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[project @ 1996-11-21 01:41:57 by jwe]
author jwe
date Thu, 21 Nov 1996 01:43:06 +0000
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164 * In prompt strings, `\H' expands to the whole host name. 164 * In prompt strings, `\H' expands to the whole host name.
165 165
166 * New built-in variable `beep_on_error'. If nonzero, Octave will try 166 * New built-in variable `beep_on_error'. If nonzero, Octave will try
167 to ring your terminal's bell before printing an error message. 167 to ring your terminal's bell before printing an error message.
168 The default value is 0. 168 The default value is 0.
169
170 * For functions defined from files, the type command now prints the
171 text of the file. You can still get the text reconstructed from
172 the parse tree by using the new option -t (-transformed).
169 173
170 * New command-line argument --traditional sets the following 174 * New command-line argument --traditional sets the following
171 preference variables for compatibility with Matlab: 175 preference variables for compatibility with Matlab:
172 176
173 PS1 = ">> " 177 PS1 = ">> "
327 getegid -- return the effective group id of the current process 331 getegid -- return the effective group id of the current process
328 pipe -- create an interprocess channel 332 pipe -- create an interprocess channel
329 333
330 * Other new functions: 334 * Other new functions:
331 335
332 tmpnam -- replaces octave_tmp_file_name 336 commutation_matrix -- compute special matrix form
333 atexit -- register functions to be called when Octave exits 337 duplication_matrix -- compute special matrix form
334 putenv -- define an environment variable 338 common_size.m -- bring arguments to a common size
335 meshgrid -- compatible with Matlab's meshgrid function 339 completion_matches -- perform command completion on string
336 tilde_expand -- perform tilde expansion on string 340 tilde_expand -- perform tilde expansion on string
337 completion_matches -- perform command completion on string 341
342 meshgrid -- compatible with Matlab's meshgrid function
343 tmpnam -- replaces octave_tmp_file_name
344 atexit -- register functions to be called when Octave exits
345 putenv -- define an environment variable
346 bincoeff -- compute binomial coefficients
347 nextpow2 -- compute the next power of 2 greater than a number
348 detrend -- remove a best fit polynomial from data
349 erfinv -- inverse error function
350 shift -- perform a circular shift on the elements of a matrix
351 pow2 -- compute 2 .^ x
352 log2 -- compute base 2 logarithms
353 diff -- compute differences of matrix elements
354 vech -- stack columns of a matrix below the diagonal
355 vec -- stack columns of a matrix to form a vector
356 xor -- compute exclusive or
338 357
339 * Functions for getting info from the password database on Unix systems: 358 * Functions for getting info from the password database on Unix systems:
340 359
341 getpwent -- read entry from password-file stream, opening if necessary 360 getpwent -- read entry from password-file stream, opening if necessary
342 getpwuid -- search for password entry with matching user ID 361 getpwuid -- search for password entry with matching user ID