## Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Kai Habel
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} spinmap ()
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} spinmap (@var{t})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} spinmap (@var{t}, @var{inc})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} spinmap ("inf")
## Cycle the colormap for @var{t} seconds with a color increment of @var{inc}.
## Both parameters are optional.  The default cycle time is 5 seconds and the
## default increment is 2.  If the option "inf" is given then cycle
## continuously until @kbd{Control-C} is pressed.
##
## When rotating the original color 1 becomes color 2, color 2 becomes
## color 3, etc.  A positive or negative increment is allowed and a higher
## value of @var{inc} will cause faster cycling through the colormap.
## @seealso{colormap}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Kai Habel <kai.habel at gmx.de>

function spinmap (t = 5, inc = 2)

  if (nargin > 2)
    print_usage ();
  elseif (ischar (t))
    if (strcmpi (t, "inf")) 
      t = Inf;
    else
      error ('spinmap: time T must be a real scalar or "inf"');
    endif
  elseif (! isscalar (t) || ! isreal (t))
    error ("spinmap: time T must be a real scalar");
  endif

  cmap = cmap_orig = get (gcf (), "colormap");

  t0 = clock;
  while (etime (clock, t0) < t)
    cmap = shift (cmap, inc, 1);
    set (gcf (), "colormap", cmap);
    drawnow ();
  endwhile

  set (gcf (), "colormap", cmap_orig);

endfunction


%!demo
%! clf;
%! colormap (rainbow (128));
%! imagesc (1:8);
%! axis off;
%! title ("Rotate color bars to the right");
%! spinmap (3, 1);