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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} fill (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{c})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} fill (@var{x1}, @var{y1}, @var{c1}, @var{x2}, @var{y2}, @var{c2})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} fill (@dots{}, @var{prop}, @var{val})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} fill (@var{h}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} fill (@dots{})
## Create one or more filled patch objects, returning a patch object for each.
## @end deftypefn

function retval = fill (varargin)

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

  htmp = [];
  iargs = __find_patches__ (varargin{:});

  oldh = gca ();
  unwind_protect
    axes (h);

    for i = 1 : length (iargs)
      if (i == length (iargs))
	args = varargin (iargs(i):end);
      else
        args = varargin (iargs(i):iargs(i+1)-1);
      endif
      newplot ();
      [tmp, fail] = __patch__ (h, args{:});
      if (fail)
	print_usage();
      endif
      htmp (end + 1) = tmp;
    endfor
  unwind_protect_cleanup
    axes (oldh);
  end_unwind_protect

  if (nargout > 0)
    retval = htmp;
  endif

endfunction

function iargs = __find_patches__ (varargin)
  iargs = [];
  i = 1;
  while (i < nargin)
    iargs (end + 1) = i;
    if (ischar (varargin{i})
	&& (strcmpi (varargin{i}, "faces")
	    || strcmpi (varargin{i}, "vertices")))
      i += 4;
    elseif (isnumeric (varargin{i}))
      i += 2;
    endif

    if (i <= nargin)
      while (true);
	if (ischar (varargin{i}) && 
	    (strcmpi (varargin{i}, "faces")
	     || strcmpi (varargin{i}, "vertices")))
	  break;
	elseif (isnumeric (varargin{i}))
	  ## Assume its the colorspec
	  i++;
	  break;
	elseif (ischar (varargin{i}))
	  colspec = tolower (varargin{i});
	  collen = length (colspec);

	  if (strncmp (colspec, "blue", collen)
	      || strncmp (colspec, "black", collen)
	      || strncmp (colspec, "k", collen)
	      || strncmp (colspec, "black", collen)
	      || strncmp (colspec, "red", collen)
	      || strncmp (colspec, "green", collen)
	      || strncmp (colspec, "yellow", collen)
	      || strncmp (colspec, "magenta", collen)
	      || strncmp (colspec, "cyan", collen)
	      || strncmp (colspec, "white", collen))
	    i++;
	    break;
	  endif
	else
	  i += 2;
	endif
      endwhile
    endif
  endwhile
endfunction

%!demo
%! 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 = fill(x1,y1,'r',x2,y2,'g');