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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} __plt2vs__ (@var{h}, @var{x}, @var{y}, @var{options}, @var{properties})
## Undocumented internal function.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = __plt2vs__ (h, x, y, options, properties)

  if (nargin < 3 || nargin > 5)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (nargin < 4 || isempty (options))
    options = __default_plot_options__ ();
  endif

  if (nargin < 5)
    properties = {};
  endif

  if (isvector (x) && isscalar (y))
    len = numel (x);
    if (numel (options) == 1)
      options = repmat (options(:), len, 1);
    endif
    retval = zeros (len, 1);
    for i = 1:len
      tkey = options(i).key;
      if (! isempty (tkey))
	set (h, "key", "on");
      endif
      color = options(i).color;
      if (isempty (color))
	color = __next_line_color__ ();
      endif

      retval(i) = line (x(i), y, "keylabel", tkey, "color", color,
			"linestyle", options(i).linestyle,
			"marker", options(i).marker, properties{:});
    endfor
  else
    error ("__plt2vs__: first arg must be vector, second arg must be scalar");
  endif

endfunction