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Summary of important user-visible changes for the miscellaneous package
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miscellaneous-1.2.0 Release Date: 2012-XX-XX Release Manager:
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truncate: truncates a number to a given precision.
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textable: create LaTeX tables from matrix
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** The following functions have been imported from the combinatorics
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package which has been removed:
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** The function `physical_constant' has been imported from the
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physicalconstants package.
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** The values returned by `physical_constant' have been adjusted to the
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latest (2010) recommended values by CODATA.
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** The function `physical_constant' has a new API and should also
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** Package is now dependent on the general (>= 1.3.1)
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miscellaneous-1.1.0 Release Date: 2012-03-24 Release Manager:
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* the function `waitbar' has been renamed `text_waitbar'. Octave core has
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implemented a Matlab compatible `waitbar' which is imcompatible with the
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old miscellaneous `waitbar'. If you use the `waitbar' function from the
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miscellaneous package you have 3 options:
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1. replace all `waitbar' calls by `text_waitbar';
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2. fix your `waitbar' calls for the new API as per octave core. Note
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that `waitbar' is graphical tool only;
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3. use an old version of the miscellaneous package or modify the source
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to keep shadowing the octave core `waitbar'.
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** The following functions are new:
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clip normr text_waitbar
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** The following functions have been moved to the IO package:
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cell2csv csvconcat xmlread
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csv2cell csvexplode xmlwrite
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** The function `clip' was imported from the audio package.
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** The functions `apply' and `map' have been deprecated. `cellfun' and
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`arrayfun' from octave core should be used instead.
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** The function `partarray' has been deprecated. `mat2cell' from octave core
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should be used instead.
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** The function `temp_name' has been deprecated. `tmpnam' from octave core
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should be used instead.
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** Multiple bug fixes and increased input check on many functions.
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** Package is no longer automatically loaded.
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** improvements to help text.
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** The function `csv2latex' has been made silent and had bugs fixed.
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** The function `publish' had bugs fixed.
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** The function `match' can now accept cell arrays as input.
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