## Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Kai Habel
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{map} =} bone ()
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{map} =} bone (@var{n})
## Create color colormap.  This colormap varies from black to white with
## gray-blue shades.
## The argument @var{n} must be a scalar.
## If unspecified, the length of the current colormap, or 64, is used.
## @seealso{colormap}
## @end deftypefn

## Author:  Kai Habel <kai.habel@gmx.de>

## PKG_ADD: colormap ("register", "bone");
## PKG_DEL: colormap ("unregister", "bone");

function map = bone (n)

  if (nargin == 0)
    n = rows (colormap);
  elseif (nargin == 1)
    if (! isscalar (n))
      error ("bone: N must be a scalar");
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (n == 1)
    map = [1/8 1/8 1/8];
  elseif (n == 2)
    map = [1/16 1/8 1/8
            1    1   1 ];
  elseif (n > 2)
    x = [0:n-1]' / (n-1);

    idx = floor (3/4*n);
    nel = n - idx + 1;    # number of elements
    rem = mod (n, 8);
    switch (rem)
      case {2, 4}
        base = 1 / (16 + 2*(n-rem));
      case {5, 7}
        base = 1 / (24 + 2*(n-rem));
      otherwise
        base = 0;
    endswitch
    r(1:idx,1) = 7/8 * x(1:idx);
    r(idx:n,1) = linspace (7/8 * x(idx) + base, 1, nel);

    idx = floor (3/8 * n);
    nel = idx + 1;
    g(1:idx,1) = 7/8 * x(1:idx);
    g(idx:2*idx,1) = linspace (7/8 * x(idx), 7/8 * x(2*idx) + 1/8, nel);
    g(2*idx+1:n,1) = 7/8 * x(2*idx+1:n) + 1/8;
    
    base = 1 / (8*idx);
    nel = idx;
    b(1:idx,1) = linspace (base, 7/8 * x(idx) + 1/8, nel);
    b(idx:n,1) = 7/8 * x(idx:n) + 1/8;

    map = [r, g, b];
  else
    map = zeros (0, 3);
  endif

endfunction


%!demo
%! ## Show the 'bone' colormap as an image
%! image (1:64, linspace (0, 1, 64), repmat ((1:64)', 1, 64));
%! axis ([1, 64, 0, 1], "ticy", "xy");
%! colormap (bone (64));