## Copyright (C) 2008 David Bateman
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{buttons}] =} ginput (@var{n})
## Return which mouse buttons were pressed and keys were hit on the current
## figure. If @var{n} is defined, then wait for @var{n} mouse clicks
## before returning. If @var{n} is not defined, then @code{ginput} will
## loop until the return key is pressed.
## @end deftypefn

function varargout = ginput (n)

  if (nargin > 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  f = gcf ();
  drawnow ();
  backend = (get (f, "__backend__"));

  varargout = cell (1, nargout);
  if (nargin == 0)
    [varargout{:}] = feval (strcat ("__", backend, "_ginput__"), f);
  else
    [varargout{:}] = feval (strcat ("__", backend, "_ginput__"), f, n);
  endif

endfunction