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+## Copyright (C) 2002-2012 John W. Eaton
+##
+## 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.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## 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 {Command} {} close
+## @deftypefnx {Command} {} close (@var{n})
+## @deftypefnx {Command} {} close all
+## @deftypefnx {Command} {} close all hidden
+## Close figure window(s) by calling the function specified by the
+## @code{"closerequestfcn"} property for each figure. By default, the
+## function @code{closereq} is used.
+## @seealso{closereq}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: jwe
+## 2010-05-02 PBig allow empty argument
+
+function retval = close (arg1, arg2)
+
+ figs = [];
+
+ if (nargin == 0)
+ ## Close current figure. Don't use gcf because that will open a new
+ ## plot window if one doesn't exist.
+ figs = get (0, "currentfigure");
+ if (! isempty (figs) && figs == 0)
+ figs = [];
+ endif
+ elseif (nargin == 1)
+ if (ischar (arg1) && strcmpi (arg1, "all"))
+ close_all_figures (false);
+ elseif (isfigure (arg1))
+ figs = arg1;
+ elseif (isempty(arg1))
+ figs = [];
+ else
+ error ("close: expecting argument to be \"all\" or a figure handle");
+ endif
+ elseif (nargin == 2
+ && ischar (arg1) && strcmpi (arg1, "all")
+ && ischar (arg2) && strcmpi (arg2, "hidden"))
+ close_all_figures (true);
+ else
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ for h = figs
+ __go_execute_callback__ (h, "closerequestfcn");
+ endfor
+
+ if (nargout > 0)
+ retval = 1;
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+function close_all_figures (close_hidden_figs)
+
+ while (! isempty (fig = get (0, "currentfigure")))
+ ## handlevisibility = get (fig, "handlevisibility")
+ ## if (close_hidden_figs || ! strcmpi (handlevisibility, "off"))
+ close (fig);
+ ## endif
+ endwhile
+
+endfunction
+
+%!test
+%! hf = figure ("visible", "off");
+%! unwind_protect
+%! close (hf);
+%! objs = findobj ("type", "figure");
+%! assert (isempty (intersect (objs, hf)));
+%! unwind_protect_cleanup
+%! if (isfigure (hf))
+%! close (hf);
+%! endif
+%! end_unwind_protect