--- a/scripts/plot/meshc.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/meshc.m
@@ -31,53 +31,20 @@
 
   newplot ();
 
-  if (nargin == 1)
-    z = varargin{1};
-    if (ismatrix (z))
-      [nr, nc] = size (z);
-      x = 1:nc;
-      y = (1:nr)';
-    else
-      error ("meshc: argument must be a matrix");
-    endif
-  elseif (nargin == 3)
-    x = varargin{1};
-    y = varargin{2};
-    z = varargin{3};
+  tmp = surface (varargin{:});
+
+  ax = get (tmp, "parent");
 
-    if (isvector (x) && isvector (y) && ismatrix (z))
-      if (rows (z) == length (y) && columns (z) == length (x))
-        x = x(:)';
-        y = y(:);
-      else
-        msg = "meshc: rows (z) must be the same as length (y) and";
-        msg = sprintf ("%s\ncolumns (z) must be the same as length (x)", msg);
-        error (msg);
-      endif
-    elseif (ismatrix (x) && ismatrix (y) && ismatrix (z))
-      if (! (size_equal (x, y) && size_equal (x, z)))
-        error ("meshc: x, y, and z must have same dimensions");
-      endif
-    else
-      error ("meshc: x and y must be vectors and z must be a matrix");
-    endif
-  else
-    print_usage ();
-  endif
+  set (tmp, "facecolor", "none");
+  set (tmp, "edgecolor", "flat");
 
-  ## make a default line object, and make it the current axes for the
-  ## current figure.
-  ca = gca ();
-
-  tmp = __go_surface__ (ca, "xdata", x, "ydata", y, "zdata", z);
-
-  set (ca, "view", [-37.5, 30]);
+  set (ax, "view", [-37.5, 30]);
 
   hold on;
 
   [c, lev] = contourc (varargin{:});
 
-  cmap = get (gcf(), "colormap");
+  cmap = get (gcf (), "colormap");
   
   levx = linspace (min (lev), max (lev), size (cmap, 1));
 
@@ -85,7 +52,7 @@
   ax = axis();
   zmin = 2 * ax(5) - ax(6);
 
-  ## decode contourc output format
+  ## Decode contourc output format.
   i1 = 1;
   while (i1 < length (c))
 
@@ -97,12 +64,15 @@
     ccb = interp1 (levx, cmap(:,3), clev);
 
     ii = i1+1:i1+clen;
-    line (c(1,ii), c(2,ii), zmin*ones(size(ii)), "color", [ccr, ccg, ccb]);
+    line (c(1,ii), c(2,ii), zmin * ones (size (ii)), "color",
+	  [ccr, ccg, ccb]);
 
     i1 += c(2,i1)+1;
+
   endwhile
   
   if (nargout > 0)
     h = tmp;
   endif
+
 endfunction