# HG changeset patch
# User Ben Abbott <bpabbott@mac.com>
# Date 1224513077 14400
# Node ID 5cfeb7bc497a663a3321b15c0055e16f95dc5606
# Parent  041bb0c64f07eeaf3bef27fda18c0ad01980c72e
comet.m,hold.m: validate axes handle

diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 	* plot/orient.m, plot/print.m: Properly validate figure handle.
 
+	* plot/hold.m, plot/comet.m: Properly validate axes handle.
+
 2008-10-20  David Bateman  <dbateman@free.fr>
 
 	* plot/plotyy.m: Test that an axes handle actually is one before
diff --git a/scripts/plot/comet.m b/scripts/plot/comet.m
--- a/scripts/plot/comet.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/comet.m
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 
   if (nargin == 0)
     print_usage ();
-  elseif (numel (varargin{1}) == 1 && ishandle (varargin{1}))
+  elseif (numel (varargin{1}) == 1 && ishandle (varargin{1})
+	  && strcmpi (get (varargin{1}, "type"), "axes"))
     axes (varargin{1});
     varargin = varargin(2:end);
     numargin = nargin - 1;
diff --git a/scripts/plot/hold.m b/scripts/plot/hold.m
--- a/scripts/plot/hold.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/hold.m
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 
 function hold (varargin)
 
-  if (nargin > 0 && numel (varargin{1}) == 1 && ishandle (varargin{1}(1)))
+  if (nargin > 0 && numel (varargin{1}) == 1 && ishandle (varargin{1}(1))
+      && strcmp (get (varargin{1}, "type"), "axes"))
     [h, varargin, nargs] = __plt_get_axis_arg__ ("hold", varargin{:});
   elseif (nargin > 0 && numel (varargin{1}) > 1 && ishandle (varargin{1}(1)))
     print_usage ();