Plotting problems 3.1.51+ [changeset]

[Ben Abbott]

On Sep 30, 2008, at 8:14 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

>
> On Sep 30, 2008, at 6:44 PM, Michael D. Godfrey wrote:
>
>> 1. The grid command does not allow a second argument when the
>>  first argument is "minor".  Looking at grid.m, this is a simple
>>  problem, but there are choices about how to fix it.  Since
>>  grid("minor") does toggle the minor grid lines as the documentation
>>  says, one fix would be to change the documentation by eliminating
>>  the description of the grid("minor", "on" | "off") capability.
>>  Otherwise, simple change to the code will implement this.
>
> Matlab does not document the second argument. So I'd say the doc-
> string should be corrected.
>
> However, Matlab does allow
>
> 	grid (hax, 'minor')
>
> where the grid in the axis the handle "hax" points to is changed.
> Octave's current sources do not respect this behavior.
>
> For compatibility
>
> 	grid on			: turns grid on
> 	grid off			: turns grid off
> 	grid				: toggles grid
> 	grid minor		: toggles minor grid
> 	grid (hax, ...)		: performs subsequent command in axis "hax"
>
> Ben

Ok octave does respect

> 	grid (hax, 'minor')

and I've corrected the doc-string in the attached changeset.

Ben

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