cla() ?

[Ben Abbott]

On Oct 4, 2008, at 11:06 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:

>
> On Oct 3, 2008, at 10:40 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>
>>
>> On Oct 3, 2008, at 10:06 PM, David Bateman wrote:
>>
>>> Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>> This is as far as I have gone.
>>>> octave-3.1.51+:96> figure(1)
>>>> octave-3.1.51+:97> subplot(211)
>>>> octave-3.1.51+:98> subplot(212)
>>>> octave-3.1.51+:99> hax = get(gcf,'children')
>>>> hax =
>>>> -40.963  -28.300
>>>> octave-3.1.51+:100> ishandle(hax)
>>>> ans = 0
>>>> octave-3.1.51+:101> ishandle(hax(1))
>>>> ans =  1
>>>> octave-3.1.51+:102> ishandle(hax(2))
>>>> ans =  1
>>>> The ishandle function should return a result for each member of  
>>>> it's input with the same shape as it's input.
>>>> As I am limited to the m-file caste, I hope one of you guys in  
>>>> the upper c++ caste can take this on ;-)
>>>> If this really is the same problem as the one you posted the link  
>>>> to, than I expect my conclusion as to what the problem is that  
>>>> I've encountered is quite overly simplified.
>>>
>>> Ok then its not the same bug but produces the same errors, which  
>>> is a pity as I was hoping for help :-( .. In any case the fix for  
>>> this is relatively easy, and a changeset is attached.
>>>
>>> D.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> I've started a build and will offer a changeset for the new  
>> function cla() tomorrow.
>>
>> Ben
>
> The build with jwe's most recent sources failed with your patch  
> applied. I don't know if it matters, but he has about 6 more days of  
> changesets applied as is indicated by your ChangeLog.
>
> A build without the "ishandle" changeset went fine.
>
> The error which ended the make process is below.
>
> [...]
> making vr-idx.texi from vr-idx.txi
> gawk -f ./mkcontrib.awk ./contributors.in > contributors.texi-t
> makeinfo -I.. -I. -I./.. ./octave.texi
> ../../run-octave -f -q -H -p . --eval "sparseimages ('gplot', 'eps');"
>
> if [ -f gplot.eps ] ; then gs -dBATCH -dEPSCrop -dNOPAUSE -q - 
> sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=gplot.pdf gplot.eps ; fi
> ../../run-octave -f -q -H -p . --eval "sparseimages ('grid', 'eps');"
>
> if [ -f grid.eps ] ; then gs -dBATCH -dEPSCrop -dNOPAUSE -q - 
> sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=grid.pdf grid.eps ; fi
> ../../run-octave -f -q -H -p . --eval "sparseimages ('spmatrix',  
> 'eps');"
> error: invalid conversion from string to real N-d array
> error: called from:
> error:   /sw/src/fink.build/octave3.1.51-3.1.51-3/octave-3.1.51/ 
> scripts/plot/__plt_get_axis_arg__.m at line 38, column 1
> error:   /sw/src/fink.build/octave3.1.51-3.1.51-3/octave-3.1.51/ 
> scripts/plot/axis.m at line 125, column 26
> error:   /sw/src/fink.build/octave3.1.51-3.1.51-3/octave-3.1.51/doc/ 
> interpreter/sparseimages.m at line 92, column 5
> error:   /sw/src/fink.build/octave3.1.51-3.1.51-3/octave-3.1.51/doc/ 
> interpreter/sparseimages.m at line 35, column 2
>
> make[3]: *** [spmatrix.eps] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [interpreter] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [doc] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Ben

I found the problem.

octave:4> ishandle('ij')
error: invalid conversion from string to real N-d array

This occurs for axis('ij')

Ben