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+## Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Paul Kienzle
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} orient (@var{orientation})
+## Set the default print orientation. Valid values for
+## @var{orientation} include @code{"landscape"}, @code{"portrait"},
+## and @code{"tall"}.
+##
+## The @code{"tall"} option sets the orientation to portait and fills
+## the page with the plot, while leaving a 0.25in border.
+##
+## If called with no arguments, return the default print orientation.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Paul Kienzle
+## Adapted-By: jwe
+
+function retval = orient (varargin)
+
+ nargs = nargin;
+
+ if (nargs > 0 && numel (varargin{1}) == 1 && isfigure (varargin{1}))
+ cf = varargin{1};
+ varargin(1) = [];
+ nargs--;
+ else
+ cf = gcf ();
+ endif
+
+ if (nargs == 0)
+ retval = get (cf, "paperorientation");
+ elseif (nargin == 1)
+ orientation = varargin{1};
+ if (strcmpi (orientation, "landscape") || strcmpi (orientation, "portrait"))
+ if (! strcmpi (get (cf, "paperorientation"), orientation))
+ ## FIXME - with the proper listeners in place there won't be a need to set
+ ## the papersize and paperpostion here.
+ papersize = get (cf, "papersize");
+ paperposition = get (cf, "paperposition");
+ set (cf, "paperorientation", orientation);
+ set (cf, "papersize", papersize([2, 1]));
+ set (cf, "paperposition", paperposition([2, 1, 4, 3]));
+ endif
+ elseif (strcmpi (varargin{1}, 'tall'))
+ orient ("portrait");
+ papersize = get (cf, "papersize");
+ set (cf, "paperposition", [0.25, 0.25, (papersize - 0.5)]);
+ else
+ error ("orient: unknown ORIENTATION");
+ endif
+ else
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!shared papersize, paperposition, tallpaperposition, hfig
+%! papersize = [8.5, 11];
+%! paperposition = [0.25, 2.5, 8, 6];
+%! tallpaperposition = [0.25, 0.25, (papersize-0.5)];
+%! hfig = figure ();
+%! set (hfig, "visible", "off")
+%! set (hfig, "paperorientation", "portrait")
+%! set (hfig, "papersize", papersize)
+%! set (hfig, "paperposition", paperposition)
+%!test
+%! orient portrait
+%! assert (orient, "portrait") # default
+%! assert (get (hfig, "papersize"), papersize)
+%! assert (get (hfig, "paperposition"), paperposition)
+%!test
+%! orient landscape
+%! assert (orient,"landscape") # change to landscape
+%! assert (get (hfig, "papersize"), papersize([2, 1]))
+%! assert (get (hfig, "paperposition"), paperposition([2, 1, 4, 3]))
+%!test
+%! orient portrait # change back to portrait
+%! assert (orient, "portrait")
+%! assert (get (hfig, "papersize"), papersize)
+%! assert (get (hfig, "paperposition"), paperposition)
+%!test
+%! orient landscape
+%! orient tall
+%! assert (orient, "portrait")
+%! assert (get (hfig, "papersize"), papersize)
+%! assert (get (hfig, "paperposition"), tallpaperposition)
+%!fail ("orient ('nobody')", "unknown ORIENTATION")
+%!test
+%! orient portrait # errors don't change the state
+%! assert (orient, "portrait")
+%! assert (get (hfig, "papersize"), papersize)
+%! assert (get (hfig, "paperposition"), tallpaperposition)
+%! close (hfig)