## Copyright (C) 2010 David Bateman
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{style} =} __next_line_style__ (@var{reset})
## Undocumented internal function.
## @end deftypefn

## Return the next line style in the rotation.


function [linestyle, marker] = __next_line_style__ (reset)

  persistent style_rotation;
  persistent num_styles;
  persistent style_index;

  if (nargin < 2)
    if (nargin == 1)
      if (ischar (reset) && strncmp (reset, "incr", 4))
        if (isempty (style_rotation))
          error ("__next_line_style__: style_rotation not initialized");
        elseif (++style_index > num_styles)
          style_index = 1;
        endif
      elseif (reset)
        style_rotation = strsplit (get (gca (), "linestyleorder"), "|");
        num_styles = length (style_rotation);
        style_index = 1;
      endif
    elseif (! isempty (style_rotation))
      options = __pltopt__ ("__next_line_style__", 
                            style_rotation (style_index));
      linestyle = options.linestyle;
      marker = options.marker;   
    else
      error ("__next_line_style__: style_rotation not initialized");
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction
