# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1247167341 14400
# Node ID 7b74a7fd4761a1949721a84789cc94d3dc694f3b
# Parent  40da70ba1fc6b02b4d38983e522cdeaa23ae2cc4
axis: return 4-element vector for 2-d view

diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2009-07-09  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
+	* plot/axis.m: Return 4-element vector for 2-d view.
+	From David Woodburn <david.woodburn@gmail.com>.
+
 	* sparse/nonzeros.m: Always return a column vector.  New tests.
 
 2009-06-25  Ben Abbott <bpabbott@mac.com>
diff --git a/scripts/plot/axis.m b/scripts/plot/axis.m
--- a/scripts/plot/axis.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/axis.m
@@ -141,8 +141,13 @@
     else
       xlim = get (ca, "xlim");
       ylim = get (ca, "ylim");
-      zlim = get (ca, "zlim");
-      curr_axis = [xlim, ylim, zlim];
+      view = get (ca, "view");
+      if (view(2) == 90)
+	curr_axis = [xlim, ylim];
+      else
+	zlim = get (ca, "zlim");
+	curr_axis = [xlim, ylim, zlim];
+      endif
     endif
 
   elseif (ischar (ax))