## Copyright (C) 2005 John W. Eaton
##
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##
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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{c}, @var{opts})
## 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"). 
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function h = patch (varargin)

  ## make a default patch object, and make it the current axes for
  ## the current figure.
  tmp = __patch__ (gca (), varargin{:});

  if (nargout > 0)
    h = tmp;
  endif

endfunction