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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} patch ()
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} patch (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{c})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} patch (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{z}, @var{c})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} patch (@var{fv})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} patch ('Faces', @var{f}, 'Vertices', @var{v}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} patch (@dots{}, @var{prop}, @var{val})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} patch (@var{h}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} patch (@dots{})
## Create patch object from @var{x} and @var{y} with color @var{c} and
## insert in the current axes object.  Return handle to patch object.
##
## For a uniform colored patch, @var{c} can be given as an RGB vector,
## scalar value referring to the current colormap, or string value (for
## example, "r" or "red").
##
## If passed a structure @var{fv} contain the fields "vertices", "faces"
## and optionally "facevertexcdata", create the patch based on these
## properties.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = patch (varargin)

  [h, varargin] = __plt_get_axis_arg__ ("patch", varargin{:});

  oldh = gca ();

  unwind_protect
    axes (h);
    [tmp, failed] = __patch__ (h, varargin{:});
    if (failed)
      print_usage ();
    endif
  unwind_protect_cleanup
    axes (oldh);
  end_unwind_protect

  if (nargout > 0)
    retval = tmp;
  endif

endfunction

%!demo
%! ## Patches with same number of vertices
%! clf
%! t1 = (1/16:1/8:1)'*2*pi;
%! t2 = ((1/16:1/8:1)' + 1/32)*2*pi;
%! x1 = sin(t1) - 0.8;
%! y1 = cos(t1);
%! x2 = sin(t2) + 0.8;
%! y2 = cos(t2);
%! patch([x1,x2],[y1,y2],'r');

%!demo
%! ## Unclosed patch
%! clf
%! t1 = (1/16:1/8:1)'*2*pi;
%! t2 = ((1/16:1/16:1)' + 1/32)*2*pi;
%! x1 = sin(t1) - 0.8;
%! y1 = cos(t1);
%! x2 = sin(t2) + 0.8;
%! y2 = cos(t2);
%! patch([[x1;NaN(8,1)],x2],[[y1;NaN(8,1)],y2],'r');

%!demo
%! ## Specify vertices and faces separately
%! clf
%! t1 = (1/16:1/8:1)'*2*pi;
%! t2 = ((1/16:1/16:1)' + 1/32)*2*pi;
%! x1 = sin(t1) - 0.8;
%! y1 = cos(t1);
%! x2 = sin(t2) + 0.8;
%! y2 = cos(t2);
%! vert = [x1, y1; x2, y2];
%! fac = [1:8,NaN(1,8);9:24];
%! patch('Faces',fac,'Vertices',vert,'FaceColor','r');

%!demo
%! ## Specify vertices and faces separately
%! clf
%! t1 = (1/16:1/8:1)'*2*pi;
%! t2 = ((1/16:1/16:1)' + 1/32)*2*pi;
%! x1 = sin(t1) - 0.8;
%! y1 = cos(t1);
%! x2 = sin(t2) + 0.8;
%! y2 = cos(t2);
%! vert = [x1, y1; x2, y2];
%! fac = [1:8,NaN(1,8);9:24];
%! patch('Faces',fac,'Vertices',vert,'FaceVertexCData', [0, 1, 0; 0, 0, 1]);

%!demo
%! ## Property change on multiple patches
%! clf
%! t1 = (1/16:1/8:1)'*2*pi;
%! t2 = ((1/16:1/8:1)' + 1/32)*2*pi;
%! x1 = sin(t1) - 0.8;
%! y1 = cos(t1);
%! x2 = sin(t2) + 0.8;
%! y2 = cos(t2);
%! h = patch([x1,x2],[y1,y2],cat (3,[0,0],[1,0],[0,1]));
%! pause (1);
%! set (h, 'FaceColor', 'r');

%!demo
%! clf
%! vertices = [0, 0, 0;
%!             1, 0, 0;
%!             1, 1, 0;
%!             0, 1, 0;
%!             0.5, 0.5, 1];
%! faces = [1, 2, 5;
%!          2, 3, 5;
%!          3, 4, 5;
%!          4, 1, 5];
%! patch('Vertices', vertices, 'Faces', faces, ...
%!       'FaceVertexCData', jet(4), 'FaceColor', 'flat')
%! view (-37.5, 30)
