[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #62417] 'format' errors on names with spaces when calling with function form

[Markus Mützel]

Follow-up Comment #16, bug #62417 (project octave):

That's what I figured. So, the function doesn't take spaces in its arguments
(no matter whether it is called in function or command style - see e.g.
`format "short e"`). To avoid possible confusion, get rid of the first part of
the proposed documentation change imho.
While the end of the proposed documentation change is technically correct, I
don't think this is the correct place to document that. We would need to
document that fact for *all* functions that take multiple string arguments.
Instead of repeating the same thing for all of those functions, we should
document that in a more central location (if it isn't already).
This leaves us with the fact that it isn't documented that the function also
allows contracting the "e" to some options. We should document just that imho.


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