From help-octave-request at che dot utexas dot edu  Fri Jun 30 18:54:55 1995
Subject: Re: Suggestions
From: warnerd at pascal dot dartmouth dot edu (Doug Warner)
To: doron at goofy dot mpi-hd dot mpg dot de
CC: help-octave at che dot utexas dot edu
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 14:53:25 -0400

>>>>> "Eyal" == Eyal Doron <doron at goofy dot mpi-hd dot mpg dot de> writes:

    Eyal> 4) One can use TAB to expand the name of a function on the
    Eyal> command line.  However, it is then followed by a space,
    Eyal> which I usually have to backspace over since when I write
    Eyal> the name of a function it is usually followed by arguments
    Eyal> in parentheses. Is it possible to change that behavior?

A space between the function name and argument list only (possibly)
affects calls inside a literal matrix (depending on how preferences
are set).  Indeed, some supplied m-files break, because they include a
space, when you set whitespace_in_literal_matrix = "traditional";

Doug Warner