[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#492993: is fixed upstream

[Rafael Laboissiere]

package octave3.0
tags 492993 upstream
stop

* John W. Eaton <jwe at bevo.che.wisc.edu> [2008-08-28 15:08]:

> On 30-Jul-2008, Francesco Potorti` wrote:
> 
> | package octave3.0
> | tags 492993 upstream
> | stop
> | 
> | Dear Octave maintainers,
> | 
> | The bug report reproduced below has been filed against the Debian 
> | package and regards the upstream sources.  The report is recorded at
> | http://bugs.debian.org/492993
> | 
> | 
> | Package: octave3.0
> | Version: 1:3.0.1-4
> | Severity: minor
> | 
> | This is a proposed rewrite for the docs contained in the Axes Properties
> | manual page.
> | 
> | 1) all of the properties should be included in the index.
> 
> Which index?  It doesn't seem appropriate to add them to any of the
> existing indices (concepts, variables, functions, operators).
> 
> It seems strange to me to create a new index for graphics properties
> alone since they are already presented in itemized lists in the
> manual.  What does an index entry add?
> 
> I did add index entries for some more graphics concepts:
> 
> @cindex root figure graphics object
> @cindex graphics object, root figure
> @cindex figure graphics object
> @cindex graphics object, figure
> @cindex axes graphics object
> @cindex graphics object, axes
> @cindex line graphics object
> @cindex graphics object, line
> @cindex text graphics object
> @cindex graphics object, text
> @cindex image graphics object
> @cindex graphics object, image
> @cindex patch graphics object
> @cindex graphics object, patch
> @cindex surface graphics object
> @cindex graphics object, surface 
> @cindex graphics object properties
> @cindex figure properties
> @cindex axes properties
> @cindex line properties
> @cindex text properties
> @cindex image properties
> @cindex patch properties
> @cindex surface properties
> @cindex default graphics properties
> @cindex graphics properties, default
> @cindex graphics colors
> @cindex colors, graphics
> @cindex line styles, graphics
> @cindex graphics line styles
> @cindex graphics marker styles
> @cindex marker styles, graphics
> @cindex callbacks
> @cindex object groups
> @cindex data sources in object groups
> @cindex series objects
> @cindex area series
> @cindex series objects
> @cindex bar series
> @cindex series objects
> @cindex contour series
> @cindex series objects
> @cindex error bar series
> @cindex series objects
> @cindex line series
> @cindex group objects
> @cindex quiver group
> @cindex group objects
> @cindex scatter group
> @cindex group objects
> @cindex stair group
> @cindex group objects
> @cindex surface group
> @cindex graphics backends
> @cindex backends, graphics
> @cindex gnuplot interaction
> 
> 
> | 2) "position" should read:
> |      A vector specifying the position of the plot, excluding titles,
> |      axes and legend.  The four elements of the vector are the
> |      coordinates of the lower left corner and width and height of the
> |      plot, in units normalized to the window width and height.  For
> |      example, `[0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5]' sets the lower left corner of the
> |      axes at (0.2, 0.3) and the width and height to be 0.4 and 0.5
> |      respectively.  See *outerposition*
> | 
> | 3) "outerposition" should read:
> |      A vector specifying the position of the plot, including titles,
> |      axes and legend.  The four elements of the vector are the
> |      coordinates of the lower left corner and width and height of the
> |      plot, in units normalized to the window width and height.  For
> |      example, `[0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5]' sets the lower left corner of the
> |      axes at (0.2, 0.3) and the width and height to be 0.4 and 0.5
> |      respectively.  See *position*
> 
> I made these changes.