From bug-request at octave dot org Fri Apr 14 11:55:39 2006 Subject: Re: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#361705: octave2.1-info: wrong references in Variable index From: "John W. Eaton" To: Rafael Laboissiere Cc: control at bugs dot debian dot org, bug@octave.org, Francesco Potorti` , 361705@bugs.debian.org Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:54:30 -0400 On 10-Apr-2006, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: | package octave2.1-info | forwarded 361705 bug at octave dot org | tags 361705 upstream patch | thanks | | | The bug report below was filed against the Debian package octave2.1-info, | version 2.1.72-10. I confirm that the same problems exist for 2.1.73 and | 2.9.5. (For detailed information, see http://bugs.debian.org/361705.) | | My comments: | | * Francesco Potorti` [2006-04-08 13:40]: | | > Package: octave2.1-info | > Version: 1:2.1.72-10 | > Severity: normal | > | > In "Variable index" there is a reference to "return", which is not a | > variable. | | I do not know if this is fixable. The "return" keyword is defined with | " at defvr {Keyword} return" in doc/interpreter/func.txi and will be indexed | in the variable index in any case. I changed the current CVS sources (2.9.x) to use deffn so it will appear in the function index. Maybe we should also have a keyword index, but I think that would be much more work. | > In "variable index", automatic_replot refers to "Summary of built-in | > variables", which in turn refers to :Two-dimensional plotting", where | > automatic_replot is not mentioned. | | This is indeed annoying. Here is my suggested patch to fix the problem: OK, I checked in these changes, also to the 2.9.x CVS sources. Thanks, jwe ------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html -------------------------------------------------------------