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+## Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Kai Habel
+##
+## 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.
+##
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+## 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} {} shading (@var{type})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} shading (@var{ax}, @dots{})
+## Set the shading of surface or patch graphic objects. Valid arguments
+## for @var{type} are
+##
+## @table @asis
+## @item "flat"
+## Single colored patches with invisible edges.
+##
+## @item "faceted"
+## Single colored patches with visible edges.
+##
+## @item "interp"
+## Color between patch vertices are interpolated and the patch edges are
+## invisible.
+## @end table
+##
+## If @var{ax} is given the shading is applied to axis @var{ax} instead
+## of the current axis.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Kai Habel <kai.habel@gmx.de>
+
+function shading (varargin)
+
+ [ax, varargin] = __plt_get_axis_arg__ ("shading", varargin{:});
+
+ if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ mode = varargin{1};
+
+ h1 = findobj (ax, "type", "patch");
+ h2 = findobj (ax, "type", "surface");
+
+ obj = [h1(:); h2(:)];
+
+ for n = 1:numel(obj)
+ h = obj(n);
+ if (strcmpi (mode, "flat"))
+ set (h, "facecolor", "flat");
+ set (h, "edgecolor", "none");
+ elseif (strcmpi (mode, "interp"))
+ set (h, "facecolor", "interp");
+ set (h, "edgecolor", "none");
+ elseif (strcmpi (mode, "faceted"))
+ set (h, "facecolor", "flat");
+ set (h, "edgecolor", [0 0 0]);
+ else
+ error ("shading: unknown argument");
+ endif
+ endfor
+
+endfunction
+
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! colormap (jet)
+%! sombrero
+%! shading faceted
+%! title ('shading "faceted"')
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! sombrero
+%! shading flat
+%! title ('shading "flat"')
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! sombrero
+%! shading interp
+%! title ('shading "interp"')
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! pcolor (peaks ())
+%! shading faceted
+%! title ('shading "faceted"')
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! pcolor (peaks ())
+%! shading flat
+%! title ('shading "flat"')
+
+%!demo
+%! clf
+%! pcolor (peaks ())
+%! shading interp
+%! title ('shading "interp"')
+