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NEWS.11.md: Tweak wording for clarity.
* NEWS.11.md: Add missing word "function" to text on 'weboptions'. Tweak language on caching of package metadata.
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now gives a warning and then executes `pkg search -all`. The warning can
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be silenced with the ID `"Octave:pkg:list-forge"`.
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* Package metadata is now cached on the local computer for speed and
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reliability. Previously, it used to be downloaded afresh for operations
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such as `install` or `update` or `search`. Metadata updates can also be
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reliability. Previously, it was downloaded every time for an operation
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such as `install`, `update`, or `search`. Metadata updates can also be
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done on demand with the new option `-refresh` for those three actions.
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- Convolution of short and wide arrays (especially row vectors) is now faster
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Octave scripts. The graphics properties `AxisLocation`, `Direction`, and
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`TickLabels` have been implemented.
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- The `weboptions` has been re-written internally. Support for non-integer
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Timeout values, and the special value `Inf`, has been added.
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- The `weboptions` function has been re-written internally. Support for
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non-integer Timeout values, and the special value `Inf`, has been added.
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- The `urlread` and `urlwrite` functions now make use of the various
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`weboptions` such as timeouts and user credentials. The old calling form
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with passing a cell array is still supported for backward compatibility.
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of passing a cell array is still supported for backward compatibility.
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- The `newplot` function has been re-written to remove functionality that was
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possibly never used in Octave, and has been removed from Matlab. The

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