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+2006-10-13  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* plot/box.m: New function.
+
 2006-10-13  Etienne Grossmann  <etienne@tyzx.com>
 
 	* general/ind2sub.m, general/sub2ind.m: Handle empty indices.

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+## Copyright (C) 2006 John W. Eaton
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+## any later version.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+## Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+## 02110-1301, USA.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} box (@var{arg})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} grid (@var{h}, @dots{})
+## Control the display of a border around the plot.
+## The argument may be either @code{"on"} or @code{"off"}.  If it is
+## omitted, the the current box state is toggled.
+##
+## Note, this function currently has no effect.
+## @seealso{grid}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: jwe
+
+## PKG_ADD: mark_as_command box
+
+function box ()
+
+endfunction