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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} image (@var{img})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} image (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{img})
## Display a matrix as a color image.  The elements of @var{x} are indices
## into the current colormap and should have values between 1 and the
## length of the colormap.
##
## It first tries to use @code{gnuplot}, then @code{display} from 
## @code{ImageMagick}, then @code{xv}, and then @code{xloadimage}.
## The actual program used can be changed using the @code{image_viewer}
## function.
##
## The axis values corresponding to the matrix elements are specified in
## @var{x} and @var{y}. If you're not using gnuplot 4.2 or later, these
## variables are ignored.
## @seealso{imshow, imagesc, colormap, image_viewer}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Tony Richardson <arichard@stark.cc.oh.us>
## Created: July 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe

function image (x, y, img)

  ## Deprecated zoom.  Remove this hunk of code if old zoom argument
  ## is outmoded.
  if ((nargin == 2 && isscalar (y)) || nargin == 4)
    warning ("image: zoom argument ignored -- use GUI features");
  endif
  if (nargin == 4)
    nargin = 3;
  endif
  if (nargin == 2 && isscalar (y))
    nargin = 1;
  endif

  if (nargin == 0)
    ## Load Bobbie Jo Richardson (Born 3/16/94)
    img = loadimage ("default.img");
    x = y = [];
  elseif (nargin == 1)
    img = x;
    x = y = [];
  elseif (nargin == 2 || nargin > 3)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  tmp = __img__ (x, y, img);

  if (nargout > 0)
    h = tmp;
  endif

endfunction