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+## Copyright (C) 2004-2012 Petr Mikulik
+##
+## 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} {[@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{buttons}] =} __gnuplot_ginput__ (@var{f}, @var{n})
+## Undocumented internal function.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## This is ginput.m implementation for gnuplot and X11.
+## It requires gnuplot 4.1 and later.
+
+## This file initially bore the copyright statement
+## Petr Mikulik
+## History: June 2006; August 2005; June 2004; April 2004
+## License: public domain
+
+function [x, y, button] = __gnuplot_ginput__ (f, n)
+
+ ostream = get (f, "__plot_stream__");
+ if (numel (ostream) < 1)
+ error ("ginput: stream to gnuplot not open");
+ elseif (ispc ())
+ if (numel (ostream) == 1)
+ error ("ginput: Need mkfifo that is not implemented under Windows");
+ endif
+ use_mkfifo = false;
+ istream = ostream(2);
+ ostream = ostream(1);
+ else
+ use_mkfifo = true;
+ ostream = ostream(1);
+ endif
+
+ if (compare_versions (__gnuplot_version__ (), "4.0", "<="))
+ error ("ginput: version %s of gnuplot not supported", gnuplot_version ());
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin == 1)
+ x = zeros (100, 1);
+ y = zeros (100, 1);
+ button = zeros (100, 1);
+ else
+ x = zeros (n, 1);
+ y = zeros (n, 1);
+ button = zeros (n, 1);
+ endif
+
+ if (use_mkfifo)
+ gpin_name = tmpnam ();
+
+ ##Mode: 6*8*8 == 0600
+ [err, msg] = mkfifo (gpin_name, 6*8*8);
+
+ if (err != 0)
+ error ("ginput: Can not open fifo (%s)", msg);
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ unwind_protect
+
+ k = 0;
+ while (true)
+ k++;
+
+ ## Notes: MOUSE_* can be undefined if user closes gnuplot by "q"
+ ## or Alt-F4. Further, this abrupt close also requires the leading
+ ## "\n" on the next line.
+ if (use_mkfifo)
+ fprintf (ostream, "set print \"%s\";\n", gpin_name);
+ fflush (ostream);
+ [gpin, err] = fopen (gpin_name, "r");
+ if (err != 0)
+ error ("ginput: Can not open fifo (%s)", msg);
+ endif
+ fputs (ostream, "pause mouse any;\n\n");
+ fputs (ostream, "\nif (exists(\"MOUSE_KEY\") && exists(\"MOUSE_X\")) print MOUSE_X, MOUSE_Y, MOUSE_KEY; else print \"0 0 -1\"\n");
+
+ ## Close output file, to force it to be flushed
+ fputs (ostream, "set print;\n");
+ fflush (ostream);
+
+ ## Now read from fifo.
+ [x(k), y(k), button(k), count] = fscanf (gpin, "%f %f %d", "C");
+ fclose (gpin);
+ else
+ fprintf (ostream, "set print \"-\";\n");
+ fflush (ostream);
+ fputs (ostream, "pause mouse any;\n\n");
+ fputs (ostream, "\nif (exists(\"MOUSE_KEY\") && exists(\"MOUSE_X\")) print \"OCTAVE: \", MOUSE_X, MOUSE_Y, MOUSE_KEY; else print \"0 0 -1\"\n");
+
+ ## Close output file, to force it to be flushed
+ fputs (ostream, "set print;\n");
+ fflush (ostream);
+
+ str = {};
+ while (isempty (str))
+ str = char (fread (istream)');
+ if (isempty (str))
+ sleep (0.05);
+ else
+ str = regexp (str, 'OCTAVE:\s+[-+.\d]+\s+[-+.\d]+\s+\d*', 'match');
+ endif
+ fclear (istream);
+ endwhile
+ [x(k), y(k), button(k), count] = sscanf (str{end}(8:end), "%f %f %d", "C");
+ endif
+
+ if ([x(k), y(k), button(k)] == [0, 0, -1])
+ ## Mousing not active (no plot yet).
+ break;
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin > 1)
+ ## Input argument n was given => stop when k == n.
+ if (k == n)
+ break;
+ endif
+ else
+ ## Input argument n not given => stop when hitting a return key.
+ ## if (button(k) == 0x0D || button(k) == 0x0A)
+ ## ## hit Return or Enter
+ if (button(k) == 0x0D)
+ ## hit Return
+ x(k:end) = [];
+ y(k:end) = [];
+ button(k:end) = [];
+ break;
+ endif
+ endif
+ endwhile
+
+ unwind_protect_cleanup
+ if (use_mkfifo)
+ unlink (gpin_name);
+ endif
+ end_unwind_protect
+
+endfunction
+