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## Copyright (C) 2008-2015 John W. Eaton
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Loadable Function} {[@var{prog}, @var{args}] =} gnuplot_binary ()
## @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {[@var{old_prog}, @var{old_args}] =} gnuplot_binary (@var{new_prog}, @var{arg1}, @dots{})
## Query or set the name of the program invoked by the plot command
## when the graphics toolkit is set to "gnuplot".  Additional arguments to
## pass to the external plotting program may also be given.
## The default value is @qcode{"gnuplot"} with no additional arguments.
## @xref{Installation}.
## @seealso{graphics_toolkit}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function [prog, args] = gnuplot_binary (new_prog, varargin)

  persistent gp_binary = %OCTAVE_CONF_GNUPLOT%;
  persistent gp_args = {};

  if (nargout > 0 || nargin == 0)
    prog = gp_binary;
    args = gp_args;
  endif

  if (nargin == 1)
    if (! ischar (new_prog) || isempty (new_prog))
      error ("gnuplot_binary: NEW_PROG must be a non-empty string");
    endif
    gp_binary = new_prog;
  endif

  if (nargin > 1)
    if (! iscellstr (varargin))
      error ("gnuplot_binary: arguments must be character strings");
    endif
    gp_args = varargin;
  endif

endfunction


%!test
%! orig_val = gnuplot_binary ();
%! old_val = gnuplot_binary ("X");
%! assert (orig_val, old_val);
%! assert (gnuplot_binary (), "X");
%! gnuplot_binary (orig_val);
%! assert (gnuplot_binary (), orig_val);
author	Rik <rik@octave.org>
date	Sun, 03 May 2015 09:36:20 -0700
parents	4197fc428c7d
children	777f26aa8e3e