[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48221] prefdir should not be a private function

[Guillaume]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?48221>

                 Summary: prefdir should not be a private function
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: gyom
            Submitted on: Tue 14 Jun 2016 09:22:16 AM GMT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Guillaume
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

At the moment, prefdir is implemented in scripts/prefs/private/prefdir.m and
is therefore not accessible from the command line while it should be for
Matlab compatibility, see:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/prefdir.html

Before I noticed this file in Octave, I also implemented my own version that
might provide a better compatibility with Matlab:


## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {} prefdir 
## @deftypefnx {} address@hidden =} prefdir 
## @deftypefnx {} address@hidden =} prefdir (1)
## Return the name of the directory containing Octave's preferences.
##
## @var{D} is a string containing the name of the directory containing
## Octave's preferences. The directory may or may not exist.
##
## If 1 is provided as an input, the preference directory is created if
## it does not yet exist.
##
## @seealso{addpref, getpref, setpref, ispref, rmpref}
## @end deftypefn

function retval = prefdir (varargin)

retval = fullfile (get_home_directory (), '.octave', version ());

if (nargin ~= 0 && ~exist (retval, 'dir'))
  mkdir (retval);
endif

endfunction





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