From help-octave-request at che dot utexas dot edu  Fri Mar 24 09:58:13 1995
Subject: FORMAT command
From: Eyal Doron <doron at mickey dot mpi-hd dot mpg dot de>
To: help-octave at che dot utexas dot edu (Octave mailing list)
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 10:54:21 +0100 (MET)

Hi,
   Just noticed that the "format" command does not support the option
"format compact". In MATLAB this eliminates the extra spaces between
lines, and I personally like it. Is it possible to include it in future
releases?

Eyal