## Copyright (C) 1996-2012 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} __axis_label__ (@var{caller}, @var{h}, @var{txt}, @dots{})
## Undocumented internal function.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = __axis_label__ (hax, caller, txt, varargin)

  h = get (hax, caller);

  set (h, "fontangle", get (hax, "fontangle"),
          "fontname", get (hax, "fontname"),
          "fontunits", get (hax, "fontunits"),   # must precede fontsize
          "fontsize", get (hax, "fontsize"),
          "fontweight", get (hax, "fontweight"),
          "string", txt,
          varargin{:});

  if (nargout > 0)
    retval = h;
  endif

endfunction