## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} __axis_label__ (@var{caller}, @var{text})
## Utility function for @code{xlabel}, @code{ylabel}, and @code{zlabel}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function h = __axis_label__ (caller, text)

  if (nargin == 0)
    usage ("__axis_label__ (caller, text)");
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    if (isstr (text))
      eval (sprintf ("gset %s \"%s\"", caller,
		     undo_string_escapes (undo_string_escapes (text))));
    else
      error ("%s: text must be a string", caller);
    endif
  else
    usage ("%s (text)", caller);
  endif

  ## XXX FIXME XXX -- eventually, we will return a graphics handle.  For
  ## now, return something, so that calls that expect a handle won't
  ## fail (at least immediately).

  if (nargout > 0)
    h = -1;
  endif

endfunction