Removal of the builtin set-command in Octave.

[Ole Jacob Hagen]

Hi.

I am wondering if these lines could be removed from pt-plot.cc:

DEFCMD (set, args, nargout,
  "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
This command is has been replaced by @code{gset}.")
{
  warning ("set is obsolete -- use gset instead");
  return Fgset (args, nargout);
}

We are implementing a Handle Graphics functionality to Octave, so the 
existence of the builtin set-command is very unfortunate.
I am sending a patch-file, which uncomments these 7 lines of code.

How can I override the other functions like hold, ishold in Octave? I 
have octave-forge installed.

Cheers,

Ole J. Hagen




Index: pt-plot.cc
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< DEFCMD (set, args, nargout,
<   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
< This command is has been replaced by @code{gset}.")
< {
<   warning ("set is obsolete -- use gset instead");
<   return Fgset (args, nargout);
< }
---
> // DEFCMD (set, args, nargout,
> //   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
> // This command is has been replaced by @code{gset}.")
> // {
> //   warning ("set is obsolete -- use gset instead");
> //   return Fgset (args, nargout);
> // }