Re: Small bug in Octave scatter plots

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

Hi Melvin.

2011/12/4 Robinson, Melvin D <address@hidden>:

> I am taking the online Machine Learning class from Stanford this
> quarter.  There seems to be a bug in scatter plotting, particularly
> the file __scatter__.m that a couple of small changes to seems to
> fix the issue.

Yeah, I have attempted to address this bug.

    https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?34936

I'm also taking the course, but I haven't had time yet to work on ex7.

> I have the two lines to change in __scatter__.m,

I think the problem runs deeper than what can be fixed with just a
couple of lines.

> I know that most folks here are very much experts at software
> development, so I humbly ask if you could just talk me through the
> process of putting these changes into Octave.

It is more important for now to submit your proposed changes in
whatever format you think is ok (e.g. just submit the complete
modified __scatter__.m) than to worry too much about the logistics of
how to do it properly.

If you really want to be talked through the logistics, I am frequently
in Octave chat and could help you figure it out:

    http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/chat.html

I have written in my blog some suggestions on how to submit a patch to
Octave:

    http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/how-to-write-a-patch-for-octave/

The Octave manual also has some suggestions:

    
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/How-to-Contribute.html#How-to-Contribute

Hope this helps,
- Jordi G. H.