From bug-request at octave dot org Tue Mar 22 22:07:53 2005
Subject: Re: test_vmesh raises setfields error
From: Paul Kienzle <pkienzle at users dot sourceforge dot net>
To: "Edward C. Jones" <edcjones at comcast dot net>
Cc: bug at octave dot org
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:15:27 -0500

On Mar 16, 2005, at 11:43 PM, Edward C. Jones wrote:

> Edward C. Jones wrote:
>> I have an up-to-date (Mar 14, 2005) Dedian unstable system on a PC. I 
>> have installed octave2.1, version 2.1.67-1, octave-forge, version 
>> 2004.11.16-6, and the octave-forge source code 
>> (octave2.1_2.1.67.orig.tar.gz) without the Debian diff.
>>
>> Go to /.../octave-forge-2004.11.16/main/vrml.
>> Enter octave
>>
>> octave:1> test_vmesh
>> test_vmesh :
>> Display a surface.
>> error: setfields: called with odd number of arguments
>> octave:1>
>>
>> This looks like a bug. Also no traceback was printed.
>
> The bug is in "main/vrml/vrml_PointLight.m" at Line 29:
>    if nargin, h = leval ("setfields", varargin); end
> "h" needs to be the first argument to "setfields". So "h" needs to be
> added to the beginning of "varargin". The same bug is in
> "main/vrml/vrml_Background.m".

This should be fixed now in the octave-forge CVS.

- Paul



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