From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Wed Jan  6 11:02:23 1999
Subject: format short differs from startup format
From: Doug Warner <warner at =vexcel dot com>
To: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 10:02:12 -0700 (MST)

Bug report for Octave 2.0.13 configured for sparc-sun-solaris2.6

Description:
-----------

The command `format short' does not restore the default formatting
properties.

Repeat-By:
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Octave, version 2.0.13 (sparc-sun-solaris2.6).
Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 John W. Eaton.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details, type `warranty'.

octave:1> a = rand (3, 3)
a =

  0.091906  0.491512  0.800658
  0.437800  0.116555  0.908496
  0.698221  0.425222  0.219825

octave:2> format long
octave:3> a
a =

  0.0919058695435524  0.4915117323398590  0.8006579875946045
  0.4378003478050232  0.1165547221899033  0.9084961414337158
  0.6982212662696838  0.4252216815948486  0.2198245972394943

octave:4> format short
octave:5> a
a =

  0.0919  0.4915  0.8007
  0.4378  0.1166  0.9085
  0.6982  0.4252  0.2198

octave:6> exit


Configuration (please do not edit this section):
-----------------------------------------------

uname output:     SunOS io 5.7 Generic sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-4
configure opts:   --enable-shared --enable-lite-kernel --prefix=/home/warner/local --exec-prefix=/home/warner/local/SunOS
Fortran compiler: f77
FFLAGS:           -O
F2C:              
F2CFLAGS:         
FLIBS:            -Xlinker -R -Xlinker /opt/SUNWspro/lib   -L/opt/SUNWspro/lib -L/opt/SUNWspro/SC4.0/lib -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/usr/lib /opt/SUNWspro/SC4.0/lib/libM77.a -lF77 -lsunmath -lm -lcx
CPPFLAGS:         
INCFLAGS:         -I/home/warner/local/include -I/home/warner/local/include/octave-2.0.13
C compiler:       gcc, version 2.8.1
CFLAGS:           -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -O2 -Wall
CPICFLAG:         -fPIC
C++ compiler:     c++, version 2.8.1
CXXFLAGS:         -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fno-implicit-templates -O2 -Wall
CXXPICFLAG:       -fPIC
LDFLAGS:          
LIBFLAGS:         -L/home/warner/local/SunOS/lib/octave-2.0.13
RLD_FLAG:         -Xlinker -R -Xlinker /home/warner/local/SunOS/lib/octave-2.0.13
TERMLIBS:         -lcurses
LIBS:             
LEXLIB:           -ll
LIBPLPLOT:        
LIBDLFCN:         
DEFS:

  -DOCTAVE_SOURCE=1 -DSEPCHAR=':' -DSEPCHAR_STR=":" -DUSE_READLINE=1
  -DCXX_NEW_FRIEND_TEMPLATE_DECL=1 -DF77_APPEND_UNDERSCORE=1
  -DOCTAVE_LITE=1 -DHAVE_LIBSOCKET=1 -DSIZEOF_SHORT=2 -DSIZEOF_INT=4
  -DSIZEOF_LONG=4 -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DNPOS=string::npos
  -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1
  -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=1 -DHAVE_ASSERT_H=1 -DHAVE_CURSES_H=1
  -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=1 -DHAVE_FLOAT_H=1
  -DHAVE_FLOATINGPOINT_H=1 -DHAVE_FNMATCH_H=1 -DHAVE_GLOB_H=1
  -DHAVE_GRP_H=1 -DHAVE_IEEEFP_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1
  -DHAVE_NAN_H=1 -DHAVE_PWD_H=1 -DHAVE_SGTTY_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1
  -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H=1
  -DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1
  -DHAVE_SYS_TIMES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H=1
  -DHAVE_TERMIO_H=1 -DHAVE_TERMIOS_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1
  -DHAVE_VARARGS_H=1 -DHAVE_FNMATCH=1 -DHAVE_GLOB=1 -DHAVE_ATEXIT=1
  -DHAVE_BCOPY=1 -DHAVE_BZERO=1 -DHAVE_DUP2=1 -DHAVE_ENDGRENT=1
  -DHAVE_ENDPWENT=1 -DHAVE_EXE

User-preferences (please do not edit this section):
--------------------------------------------------

  EDITOR = "emacs"
  EXEC_PATH = ":/usr/bin:/etc:/home/warner/local/SunOS/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/openwin/demo:/usr/openwin/bin/xview:/pkg/pvwave/bin:/pkg/pci/exe:."
  IMAGEPATH = ".:/home/warner/local/share/octave/2.0.13/imagelib//"
  INFO_FILE = "/home/warner/local/info/octave.info"
  INFO_PROGRAM = "info"
  LOADPATH = "/home/warner/octave/m//:/home/warner/octave/oct//:"
  PAGER = "less"
  PS1 = "\\s:\\#> "
  PS2 = "> "
  PS4 = "+ "
  auto_unload_dot_oct_files = 0
  automatic_replot = 0
  beep_on_error = 0
  completion_append_char = " "
  default_eval_print_flag = 1
# default_global_variable_value = <no value or error in displaying it>
  default_return_value = []
  default_save_format = "ascii"
  define_all_return_values = 0
  do_fortran_indexing = 1
  echo_executing_commands = 0
  empty_list_elements_ok = "warn"
  fixed_point_format = 0
  gnuplot_binary = "gnuplot"
  gnuplot_has_frames = 1
  gnuplot_has_multiplot = 0
  history_file = "/home/warner/.octave_hist"
  history_size = 1024
  ignore_function_time_stamp = "system"
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  implicit_str_to_num_ok = 0
  initialize_global_variables = 0
  max_recursion_depth = 256
  ok_to_lose_imaginary_part = "warn"
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  page_screen_output = 1
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  split_long_rows = 1
  string_fill_char = " "
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