## Copyright (C) 1993-2012 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} title (@var{string})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} title (@var{string}, @var{property}, @var{val}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} title (@var{hax}, @var{string})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} title (@var{hax}, @var{string}, @var{property}, @var{val}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} title (@dots{})
## Specify the string used as a title for the current axis.
##
## If @var{hax} is specified then title the axis defined by @var{hax}.
##
## An optional list of @var{property}/@var{value} pairs can be used to change
## the properties of the created title text.
##
## The optional return value @var{h} is a graphics handle to the created text
## object.
## @seealso{xlabel, ylabel, zlabel, text}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function h = title (varargin)

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

  if (isempty (hax))
    hax = gca ();
  endif
  
  if (rem (nargin, 2) != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  htmp = __axis_label__ (hax, "title", varargin{:});

  if (nargout > 0)
    h = htmp;
  endif

endfunction


%!demo
%! clf;
%! ax = axes ();
%! h = get (ax, 'title');
%! title ('Testing title');
%! assert (get (h, 'string'), 'Testing title');

%!demo
%! clf;
%! plot3 ([0,1], [0,1], [0,1]);
%! h = get (gca, 'title');
%! title ('Testing title', 'fontsize', 16);
%! assert (get (h, 'string'), 'Testing title');
%! assert (get (h, 'fontsize'), 16);

%!test
%! hf = figure ("visible", "off");
%! unwind_protect
%!   ax = axes ();
%!   h = get (ax, "title");
%!   title ("Testing title");
%!   assert (get (h, "string"), "Testing title");
%! unwind_protect_cleanup
%!   close (hf);
%! end_unwind_protect

%!test
%! hf = figure ("visible", "off");
%! unwind_protect
%!   plot3 ([0,1], [0,1], [0,1]);
%!   h = get (gca, "title");
%!   title ("Testing title");
%!   assert (get (h, "string"), "Testing title");
%! unwind_protect_cleanup
%!   close (hf);
%! end_unwind_protect

