I've found in the 2014b release notes, under "Properties and syntaxes being removed or changed" that "The root properties CommandWindowSize, Diary, DiaryFile, Echo, Format, FormatSpacing, Language, More, RecursionLimit, BeingDeleted, ButtonDownFcn, UIContextMenu, Clipping, CreateFcn, DeleteFcn, BusyAction, Interruptible, HitTest, Selected, SelectionHighlight, and Visible" are removed and that the suggested action is to 'Remove all instances of root properties that are no longer supported. Use supported root properties." But if I type "doc get(0" at the R2018a command prompt, there are 51 (!) results returned. The official MathWorks documentation four years after removing this functionality and telling me to ""use supported root properties" is still telling me to use get(0,'Diary'), get(0,'DiaryFile'), get(0,'Format'), get(0,'More'), and possibly some others (I didn't slog through all 51 results that were returned).
Is there a MathWorks-approved method of accessing this functionality other than using the properties I've pointedly been told not to use?