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doc: Rewrite docstrings for most plot functions. Emphasize clarity, use common "voice", and increase density of seealso links. * doc/interpreter/plot.txi: Add @findex entries that were in xlim.m * scripts/miscellaneous/getappdata.m scripts/miscellaneous/setappdata.m, scripts/plot/allchild.m, scripts/plot/ancestor.m, scripts/plot/area.m, scripts/plot/axes.m, scripts/plot/axis.m, scripts/plot/bar.m, scripts/plot/barh.m, scripts/plot/box.m, scripts/plot/caxis.m, scripts/plot/cla.m, scripts/plot/clabel.m, scripts/plot/clf.m, scripts/plot/close.m, scripts/plot/closereq.m, scripts/plot/colorbar.m, scripts/plot/comet.m, scripts/plot/comet3.m, scripts/plot/compass.m, scripts/plot/contour.m, scripts/plot/contour3.m, scripts/plot/contourc.m, scripts/plot/contourf.m, scripts/plot/copyobj.m, scripts/plot/cylinder.m, scripts/plot/daspect.m, scripts/plot/diffuse.m, scripts/plot/ellipsoid.m, scripts/plot/errorbar.m, scripts/plot/ezcontour.m, scripts/plot/ezcontourf.m, scripts/plot/ezmesh.m, scripts/plot/ezmeshc.m, scripts/plot/ezplot.m, scripts/plot/ezplot3.m, scripts/plot/ezpolar.m, scripts/plot/ezsurf.m, scripts/plot/ezsurfc.m, scripts/plot/feather.m, scripts/plot/figure.m, scripts/plot/fill.m, scripts/plot/findall.m, scripts/plot/findobj.m, scripts/plot/fplot.m, scripts/plot/gca.m, scripts/plot/gcbf.m, scripts/plot/gcbo.m, scripts/plot/gcf.m, scripts/plot/gco.m, scripts/plot/ginput.m, scripts/plot/graphics_toolkit.m, scripts/plot/grid.m, scripts/plot/gtext.m, scripts/plot/guidata.m, scripts/plot/guihandles.m, scripts/plot/hdl2struct.m, scripts/plot/hggroup.m, scripts/plot/hidden.m, scripts/plot/hist.m, scripts/plot/hold.m, scripts/plot/ishghandle.m, scripts/plot/ishold.m, scripts/plot/isocolors.m, scripts/plot/isprop.m, scripts/plot/legend.m, scripts/plot/line.m, scripts/plot/linkprop.m, scripts/plot/loglog.m, scripts/plot/loglogerr.m, scripts/plot/mesh.m, scripts/plot/meshc.m, scripts/plot/meshgrid.m, scripts/plot/meshz.m, scripts/plot/newplot.m, scripts/plot/orient.m, scripts/plot/pareto.m, scripts/plot/patch.m, scripts/plot/pcolor.m, scripts/plot/peaks.m, scripts/plot/pie.m, scripts/plot/pie3.m, scripts/plot/plot.m, scripts/plot/plot3.m, scripts/plot/plotmatrix.m, scripts/plot/plotyy.m, scripts/plot/polar.m, scripts/plot/print.m, scripts/plot/quiver.m, scripts/plot/quiver3.m, scripts/plot/rectangle.m, scripts/plot/refresh.m, scripts/plot/refreshdata.m, scripts/plot/ribbon.m, scripts/plot/rose.m, scripts/plot/saveas.m, scripts/plot/scatter.m, scripts/plot/scatter3.m, scripts/plot/semilogx.m, scripts/plot/semilogxerr.m, scripts/plot/semilogy.m, scripts/plot/semilogyerr.m, scripts/plot/shading.m, scripts/plot/shg.m, scripts/plot/shrinkfaces.m, scripts/plot/slice.m, scripts/plot/specular.m, scripts/plot/sphere.m, scripts/plot/stairs.m, scripts/plot/stem.m, scripts/plot/stem3.m, scripts/plot/struct2hdl.m, scripts/plot/subplot.m, scripts/plot/surf.m, scripts/plot/surface.m, scripts/plot/surfc.m, scripts/plot/surfl.m, scripts/plot/tetramesh.m, scripts/plot/text.m, scripts/plot/title.m, scripts/plot/trimesh.m, scripts/plot/triplot.m, scripts/plot/trisurf.m, scripts/plot/view.m, scripts/plot/waitbar.m, scripts/plot/waitforbuttonpress.m, scripts/plot/waterfall.m, scripts/plot/whitebg.m, scripts/plot/xlabel.m, scripts/plot/xlim.m, scripts/plot/ylabel.m, scripts/plot/ylim.m, scripts/plot/zlabel.m, scripts/plot/zlim.m: Rewrite docstrings for most plot functions. Emphasize clarity, use common "voice", and increase density of seealso links.
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1 ## Copyright (C) 2012 Michael Goffioul
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2 ##
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3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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4 ##
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5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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8 ## your option) any later version.
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9 ##
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10 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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11 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 ## General Public License for more details.
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14 ##
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15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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17 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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19 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} uiwait
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21 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} uiwait (@var{h})
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22 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} uiwait (@var{h}, @var{timeout})
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23 ## Suspend program execution until the figure with handle @var{h} is
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24 ## deleted or @code{uiresume} is called. When no figure handle is specified,
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25 ## this function uses the current figure.
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26 ##
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27 ## If the figure handle is invalid or there is no current figure, this
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28 ## functions returns immediately.
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29 ##
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30 ## When specified, @var{timeout} defines the number of seconds to wait
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31 ## for the figure deletion or the @code{uiresume} call. The timeout value
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32 ## must be at least 1. If a smaller value is specified, a warning is issued
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33 ## and a timeout value of 1 is used instead. If a non-integer value is
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34 ## specified, it is truncated towards 0. If @var{timeout} is not specified,
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35 ## the program execution is suspended indefinitely.
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36 ## @seealso{uiresume, waitfor}
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37 ## @end deftypefn
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38
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39 ## Author: goffioul
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40
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41 function uiwait (varargin)
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42
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43 h = [];
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44 timeout = [];
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46 if (nargin == 0)
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47 h = get (0, "currentfigure");
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48 else
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49 h = varargin{1};
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50 if (! isfigure (h))
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51 error ("uiwait: invalid figure handle H");
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52 endif
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53 if (nargin > 1)
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54 timeout = varargin{2};
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55 endif
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56 endif
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58 if (! isempty (h))
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59 unwind_protect
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60 try
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61 addproperty ("__uiwait_state__", h, "radio", "none|{active}|triggered");
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62 catch
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63 if (! strcmp (get (h, "__uiwait_state__"), "none"))
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64 error ("uiwait: an active uiwait call for this figure already exists");
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65 endif
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66 set (h, "__uiwait_state__", "active");
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67 end_try_catch
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68 waitfor_args = {h, "__uiwait_state__", "triggered"};
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69 if (! isempty (timeout))
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70 waitfor_args(end+1:end+2) = {"timeout", timeout};
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71 endif
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72 waitfor (waitfor_args{:});
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73 unwind_protect_cleanup
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74 if (ishandle (h) && isprop (h, "__uiwait_state__"))
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75 set (h, "__uiwait_state__", "none");
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76 endif
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77 end_unwind_protect
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78 endif
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79
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80 endfunction