[Octave-cvsupdate] SF.net SVN: octave:[7370] trunk/octave-forge/main/io/inst

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Revision: 7370
          http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/octave/?rev=7370&view=rev
Author:   prnienhuis
Date:     2010-05-31 15:21:26 +0000 (Mon, 31 May 2010)

Log Message:
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Added remark in help text about some delays when results are echoed to screen. These delays are due to exploring the occupied data range which can take a long time for big spreadsheets esp. for ODS.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/octave-forge/main/io/inst/odsfinfo.m
    trunk/octave-forge/main/io/inst/xlsfinfo.m

Modified: trunk/octave-forge/main/io/inst/odsfinfo.m
===================================================================
--- trunk/octave-forge/main/io/inst/odsfinfo.m	2010-05-31 15:19:08 UTC (rev 7369)
+++ trunk/octave-forge/main/io/inst/odsfinfo.m	2010-05-31 15:21:26 UTC (rev 7370)
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@
 ## to right) in which they occur in the sheet stack.
 ##
 ## If you omit return arguments @var{filetype} and @var{sh_names} altogether,
-## odsfinfo returns the sheet names + (in case of the ODF toolkit interface) 
-## a qualified guess for the actual occupied data range to the screen.
+## odsfinfo returns the sheet names and for each sheet the actual occupied
+## data ranges to the screen.The occupied cell range will have to be
+## determined behind the scenes first; this can take some time.
 ## 
 ## odsfinfo execution can take its time for large spreadsheets as the entire
 ## spreadsheet has to be parsed to get the sheet names, let alone exploring
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
 ## 2010-03-18 Separated range exploration (for OTK only yet) in separate function file
 ## 2010-03-20 "Beautified" output (for OTK ), used range now in more tabular form
 ## 2010-05-23 Updated jOpenDocument support (can also get occupied data range now)
+## 2010-05-31 Added remark about delays when determining occupied data range
 
 function [ filetype, sheetnames ] = odsfinfo (filename, reqintf=[])
 

Modified: trunk/octave-forge/main/io/inst/xlsfinfo.m
===================================================================
--- trunk/octave-forge/main/io/inst/xlsfinfo.m	2010-05-31 15:19:08 UTC (rev 7369)
+++ trunk/octave-forge/main/io/inst/xlsfinfo.m	2010-05-31 15:21:26 UTC (rev 7370)
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 ##
 ## If no return arguments are specified the sheet names are echoed to the 
 ## terminal screen; in case of java interfaces for each sheet the actual
-## occupied data range is echoed as well.
+## occupied data range is echoed as well. The occupied cell range will have
+## to be determined behind the scenes first; this can take some time for the
+## Java-based interfaces.
 ##
 ## If multiple xls interfaces have been installed @var{reqintf} can be
 ## specified. This can sometimes be handy to get an idea of used cell ranges
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@
 ## 2009-01-01 Echo sheet names to screen, request interface type)
 ## 2010-03-21 Better tabulated output; occupied date range per sheet echoed 
 ##            for Java interfaces (though it may be a bit off in case of JXL)
+## 2010-05-31 Added remark about delays when determining occupied data range
 
 function [ filetype, sh_names, fformat ] = xlsfinfo (filename, reqintf=[])
 


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