1 Changes between version 5.4.X and 5.5.0
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7 * Special functions improved:
8 - erfi - The imaginary error function.
9 - dawson - Compute the Dawson (scaled imaginary error) function.
11 * Functions erf, erfc, erfcx and calerf support complex arguments.
14 - daskr - differential-algebraic system solver with rootfinding 'daskr', using
15 BDF methods with direct and preconditioned Krylov linear solvers, from ODEPACK.
17 * New functions introduced:
18 - getURL - Download an URL (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP...)
19 - splitURL - Split a URL (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP...)
20 - cov - Covariance matrix. Deprecates 'mvvacov'. See bug #11896 fixed.
22 * Add a complete set of functions to read and write any HDF5 file from Scilab.
28 * Vector ^ scalar syntax declared obsolete. See bug #11524
34 * The third argument of poly function will be more strict.
35 Only the following strings will be allowed : "roots", "coeff", "c", "r".
37 * Arguments option and direction of gsort will be more strict in all case.
38 Only the following strings will be allowed : option : "r" "c" "g" "lr" "lc"
45 * Update Sundials to lastest "2.5.0", keeping our modifications
47 * Bug #12359 fixed - Xcos files has been converted to zcos to gain some space.
49 * Bug #12384 fixed - Using a modelica part linked with explicit link to
50 another modelica part lead to an algebraic loop error.
56 * Add some Xcos specific content to xcos_toolbox_skeleton help pages.
62 * paramfplot2d: When input argument theta was column vector, an error occurred.
64 * Bug #4731 fixed - lqr() failed when time domain of input was a number.
66 * Bug #5539 fixed - sylv() help page was wrong in the discrete-time case.
68 * Bug #6693 fixed - modulo did not accept polynomial inputs. Help page was not updated.
70 * Bug #7684 fixed - Introduction demo splitted in subsections.
72 * Bug #8667 fixed - Handling of %nan in functions min,max,median is not correctly documented.
74 * Bug #8680 fixed - Output argument "end" of the regexp function has been changed.
76 * Bug #8824 fixed - taucs_chfact returned a segfault (not the case in mode nwni)
78 * Bug #10862 fixed - Add a without internet connection installation
79 global configuration on the installer
81 * Bug #10995 fixed - Typo in grand() for Gamma law argument
83 * Bug #11343 fixed - The "isoview" figure property did not work when the axes
84 margins had been modified.
86 * Bug #12163 fixed - unzoom did not work with a single input argument.
88 * Bug #12415 fixed - PATH environment variable grew when using call_scilab in a loop.
90 * Bug #12426 fixed - By using addErrorMessage, random string error could be displayed.
92 * Bug #12443 fixed - Document behavior of mopen() in text file mode
95 * Bug #12463 fixed - Bad specification for rect=[x,y,w,h] argument in french help
98 * Bug #12473 fixed - Problems with "é" in french help page of mkdir.
100 * Bug #12475 fixed - csvRead() does not support double quoted fields.
102 * Bug #12506 fixed - In SciNotes, miscolorization when returned values list was broken.