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--- Begin Message ---Package: octave2.9 Version: 2.9.9-5 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/octave/2.9.9/m/plot/plot.m This is a long-standing documentation bug in Octave, and applies to octave 2.1 as well. Here is a patch to plot.m. The first part corrects the bug. The second part simplifies reading the color keys. diff -pu /tmp/plot.m /tmp/plot.patched.m --- /tmp/plot.m 2006-11-16 16:57:38.000000000 +0100 +++ /tmp/plot.patched.m 2006-11-16 17:08:02.000000000 +0100 @@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ ## the elements, starting with 1. ## ## @item -## If the first argument is a vector and the second is a matrix, the -## the vector is plotted versus the columns (or rows) of the matrix. +## If the @var{x} is a vector and @var{y} is a matrix, the +## the columns (or rows) of @var{y} are plotted versus @var{x}. ## (using whichever combination matches, with columns tried first.) ## ## @item -## If the first argument is a matrix and the second is a vector, the -## the columns (or rows) of the matrix are plotted versus the vector. +## If the @var{x} is a matrix and @var{y} is a vector, +## @var{y} is plotted versus the columns (or rows) of @var{x}. ## (using whichever combination matches, with columns tried first.) ## ## @item @@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ ## valid in combination with the @code{@@} or @code{-@@} specifiers. ## ## @item @var{c} -## If @var{c} is one of @code{"k"}, @code{"r"}, @code{"g"}, @code{"b"}, -## @code{"m"}, @code{"c"}, or @code{"w"}, it is interpreted as the plot -## color (black, red, green, blue, magenta, cyan, or white). +## If @var{c} is one of @code{"k"} (black), @code{"r"} (red), @code{"g"} +## (green), @code{"b"} (blue), @code{"m"} (magenta), @code{"c"} (cyan), +## or @code{"w"} (white), it is interpreted as the line plot color. ## ## @item ";title;" ## Here @code{"title"} is the label for the key. Diff finished at Thu Nov 16 17:08:54 -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages octave2.9 depends on: ii fftw3 3.1.2-1 library for computing Fast Fourier ii lapack3 [liblapack.so.3] 3.0.20000531a-6 library of linear algebra routines ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-19 GCC support library ii libgfortran1 4.1.1-19 Runtime library for GNU Fortran ap ii libglpk0 4.11-2 linear programming kit (shared lib ii libhdf5-serial-1.6.5-0 [ 1.6.5-3 Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libpcre3 6.7-1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi ii libreadline5 5.2-1 GNU readline and history libraries ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-19 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libufsparse 1.2-7 collection of libraries for comput ii refblas3 [libblas.so.3] 1.2-8 Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines 3 ii texinfo 4.8.dfsg.1-3 Documentation system for on-line i ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime octave2.9 recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Source: octave2.9 Source-Version: 2.9.9-7 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of octave2.9, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: octave2.9-doc_2.9.9-7_all.deb to pool/main/o/octave2.9/octave2.9-doc_2.9.9-7_all.deb octave2.9-emacsen_2.9.9-7_all.deb to pool/main/o/octave2.9/octave2.9-emacsen_2.9.9-7_all.deb octave2.9-headers_2.9.9-7_i386.deb to pool/main/o/octave2.9/octave2.9-headers_2.9.9-7_i386.deb octave2.9-htmldoc_2.9.9-7_all.deb to pool/main/o/octave2.9/octave2.9-htmldoc_2.9.9-7_all.deb octave2.9-info_2.9.9-7_all.deb to pool/main/o/octave2.9/octave2.9-info_2.9.9-7_all.deb octave2.9_2.9.9-7.diff.gz to pool/main/o/octave2.9/octave2.9_2.9.9-7.diff.gz octave2.9_2.9.9-7.dsc to pool/main/o/octave2.9/octave2.9_2.9.9-7.dsc octave2.9_2.9.9-7_i386.deb to pool/main/o/octave2.9/octave2.9_2.9.9-7_i386.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated octave2.9 package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:54:57 +0100 Source: octave2.9 Binary: octave2.9-headers octave2.9-info octave2.9-htmldoc octave2.9 octave2.9-emacsen octave2.9-doc Architecture: source i386 all Version: 2.9.9-7 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Octave Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: octave2.9 - GNU Octave language for numerical computations (2.9 branch) octave2.9-doc - PDF documentation on the GNU Octave language (2.9 branch) octave2.9-emacsen - Emacs support for the GNU Octave language (2.9 branch) octave2.9-headers - header files for the GNU Octave language (2.9 branch) octave2.9-htmldoc - HTML documentation on the GNU Octave language (2.9 branch) octave2.9-info - GNU Info documentation on the GNU Octave language (2.9 branch) Closes: 398935 399190 Changes: octave2.9 (2.9.9-7) unstable; urgency=low . * debian/in/control: Changed wording of octave*-headers description. Thanks to Reuben Thomas for the suggestion (closes: #399190). * debian/patches/50_plot-doc.dpatch:Fixes a long-standing documentation bug in Octave, regarding the plot function. Thanks to Francesco Potortì for the patch, which has been also applied to the 2.9 branch upstream (closes: #398935). Files: c76c3ce3914b7ca78c14b16fab9fd903 1114 math optional octave2.9_2.9.9-7.dsc 6062906c538ea9b13cede05c01a4f13e 60274 math optional octave2.9_2.9.9-7.diff.gz 4c60bab34472af11e4641fa7e54be73e 7474684 math optional octave2.9_2.9.9-7_i386.deb 5cc7cb96324401671859f811c2dc523d 343932 math optional octave2.9-headers_2.9.9-7_i386.deb 27ebcc9b93933e1823a83917441ee7f5 2182916 doc optional octave2.9-doc_2.9.9-7_all.deb dc2f3e5b6ca1d05ec13686e69a4919c3 520718 math optional octave2.9-htmldoc_2.9.9-7_all.deb cc9dbc697c03131dedaba331a78fb3b4 82500 math optional octave2.9-emacsen_2.9.9-7_all.deb 658d76a5ded5a4e38a43c8f11c14d32d 358000 math optional octave2.9-info_2.9.9-7_all.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFi9VKk3oga0pdcv4RAq04AKCH8LJIdsLv432m8Ie2Osp4xf2bFwCeNvuo v0SaqS27aN9isVoFDDrvbLc= =JKla -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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