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+## Copyright (C) 1996-2012 John W. Eaton
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} meshc (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{z})
+## Plot a mesh and contour given matrices @var{x}, and @var{y} from
+## @code{meshgrid} and a matrix @var{z} corresponding to the @var{x} and
+## @var{y} coordinates of the mesh. If @var{x} and @var{y} are vectors,
+## then a typical vertex is (@var{x}(j), @var{y}(i), @var{z}(i,j)). Thus,
+## columns of @var{z} correspond to different @var{x} values and rows of
+## @var{z} correspond to different @var{y} values.
+## @seealso{meshgrid, mesh, contour}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function h = meshc (varargin)
+
+ newplot ();
+
+ tmp = surface (varargin{:});
+
+ ax = get (tmp, "parent");
+
+ set (tmp, "facecolor", "w");
+ set (tmp, "edgecolor", "flat");
+ ## FIXME - gnuplot does not support a filled surface and a
+ ## non-filled contour. 3D filled patches are also not supported.
+ ## Thus, the facecolor will be transparent for the gnuplot
+ ## backend.
+
+ if (! ishold ())
+ set (ax, "view", [-37.5, 30],
+ "xgrid", "on", "ygrid", "on", "zgrid", "on");
+ endif
+
+ drawnow ();
+ zmin = get (ax, "zlim")(1);
+
+ [c, tmp2] = __contour__ (ax, zmin, varargin{:});
+
+ tmp = [tmp; tmp2];
+
+ if (nargout > 0)
+ h = tmp;
+ endif
+
+endfunction