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+## Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Ben Abbott
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} daspect (@var{data_aspect_ratio})
+## Set the data aspect ratio of the current axes. The aspect ratio is
+## a normalized 3-element vector representing the span of the x, y, and
+## z-axes limits.
+##
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{data_aspect_ratio} =} daspect ( )
+## Return the data aspect ratio of the current axes.
+##
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} daspect (@var{mode})
+## Set the data aspect ratio mode of the current axes.
+##
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{data_aspect_ratio_mode} =} daspect ("mode")
+## Return the data aspect ratio mode of the current axes.
+##
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} daspect (@var{hax}, @dots{})
+## Use the axes, with handle @var{hax}, instead of the current axes.
+##
+## @seealso{axis, pbaspect, xlim, ylim, zlim}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Ben Abbott <bpabbott@mac.com>
+## Created: 2010-01-26
+
+function varargout = daspect (varargin)
+
+ hax = gca ();
+
+ if (nargin > 0)
+ if (isscalar (varargin{1}) && ishandle (varargin{1}))
+ hax = varargin{1};
+ varargin = varargin(2:end);
+ endif
+ endif
+ if (numel (varargin) > 0)
+ if (numel (varargin) == 1)
+ if (ischar (varargin{1})
+ && any (strcmpi (varargin{1}, {"mode", "manual", "auto"})))
+ switch (varargin{1})
+ case "mode"
+ if (nargout < 2)
+ varargout{1} = get (hax, "dataaspectratiomode");
+ return
+ else
+ error ("daspect: only one output is allowed");
+ endif
+ case "manual"
+ set (hax, "dataaspectratiomode", "manual");
+ case "auto"
+ set (hax, "dataaspectratiomode", "auto");
+ endswitch
+ elseif (isreal (varargin{1}) && numel (varargin{1}) == 2)
+ set (hax, "dataaspectratio", [varargin{1}, 1]);
+ elseif (isreal (varargin{1}) && numel (varargin{1}) == 3)
+ set (hax, "dataaspectratio", varargin{1});
+ else
+ error ("daspect: invalid input");
+ endif
+ elseif (numel (varargin) > 1)
+ error ("daspect: too many inputs");
+ endif
+ elseif (nargout == 0)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (nargout == 1)
+ varargout{1} = get (hax, "dataaspectratio");
+ elseif (nargout > 1)
+ error ("daspect: only one output is allowed");
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!demo
+%! x = 0:0.01:4;
+%! clf
+%! plot (x, cos (x), x, sin (x))
+%! axis square
+%! daspect ([1 1 1])
+%! title ("square plot-box with axis limits [0, 4, -2, 2]")
+
+%!demo
+%! x = 0:0.01:4;
+%! clf
+%! plot (x, cos (x), x, sin (x))
+%! axis ([0 4 -1 1])
+%! daspect ([2 1 1])
+%! title ("square plot-box with axis limits [0, 4, -1, 1]")
+
+%!demo
+%! x = 0:0.01:4;
+%! clf
+%! plot (x, cos (x), x, sin (x))
+%! daspect ([1 2 1])
+%! pbaspect ([2 1 1])
+%! title ("2x1 plot box with axis limits [0, 4, -2, 2]")
+
+%!demo
+%! x = 0:0.01:4;
+%! clf
+%! plot (x, cos (x), x, sin (x))
+%! axis square
+%! set (gca, "activepositionproperty", "position")
+%! daspect ([1 1 1])
+%! title ("square plot-box with axis limits [0, 4, -2, 2]")
+
+%!demo
+%! x = 0:0.01:4;
+%! clf
+%! plot (x, cos (x), x, sin (x))
+%! axis ([0 4 -1 1])
+%! set (gca, "activepositionproperty", "position")
+%! daspect ([2 1 1])
+%! title ("square plot-box with axis limits [0, 4, -1, 1]")
+