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.
24 * The Variable Browser shows also the size of integers.
27 * isnum has been redesigned in native code. Up to 130x performance
28 improvements. See bug #10404
34 * Vector ^ scalar syntax declared obsolete. See bug #11524
40 * The third argument of poly function will be more strict.
41 Only the following strings will be allowed : "roots", "coeff", "c", "r".
43 * Arguments option and direction of gsort will be more strict in all case.
44 Only the following strings will be allowed : option : "r" "c" "g" "lr" "lc"
51 * Update Sundials to lastest "2.5.0", keeping our modifications
53 * Bug #12359 fixed - Xcos files has been converted to zcos to gain some space.
55 * Bug #12384 fixed - Using a modelica part linked with explicit link to
56 another modelica part lead to an algebraic loop error.
62 * Add some Xcos specific content to xcos_toolbox_skeleton help pages.
68 * paramfplot2d: When input argument theta was column vector, an error occurred.
70 * Bug #4731 fixed - lqr() failed when time domain of input was a number.
72 * Bug #5539 fixed - sylv() help page was wrong in the discrete-time case.
74 * Bug #6168 fixed - Help for zpbutt, zpch1, zpch2 and zpell were unclear.
76 * Bug #6693 fixed - modulo did not accept polynomial inputs. Help page was not updated.
78 * Bug #7684 fixed - Introduction demo splitted in subsections.
80 * Bug #7828 fixed - Slight improvements in nicholschart.
82 * Bug #7927 fixed - Output "flag" in qmr function was not well documented.
84 * Bug #8667 fixed - Handling of %nan in functions min,max,median is not correctly documented.
86 * Bug #8680 fixed - Output argument "end" of the regexp function has been changed.
88 * Bug #8824 fixed - taucs_chfact returned a segfault (not the case in mode nwni).
90 * Bug #9004 fixed - bitcmp function called with one input argument returned an error.
92 * Bug #9059 fixed - tbx_build_macros and genlib do not stop on error.
94 * Bug #9691 fixed - "imp" option of optim was poorly documented.
96 * Bug #10862 fixed - Add a without internet connection installation
97 global configuration on the installer
99 * Bug #10995 fixed - Typo in grand() for Gamma law argument
101 * Bug #11308 fixed - Calling sequences in help page of dsearch were wrong.
103 * Bug #11343 fixed - The "isoview" figure property did not work when the axes
104 margins had been modified.
106 * Bug #12163 fixed - unzoom did not work with a single input argument.
108 * Bug #12415 fixed - PATH environment variable grew when using call_scilab in a loop.
110 * Bug #12426 fixed - By using addErrorMessage, random string error could be displayed.
112 * Bug #12443 fixed - Document behavior of mopen() in text file mode
115 * Bug #12463 fixed - Bad specification for rect=[x,y,w,h] argument in french help
118 * Bug #12473 fixed - Problems with "é" in french help page of mkdir.
120 * Bug #12475 fixed - csvRead() does not support double quoted fields.
122 * Bug #12490 fixed - plot did not have a clf(); in its demo.
124 * Bug #12506 fixed - In SciNotes, miscolorization when returned values list was broken.
126 * Bug #12508 fixed - Wrong error message in the rand function fixed.
128 * Bug #12518 fixed - Polynoms were not displayed by default in browsevar.
130 * Bug #12520 fixed - Improve the description of the size in browsevar.
132 * Bug #12527 fixed - Scilab user functions were not listed in browsevar.
134 * Bug #12548 fixed - Duplicated code in xmltoformat.
136 * Bug #12564 fixed - Javasci compile & run help page is not clear about needed packages.