[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51035] Matlab/Octave incompatiblity for querying compact/loose display status

[Julien Bect]

URL:
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                 Summary: Matlab/Octave incompatiblity for querying
compact/loose display status 
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: jbect
            Submitted on: Tue 16 May 2017 11:36:04 AM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.1
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

It does not seem possible to use the same command in Octave and Matlab to
query the compact/loose status of display.

The following works in Octave but not in Matlab:

[~, fmt] = format ()


and this one works in Matlab but not in Octave:

fmt = get (0, 'FormatSpacing')





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