## Copyright (C) 2007-2012 David Bateman
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} quiver (@var{u}, @var{v})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} quiver (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{u}, @var{v})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} quiver (@dots{}, @var{s})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} quiver (@dots{}, @var{style})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} quiver (@dots{}, "filled")
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} quiver (@var{h}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} quiver (@dots{})
##
## Plot the (@var{u}, @var{v}) components of a vector field in
## an (@var{x}, @var{y}) meshgrid.  If the grid is uniform, you can
## specify @var{x} and @var{y} as vectors.
##
## If @var{x} and @var{y} are undefined they are assumed to be
## @code{(1:@var{m}, 1:@var{n})} where
## @code{[@var{m}, @var{n}] = size (@var{u})}.
##
## The variable @var{s} is a scalar defining a scaling factor to use for
## the arrows of the field relative to the mesh spacing.  A value of 0
## disables all scaling.  The default value is 1.
##
## The style to use for the plot can be defined with a line style @var{style}
## of the same format as the @code{plot} command.
## If a marker is specified then markers at the grid points of the vectors are
## drawn rather than arrows.  If the argument "filled" is given then the
## markers are filled.
##
## The optional return value @var{h} is a graphics handle to a quiver object.
## A quiver object regroups the components of the quiver plot (body, arrow,
## and marker), and allows them to be changed together.
##
## @example
## @group
## [x, y] = meshgrid (1:2:20);
## h = quiver (x, y, sin (2*pi*x/10), sin (2*pi*y/10));
## set (h, "maxheadsize", 0.33);
## @end group
## @end example
##
## @seealso{quiver3, compass, feather, plot}
## @end deftypefn

function retval = quiver (varargin)

  [hax, varargin, nargin] = __plt_get_axis_arg__ ("quiver", varargin{:});

  if (nargin < 2)
    print_usage ();
  else
    oldfig = ifelse (isempty (hax), [], get (0, "currentfigure"));
    unwind_protect
      hax = newplot (hax);
      htmp = __quiver__ (hax, false, varargin{:});
    unwind_protect_cleanup
    if (! isempty (oldfig))
      set (0, "currentfigure", oldfig);
    endif
    end_unwind_protect
  endif

  if (nargout > 0)
    retval = htmp;
  endif

endfunction


%!demo
%! clf;
%! [x,y] = meshgrid (1:2:20);
%! h = quiver (x,y, sin (2*pi*x/10), sin (2*pi*y/10));
%! set (h, 'maxheadsize', 0.33);

%!demo
%! clf;
%! axis ('equal');
%! x = linspace (0, 3, 80);
%! y = sin (2*pi*x);
%! theta = 2*pi*x + pi/2;
%! quiver (x, y, sin (theta)/10, cos (theta)/10);
%! hold on; plot (x,y,'r'); hold off;