Re: Removal of the builtin set-command in Octave.

[Paul Kienzle]

Ole,

Try the following with octave-forge-2004-07-07

dispatch('set','oplot_set','any')
dispatch('hold','oplot_hold','any')
...

- Paul

On Jul 15, 2004, at 6:09 PM, Ole Jacob Hagen wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I am wondering if these lines could be removed from pt-plot.cc:
>
> DEFCMD (set, args, nargout,
>   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
> This command is has been replaced by @code{gset}.")
> {
>   warning ("set is obsolete -- use gset instead");
>   return Fgset (args, nargout);
> }
>
> We are implementing a Handle Graphics functionality to Octave, so the 
> existence of the builtin set-command is very unfortunate.
> I am sending a patch-file, which uncomments these 7 lines of code.
>
> How can I override the other functions like hold, ishold in Octave? I 
> have octave-forge installed.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ole J. Hagen
>
>
>
>
> Index: pt-plot.cc
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/octave/src/pt-plot.cc,v
> retrieving revision 1.141
> diff -r1.141 pt-plot.cc
> 1141,1147c1141,1147
> < DEFCMD (set, args, nargout,
> <   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
> < This command is has been replaced by @code{gset}.")
> < {
> <   warning ("set is obsolete -- use gset instead");
> <   return Fgset (args, nargout);
> < }
> ---
> > // DEFCMD (set, args, nargout,
> > //   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
> > // This command is has been replaced by @code{gset}.")
> > // {
> > //   warning ("set is obsolete -- use gset instead");
> > //   return Fgset (args, nargout);
> > // }