Re: [OctDev] Feature request: imread matlab compatibility

[Andy A. <ad...@nc...>]

> > In octave imread returns a greyscale image even when you read color
> > images if you only have one variable to catch the return value. In
> > matlab, you actually get a 3D array of size y,x,3 if you only specify
> > one variable.
> >
> > Can this be changed?
> >
> It can now that Octave supports 3D arrays.  Anyone interested
> in implementing it?

I could take a stab at it in a few weeks. However

1. Is the current imread implementation OK?
   ie. are we satisfied with piping stuff through the
       imagemagick 'convert'?

2. What is octave-forge supposed to support?

   N-d arrays are experimental, so if we modify the code,
   the octave-forge won't work for all those people that
   we're recommending should use 2.1.50.

Andy