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##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} image (@var{x}, @var{zoom})
## Display a matrix as a color image.  The elements of @var{x} are indices
## into the current colormap and should have values between 1 and the
## length of the colormap.  If @var{zoom} is omitted, a value of 4 is
## assumed. 
## @end deftypefn

## SEE ALSO: imshow, imagesc, colormap.

## Author: Tony Richardson <arichard@stark.cc.oh.us>
## Created: July 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe

function image (x, zoom)

  if (nargin == 0)
    ## Load Bobbie Jo Richardson (Born 3/16/94)
    x = loadimage ("default.img");
    zoom = 2;
  elseif (nargin == 1)
    zoom = 4;
  elseif (nargin > 2)
    usage ("image (matrix, [zoom])");
  endif

  ppm_name = tmpnam ();

  saveimage (ppm_name, x, "ppm");

  ## Start the viewer.  Try xv, then xloadimage.

  xv = sprintf ("xv -expand %f %s", zoom, ppm_name);

  xloadimage = sprintf ("xloadimage -zoom %f %s", zoom*100, ppm_name);

  rm = sprintf ("rm -f %s", ppm_name);

  ## Need to let the shell clean up the tmp file because we are putting
  ## the viewer in the background.

  command = sprintf ("( %s || %s && %s ) > /dev/null 2>&1 &",
		     xv, xloadimage, rm);

  system (command);

endfunction