[Octave-patch-tracker] [patch #8656] Variable Editor (expanded from Patch #8316)

[Philip Nienhuis]

Follow-up Comment #37, patch #8656 (project octave):

I had time to compare a few things with Matlab (r2015b prerelease).

_Matlab_:
Clearing a cell in a cell array sets the cell to empty
_Octave_:
Sets cell contents to numeric zero

_Matlab_:
shows a text string as a string in one cell
_Octave_:
shows it as a an array of chars

Using:

a = {1 {'TL', 'TR'; 'BL', 'BR'}; 'text', [10, 20 25 35 45; 30 40 45 55 65]}


_Matlab_:
shows the nested cell array as "2x2 cell" (w/o double quotes);
shows numeric array as far as it fits (truncates contents)
_Octave_:
shows cell contents
shows numeric array as far as it fits (truncates contents) - Good!


a = struct ('b', 'field1')
a.c = [1 2; 3 4]
a.d = {1, 'text'; [10 20], {'TL', 'TR'; 'BL', 'BR'}}


gives the output of struct1.png (attached)
Then,

a(2).b = 'field2'


gives struct2.png
Double-clicking field a(1).d (~cell 1, 3) gives struct3.png

So maybe maybe (but obviously you know it better) displaying structs doesn't
have to be that difficult and could be fairly straightforward.


(file #34700, file #34701, file #34702)
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