## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} __plt__ (@code{caller}, @dots{})
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function __plt__ (caller, varargin)

  nargs = nargin ();

  if (nargs == 2)

    __plt1__ (varargin{1}, "");

  elseif (nargs > 2)

    first_plot = 1;
    hold_state = ishold ();

    unwind_protect

      k = 1;
      x = varargin{k++};
      nargs -= 2;
      x_set = 1;
      y_set = 0;

      ## Gather arguments, decode format, and plot lines.

      while (nargs-- > 0)

        fmt = "";
        new = varargin{k++};

        if (isstr (new))
          if (! x_set)
            error ("plot: no data to plot");
          endif
          fmt = __pltopt__ (caller, new);
          if (! y_set)
            __plt1__ (x, fmt);
          else
            __plt2__ (x, y, fmt);
          endif
          hold on;
          x_set = 0;
          y_set = 0;
        elseif (x_set)
          if (y_set)
            __plt2__ (x, y, fmt);
            hold on;
            x = new;
            y_set = 0;
          else
            y = new;
            y_set = 1;
          endif
        else
          x = new;
          x_set = 1;
        endif

      endwhile

      ## Handle last plot.

      if  (x_set)
        if (y_set)
          __plt2__ (x, y, fmt);
        else
          __plt1__ (x, fmt);
        endif
      endif

    unwind_protect_cleanup

      if (! hold_state)
        hold off;
      endif

    end_unwind_protect

  else

    msg = sprintf ("%s (x)\n", caller);
    msg = sprintf ("%s       %s (x, y)\n", msg, caller);
    msg = sprintf ("%s       %s (x2, y1, x2, y2)\n", msg, caller);
    msg = sprintf ("%s       %s (x, y, fmt)", msg, caller);
    usage (msg);

  endif

endfunction