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doc: Rewrite docstrings for most plot functions. Emphasize clarity, use common "voice", and increase density of seealso links. * doc/interpreter/plot.txi: Add @findex entries that were in xlim.m * scripts/miscellaneous/getappdata.m scripts/miscellaneous/setappdata.m, scripts/plot/allchild.m, scripts/plot/ancestor.m, scripts/plot/area.m, scripts/plot/axes.m, scripts/plot/axis.m, scripts/plot/bar.m, scripts/plot/barh.m, scripts/plot/box.m, scripts/plot/caxis.m, scripts/plot/cla.m, scripts/plot/clabel.m, scripts/plot/clf.m, scripts/plot/close.m, scripts/plot/closereq.m, scripts/plot/colorbar.m, scripts/plot/comet.m, scripts/plot/comet3.m, scripts/plot/compass.m, scripts/plot/contour.m, scripts/plot/contour3.m, scripts/plot/contourc.m, scripts/plot/contourf.m, scripts/plot/copyobj.m, scripts/plot/cylinder.m, scripts/plot/daspect.m, scripts/plot/diffuse.m, scripts/plot/ellipsoid.m, scripts/plot/errorbar.m, scripts/plot/ezcontour.m, scripts/plot/ezcontourf.m, scripts/plot/ezmesh.m, scripts/plot/ezmeshc.m, scripts/plot/ezplot.m, scripts/plot/ezplot3.m, scripts/plot/ezpolar.m, scripts/plot/ezsurf.m, scripts/plot/ezsurfc.m, scripts/plot/feather.m, scripts/plot/figure.m, scripts/plot/fill.m, scripts/plot/findall.m, scripts/plot/findobj.m, scripts/plot/fplot.m, scripts/plot/gca.m, scripts/plot/gcbf.m, scripts/plot/gcbo.m, scripts/plot/gcf.m, scripts/plot/gco.m, scripts/plot/ginput.m, scripts/plot/graphics_toolkit.m, scripts/plot/grid.m, scripts/plot/gtext.m, scripts/plot/guidata.m, scripts/plot/guihandles.m, scripts/plot/hdl2struct.m, scripts/plot/hggroup.m, scripts/plot/hidden.m, scripts/plot/hist.m, scripts/plot/hold.m, scripts/plot/ishghandle.m, scripts/plot/ishold.m, scripts/plot/isocolors.m, scripts/plot/isprop.m, scripts/plot/legend.m, scripts/plot/line.m, scripts/plot/linkprop.m, scripts/plot/loglog.m, scripts/plot/loglogerr.m, scripts/plot/mesh.m, scripts/plot/meshc.m, scripts/plot/meshgrid.m, scripts/plot/meshz.m, scripts/plot/newplot.m, scripts/plot/orient.m, scripts/plot/pareto.m, scripts/plot/patch.m, scripts/plot/pcolor.m, scripts/plot/peaks.m, scripts/plot/pie.m, scripts/plot/pie3.m, scripts/plot/plot.m, scripts/plot/plot3.m, scripts/plot/plotmatrix.m, scripts/plot/plotyy.m, scripts/plot/polar.m, scripts/plot/print.m, scripts/plot/quiver.m, scripts/plot/quiver3.m, scripts/plot/rectangle.m, scripts/plot/refresh.m, scripts/plot/refreshdata.m, scripts/plot/ribbon.m, scripts/plot/rose.m, scripts/plot/saveas.m, scripts/plot/scatter.m, scripts/plot/scatter3.m, scripts/plot/semilogx.m, scripts/plot/semilogxerr.m, scripts/plot/semilogy.m, scripts/plot/semilogyerr.m, scripts/plot/shading.m, scripts/plot/shg.m, scripts/plot/shrinkfaces.m, scripts/plot/slice.m, scripts/plot/specular.m, scripts/plot/sphere.m, scripts/plot/stairs.m, scripts/plot/stem.m, scripts/plot/stem3.m, scripts/plot/struct2hdl.m, scripts/plot/subplot.m, scripts/plot/surf.m, scripts/plot/surface.m, scripts/plot/surfc.m, scripts/plot/surfl.m, scripts/plot/tetramesh.m, scripts/plot/text.m, scripts/plot/title.m, scripts/plot/trimesh.m, scripts/plot/triplot.m, scripts/plot/trisurf.m, scripts/plot/view.m, scripts/plot/waitbar.m, scripts/plot/waitforbuttonpress.m, scripts/plot/waterfall.m, scripts/plot/whitebg.m, scripts/plot/xlabel.m, scripts/plot/xlim.m, scripts/plot/ylabel.m, scripts/plot/ylim.m, scripts/plot/zlabel.m, scripts/plot/zlim.m: Rewrite docstrings for most plot functions. Emphasize clarity, use common "voice", and increase density of seealso links.
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date Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:53:30 -0700
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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17 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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19 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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20 ## @deftypefn {Command} {} ishold
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21 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} ishold (@var{hax})
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22 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} ishold (@var{hfig})
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23 ## Return true if the next plot will be added to the current plot, or
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24 ## false if the plot device will be cleared before drawing the next plot.
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25 ##
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26 ## If the first argument is an axes handle @var{hax} or figure handle
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27 ## @var{hfig} then operate on this plot rather than the current one.
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28 ## @seealso{hold, newplot}
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29 ## @end deftypefn
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31 function retval = ishold (h)
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33 if (nargin == 0)
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34 fig = gcf ();
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35 ax = get (fig, "currentaxes");
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36 elseif (nargin == 1)
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37 if (ishandle (h))
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38 if (isfigure (h))
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39 ax = get (h, "currentaxes");
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40 fig = h;
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41 elseif (strcmpi (get (h, "type"), "axes"))
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42 ax = h;
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43 fig = get (h, "parent");
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44 else
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45 error ("ishold: expecting argument to be axes or figure graphics handle");
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46 endif
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47 else
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48 error ("ishold: expecting argument to be axes or figure graphics handle");
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49 endif
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51 print_usage ();
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52 endif
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54 retval = (strcmpi (get (fig, "nextplot"), "add")
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55 && ! isempty (ax) && strcmpi (get (ax, "nextplot"), "add"));
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60 %!test
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61 %! hf = figure ("visible", "off");
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62 %! unwind_protect
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63 %! assert (! ishold);
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64 %! assert (isempty (get (hf, "currentaxes")));
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65 %! assert (get (hf, "NextPlot"), "add");
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66 %! l = plot ([0 1]);
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67 %! assert (! ishold);
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68 %! assert (! ishold (gca));
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69 %! assert (get (gca, "NextPlot"), "replace");
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70 %! assert (get (hf, "NextPlot"), "add");
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71 %! hold;
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72 %! assert (ishold);
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73 %! assert (ishold (gca));
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74 %! assert (get (gca, "NextPlot"), "add");
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75 %! assert (get (hf, "NextPlot"), "add");
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76 %! p = fill ([0 1 1], [0 0 1],"black");
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77 %! assert (length (get (hf, "children")), 1);
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78 %! assert (length (get (gca, "children")), 2);
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79 %! unwind_protect_cleanup
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80 %! close (hf);
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81 %! end_unwind_protect
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