Re: TODO for 3.0

[David Bateman]

John W. Eaton wrote:
> On  8-Jun-2007, David Bateman wrote:
>
> | * The major point is the plotting chapter really needs to be reworked..
> | This was on hold for the question of whether there would be any further
> | changes in the plotting code for 3.0 to be resolved.
>
> Yes, I agree that the plotting chapter will need some work.  Also, I
> think we need a very visible note at the front of the chapter and in
> the release announcement that says that although Octave graphics are
> more compatible with Matlab than ever before, Octave currently
> supports only a small (though quite useful) subset of the ginormously
> large number of properties and features of the Matlab graphics
> system.  I'm sure we'll still be bombarded with more "my graphics
> don't work like in Matlab, you guys sure are losers if you can't make
> it work for me" kinds of messages than anyone here really wants to
> see, but at least we can have something to point them to and say "no,
> you're the idiot for not reading the manual before you decided to
> whine about it here".
>   
I'm all for releasing 3.0 ASAP. That is after the manual is ready. If
there are any minor changes to the graphics however, it will be better
to include these before documenting the plotting..

D.



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