[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50148] Error in manual 15.2.4 Multiple Plots on One Page

[Steven Wasserbaech]

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                 Summary: Error in manual 15.2.4 Multiple Plots on One Page
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: wasserbaech
            Submitted on: Wed 25 Jan 2017 06:31:31 PM GMT
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Steve Wasserbaech
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.0
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

There seems to be an error on the manual page
https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Multiple-Plots-on-One-Page.html

An example is given near the top of that page, including the following
sentence:
"The grid of plot areas created by subplot is numbered in column-major order
(top to bottom, left to right)."

This seems to contradict the information given lower on the page (and the
actual behavior of the subplot function).

Perhaps the sentence should be deleted altogether.  The example involves a 2x1
grid of plotting areas, so it's impossible to distinguish between column-major
and row-major ordering anyway.  And a clear explanation of the sequence of
plotting areas is given later.

BTW, the explanation of the example seems to end prematurely.  It explains
what the first call to subplot does but it doesn't mention the second call to
subplot.

Best regards,
Steve





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