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+## Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Michael Goffioul
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{name} =} graphics_toolkit ()
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{old_name} =} graphics_toolkit (@var{name})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} graphics_toolkit (@var{hlist}, @var{name})
+## Query or set the default graphics toolkit to @var{name}. If the
+## toolkit is not already loaded, it is first initialized by calling the
+## function @code{__init_@var{name}__}.
+##
+## When called with a list of figure handles, @var{hlist}, the graphics
+## toolkit is changed only for the listed figures.
+## @seealso{available_graphics_toolkits}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function retval = graphics_toolkit (name, hlist = [])
+
+ if (nargin > 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (nargout > 0 || nargin == 0)
+ retval = get (0, "defaultfigure__graphics_toolkit__");
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin == 0)
+ return;
+ elseif (nargin == 1)
+ if (! ischar (name))
+ error ("graphics_toolkit: invalid graphics toolkit NAME");
+ endif
+ elseif (nargin == 2)
+ ## Swap input arguments
+ [hlist, name] = deal (name, hlist);
+ if (! all (isfigure (hlist)))
+ error ("graphics_toolkit: invalid figure handle list HLIST");
+ elseif (! ischar (name))
+ error ("graphics_toolkit: invalid graphics toolkit NAME");
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ if (! any (strcmp (loaded_graphics_toolkits (), name)))
+ feval (["__init_", name, "__"]);
+ if (! any (strcmp (loaded_graphics_toolkits (), name)))
+ error ("graphics_toolkit: %s toolkit was not correctly loaded", name);
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ if (isempty (hlist))
+ set (0, "defaultfigure__graphics_toolkit__", name);
+ else
+ set (hlist, "__graphics_toolkit__", name);
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+
+%!testif HAVE_FLTK
+%! unwind_protect
+%! hf = figure ("visible", "off");
+%! toolkit = graphics_toolkit ();
+%! assert (get (0, "defaultfigure__graphics_toolkit__"), toolkit);
+%! graphics_toolkit (hf, "fltk");
+%! assert (get (hf, "__graphics_toolkit__"), "fltk");
+%! unwind_protect_cleanup
+%! close (hf);
+%! end_unwind_protect
+
+%!testif HAVE_FLTK
+%! old_toolkit = graphics_toolkit ();
+%! switch old_toolkit
+%! case {"gnuplot"}
+%! new_toolkit = "fltk";
+%! otherwise
+%! new_toolkit = "gnuplot";
+%! endswitch
+%! assert (graphics_toolkit (new_toolkit), old_toolkit)
+%! assert (graphics_toolkit (old_toolkit), new_toolkit)
+