## Copyright (C) 2007 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} view (@var{azimuth}, @var{elevation})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} view (@var{dims})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{azimuth}, @var{elevation}] =} view ()
## Set or get the viewpoint for the current axes.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function [azimuth, elevation] = view (x, y, z)

  if (nargin < 4)
    if (nargin == 1)
      if (x == 2)
	az = 0;
	el = 90;
      elseif (x == 3)
	az = -37.5;
	el = 30;
      else
	error ("view: expecting single argument to be 2 or 3");
      endif
    elseif (nargin == 2)
      az = x;
      el = y;
    elseif (nargin == 3)
      error ("view: view (x, y, z) not implemented");
    endif

    if (nargin > 0)
      set (gca (), "view", [az, el]);
    endif

    if (nargout == 1)
      error ("view: T = view () not implemented");
    endif

    if (nargout == 2)
      azimuth = az;
      elevation = el;
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction