## Copyright (C) 2012 Michael Goffioul
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{h} =} gco ()
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} gco (@var{fig})
## Return a handle to the current object of the current figure, or a handle
## to the current object of the figure with handle @var{fig}. The current
## object of a figure is the object that was last clicked on. It is stored
## in the CurrentObject property of the target figure.
##
## If the last mouse click didn't occur on any child object of the figure,
## the current object is the figure itself.
##
## If no mouse click occured in the target figure, this function returns and
## empty matrix.
##
## Note that the value returned by this function is not necessarily the same
## as the one returned by gcbo during callback execution. An executing
## callback can be interrupted by another callback and the current object
## can be modified.
##
##@seealso{gcbo, gcf}
##@end deftypefn

function h = gco ()

  h = get (gcf (), "currentobject");

endfunction