Plotting problems 3.1.51+ [changeset]

[John W. Eaton]

On 30-Sep-2008, Ben Abbott wrote:

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

I applied this patch with a few minor changes.

Thanks,

jwe