## Copyright (C) 2010 Martin Hepperle
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{h} =} helpdlg (@var{msg})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} helpdlg (@var{msg}, @var{title})
## Display @var{msg} in a help dialog box.
##
## The message may have multiple lines separated by newline characters
## ("\n"), or it may be a cellstr array with one element for each
## line.  The optional input @var{title} (character string) can be used to
## set the dialog caption.  The default title is "Help Dialog".
##
## The return value is always 1.
## @seealso{errordlg, inputdlg, listdlg, msgbox, questdlg, warndlg}
## @end deftypefn

function retval = helpdlg (msg, title = "Help Dialog")

  if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  retval = message_dialog ("helpdlg", msg, title, "help");

endfunction


%!demo
%! disp ('- test helpdlg with a help message only.');
%! helpdlg ("Below, you should see 3 lines:\nline #1\nline #2, and\nline #3.");

%!demo
%! disp ('- test helpdlg with help message and caption.');
%! helpdlg ('You should see a single line.','A help dialog');