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+## Copyright (C) 1996-2012 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 {Function File} {} figure (@var{n})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} figure (@var{n}, @var{property}, @var{value}, @dots{})
+## Set the current plot window to plot window @var{n}. If no arguments are
+## specified, the next available window number is chosen.
+##
+## Multiple property-value pairs may be specified for the figure, but they
+## must appear in pairs.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: jwe, Bill Denney
+
+function h = figure (varargin)
+
+ nargs = nargin;
+
+ f = NaN;
+
+ init_new_figure = false;
+ if (mod (nargs, 2) == 1)
+ tmp = varargin{1};
+ if (ishandle (tmp) && strcmp (get (tmp, "type"), "figure"))
+ f = tmp;
+ varargin(1) = [];
+ nargs--;
+ elseif (isnumeric (tmp) && tmp > 0 && tmp == fix (tmp))
+ f = tmp;
+ init_new_figure = true;
+ varargin(1) = [];
+ nargs--;
+ else
+ error ("figure: expecting figure handle or figure number");
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ ## Check to see if we already have a figure on the screen. If we do,
+ ## then update it if it is different from the figure we are creating
+ ## or switching to.
+ cf = get (0, "currentfigure");
+ if (! isempty (cf) && cf != 0)
+ if (isnan (f) || cf != f)
+ drawnow ();
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ if (rem (nargs, 2) == 0)
+ if (isnan (f) || init_new_figure)
+ if (ismac () && strcmp (graphics_toolkit (), "fltk"))
+ ## FIXME - Hack for fltk-aqua to work around bug # 31931
+ f = __go_figure__ (f);
+ drawnow ();
+ if (! isempty (varargin))
+ set (f, varargin{:});
+ endif
+ else
+ f = __go_figure__ (f, varargin{:});
+ endif
+ elseif (nargs > 0)
+ set (f, varargin{:});
+ endif
+ set (0, "currentfigure", f);
+ else
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ cf = get (0, "currentfigure");
+ if (strcmp (get (cf, "__graphics_toolkit__"), "fltk"))
+ __add_default_menu__ (cf);
+ endif
+
+ if (nargout > 0)
+ h = f;
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!test
+%! hf = figure ("visible", "off");
+%! unwind_protect
+%! assert (gcf, hf);
+%! assert (isfigure (hf));
+%! unwind_protect_cleanup
+%! close (hf);
+%! end_unwind_protect