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+## Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Kai Habel
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+## your option) any later version.
+##
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+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{map_out} =} brighten (@var{map}, @var{beta})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{map_out} =} brighten (@var{h}, @var{beta})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{map_out} =} brighten (@var{beta})
+## Darken or brighten the given colormap. If the @var{map} argument
+## is omitted, the function is applied to the current colormap. The first
+## argument can also be a valid graphics handle @var{h}, in which case
+## @code{brighten} is applied to the colormap associated with this handle.
+##
+## Should the resulting colormap @var{map_out} not be assigned, it will be
+## written to the current colormap.
+##
+## The argument @var{beta} should be a scalar between -1 and 1,
+## where a negative value darkens and a positive value brightens
+## the colormap.
+## @seealso{colormap}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function rmap = brighten (arg1, beta)
+ h = -1;
+ if (nargin == 1)
+ beta = arg1;
+ m = colormap;
+ h = gcf ();
+ elseif (nargin == 2)
+ if (ishandle (arg1))
+ h = arg1;
+ m = get (h, "colormap");
+ elseif (ismatrix (arg1) && columns (arg1) == 3)
+ m = arg1;
+ else
+ error ("brighten: first argument must be an Nx3 matrix or a handle");
+ endif
+ else
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (! isscalar (beta) || beta <= -1 || beta >= 1)
+ error ("brighten: BETA must be a scalar in the range (-1,1)");
+ endif
+
+ if (beta > 0)
+ gamma = 1 - beta;
+ else
+ gamma = 1 / (1 + beta);
+ endif
+
+ if (nargout == 0)
+ if (ishandle (h))
+ set (h, "colormap", m .^ gamma);
+ else
+ colormap (m .^ gamma);
+ endif
+ else
+ rmap = m .^ gamma;
+ endif
+
+endfunction