## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} title (@var{string})
## Specify a title for a plot.  If you already have a plot displayed, use
## the command @code{replot} to redisplay it with the new title.
## @end deftypefn
##
## @seealso{plot, semilogx, semilogy, loglog, polar, mesh, contour,
## bar, stairs, gplot, gsplot, replot, xlabel, and ylabel}

## Author: jwe

function h = title (text)

  if (nargin != 1)
    usage ("title (text)");
  endif

  if (isstr (text))
    eval (sprintf ("gset title \"%s\"",
		   undo_string_escapes (undo_string_escapes (text))));
  else
    error ("title: text must be a string");
  endif

  ## XXX FIXME XXX -- eventually, we will return a graphics handle.  For
  ## now, return something, so that calls that expect a handle won't
  ## fail (at least immediately).

  if (nargout > 0)
    h = -1;
  endif

endfunction