## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
## any later version.
##
## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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## General Public License for more details.
##
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## Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
## 02111-1307, USA.

## Author: jwe

function __plt__ (caller, ...)

  if (nargin == 2)

    __plt1__ (va_arg (), "");

  elseif (nargin > 2)

    first_plot = 1;
    hold_state = ishold ();

    unwind_protect

      x = va_arg ();
      nargin = nargin - 2;
      x_set = 1;
      y_set = 0;

      ## Gather arguments, decode format, and plot lines.

      while (nargin-- > 0)

	fmt = "";
	new = va_arg ();

	if (isstr (new))
	  if (! x_set)
	    error ("plot: no data to plot");
	  endif
	  fmt = __pltopt__ (caller, new);
	  if (! y_set)
	    __plt1__ (x, fmt);
	  else
	    __plt2__ (x, y, fmt);
	  endif
	  hold on;
	  x_set = 0;
	  y_set = 0;
	elseif (x_set)
	  if (y_set)
	    __plt2__ (x, y, fmt);
	    hold on;
	    x = new;
	    y_set = 0;
	  else
	    y = new;
	    y_set = 1;
	  endif
	else
	  x = new;
	  x_set = 1;
	endif

	## Something fishy is going on.  I don't think this should be
	## necessary, but without it, sometimes not all the lines from a
	## given plot command appear on the screen.  Even with it, the
	## delay might not be long enough for some systems...

	usleep (1e5);

      endwhile

      ## Handle last plot.

      if  (x_set)
	if (y_set)
	  __plt2__ (x, y, fmt);
	else
	  __plt1__ (x, fmt);
	endif
      endif

    unwind_protect_cleanup

      if (! hold_state)
        hold off;
      endif

    end_unwind_protect

  else

    msg = sprintf ("%s (x)\n", caller);
    msg = sprintf ("%s       %s (x, y)\n", msg, caller);
    msg = sprintf ("%s       %s (x2, y1, x2, y2)\n", msg, caller);
    msg = sprintf ("%s       %s (x, y, fmt)", msg, caller);
    usage (msg);

  endif

endfunction