: Add new dump_prefs.m to build system. * scripts/miscellaneous/module.mk: Remove old dump_prefs.m from build system.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:23:59 -0700
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2:
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2 ---------------------------------------------------------
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4 ** A new syntax for object oriented programming termed classdef has been
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5 introduced. See the manual for more extensive documentation of the
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6 classdef interface.
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8 New keywords:
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9
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10 classdef endclassdef
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11 enumeration endenumeration
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12 events endevents
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13 methods endmethods
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14 properties endproperties
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16 ** New classes in Octave 4.2:
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18 inputParser
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20 ** Interpolation function changes for Matlab compatibility
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22 The interpolation method 'cubic' is now equivalent to 'pchip'
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23 for interp1, interp2, and interp3. Previously, 'cubic' was equivalent
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24 to 'spline' for interp2. This may produce different results as 'spline'
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25 has continuous 1st and 2nd derivatives while 'pchip' only has a continuous
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26 1st derivative.
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28 ** The delaunay function has been extended to accept 3-D inputs for
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29 Matlab compatibility. The delaunay function no longer plots the
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30 triangulation if no output argument is requested, instead, the
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31 triangulation is always returned. The delaunay3 function which
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32 handles 3-D inputs has been deprecated in favor of delaunay.
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34 ** Integer formats used in the printf family of functions now work for
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35 64-bit integers and are more compatible with Matlab when printing
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36 non-integer values. Now instead of truncating, Octave will switch
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37 the effective format to '%g' in the following circumstances:
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38
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39 * the value of an integer type (int8, uint32, etc.) value exceeds
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40 the maximum for the format specifier. For '%d', the limit is
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41 intmax ('int64') and for '%u' it is intmax ('uint64').
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43 * round(x) != x or the value is outside the range allowed by the
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44 integer format specifier.
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45
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46 There is still one difference: Matlab switches to '%e' and Octave
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47 is currently switching to '%g'.
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49 ** Z-order stacking issues with patches, grid lines, and line object
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50 plot markers for on screen display and printing have all been resolved.
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51 For 2-D plots the axis grid lines can be placed on top of the plot
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52 with set (gca, "layer", "top").
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54 ** The patch graphic object has been overhauled. It now produces visual
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55 results equivalent to Matlab even for esoteric combinations of
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56 faces/vertices/cdata.
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58 ** The polar() plot function now draws a circular theta axis and
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59 radial rho axis rather than using a rectangular x/y axis.
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61 ** linkprop has been completely re-coded for performance and Matlab
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62 compatibility. It now returns a linkprop object which must be stored
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63 in a variable for as long as the graphic objects should remain linked.
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64 To unlink properties use 'clear hlink' where hlink is the variable
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65 containing the linkprop object.
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67 ** isprime has been extended to operate on negative and complex inputs.
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69 ** xor has been extended to accept more than two arguments in which case
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70 it performs cumulative XOR reduction.
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72 ** The following functions now support N-dimensional arrays:
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74 fliplr flipud rot90
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76 ** The new warning ID "Octave:data-file-in-path" replaces the three
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77 previous separate warning IDs "Octave:fopen-file-in-path",
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78 "Octave:load-file-in-path", and "Octave:md5sum-file-in-path".
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80 ** Other new functions added in 4.2:
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82 bandwidth
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83 dir_in_loadpath
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84 flip
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85 hgload
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86 hgsave
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87 ichol
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88 ilu
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89 isbanded
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90 isdiag
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91 istril
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92 istriu
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93 javachk
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94 linkaxes
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95 lscov
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96 numfields
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97 rotate
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98 sylvester
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99 unsetenv
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100 zoom
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102 ** inline() scheduled for eventual deprecation by Matlab
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104 Functions created through the use of inline are scheduled for deprecation
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105 by Matlab. When this occurs Octave will continue to support inline
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106 functions for an indeterminate amount of time before also removing support.
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107 All new code should use anonymous functions in place of inline functions.
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109 ** Deprecated functions.
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111 The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.2 and will
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112 be removed from Octave 4.6 (or whatever version is the second major
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113 release after 4.2):
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115 Function | Replacement
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116 -------------------|------------------
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117 bicubic | interp2
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118 delaunay3 | delaunay
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119 dump_prefs | individual preference get/set routines
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120 find_dir_in_path | dir_in_loadpath
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121 finite | isfinite
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122 fmod | rem
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123 fnmatch | glob or regexp
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124 luinc | ilu or ichol
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125 nfields | numfields
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126 syl | sylvester
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127 usage | print_usage
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129 The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
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130 removed from Octave 4.2.
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132 default_save_options java_new
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133 gen_doc_cache java_unsigned_conversion
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134 interp1q javafields
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135 isequalwithequalnans javamethods
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136 java_convert_matrix re_read_readline_init_file
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137 java_debug read_readline_init_file
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138 java_invoke saving_history
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140 The following keywords were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
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143 static
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145 The following configuration variables were deprecated in Octave 3.8
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146 and have been removed from Octave 4.2
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147
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148 CC_VERSION (now GCC_VERSION)
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149 CXX_VERSION (now GXX_VERSION)
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150
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151 The internal class <Octave_map> was deprecated in Octave 3.8 and has
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152 been removed from Octave 4.2. Replacement classes are
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153 <octave_map> (struct array) or <octave_scalar_map> for a single structure.
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155 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.0:
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156 ---------------------------------------------------------
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158 ** For compatibility with Matlab, the "backtrace" warning option is now
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161 ** The preference
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163 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
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169 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
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173 Octave:noninteger-range-as-index
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176 for --traditional.
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180 compatibility.
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181
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182 ** Other new functions added in 4.0.0:
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184 validateattributes
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186 ** Deprecated functions.
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188 The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.6 and have been
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189 removed from Octave 4.0.
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191 cut polyderiv
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192 cor shell_cmd
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193 corrcoef studentize
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194 __error_text__ sylvester_matrix
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195 error_text
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197 The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.0 and will
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199 release after 4.0):
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201 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
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202 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
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203
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204 The internal function atan2 of the sparse matrix class has been deprecated
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205 in Octave 4.0 and will be removed from Octave 4.4 (or whatever version is
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206 the second major release after 4.0). Use the Fatan2 function with sparse
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207 inputs as a replacement.
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208
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209 ---------------------------------------------------------
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210
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211 See NEWS.3 for old news.