## Copyright (C) 2007-2011 John W. Eaton
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} view (@var{azimuth}, @var{elevation})
## @deftypefnx  {Function File} {} view ([@var{azimuth}, @var{elevation}])
## @deftypefnx  {Function File} {} view ([@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{z}])
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} view (@var{dims})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} view (@var{ax}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{azimuth}, @var{elevation}] =} view ()
## Set or get the viewpoint for the current axes. The parameters 
## @var{azimuth} and @var{elevation} can be given as two arguments or as
## 2-element vector. 
## The viewpoint can also be given with cartesian coordinates @var{x}, 
## @var{y}, and @var{z}. 
## The call @code{view (2)} sets the viewpoint to @var{azimuth} = 0
## and @var{elevation} = 90, which is default for 2d graphs.
## The call @code{view (3)} sets the viewpoint to @var{azimuth} = -37.5
## and @var{elevation} = 30, which is default for 3d graphs.
## If @var{ax} is given, the viewpoint is set for this axes, otherwise
## it is set for the current axes.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function [azimuth, elevation] = view (varargin)

  if (nargin < 4)
    if (nargin == 0)
      args = {get(gca (), "view")};
    else
      ax = varargin{1};
      if (ishandle (ax) && strcmp (get (ax, "type"), "axes"))
        args = varargin(2:end);
      else
        ax = gca;
        args = varargin;
      endif
    endif
    if (length (args) == 1)
      x = args{1};
      if (length (x) == 2)
        az = x(1);
        el = x(2);
      elseif (length (x) == 3)
        [az, el] = cart2sph (x(1), x(2), x(3));
        az *= 180/pi;
        az += 90;
        el *= 180/pi;
      elseif (x == 2)
        az = 0;
        el = 90;
      elseif (x == 3)
        az = -37.5;
        el = 30;
      else
        print_usage ();
      endif
    elseif (length (args) == 2)
      az = args{1};
      el = args{2};
    endif

    if (nargin > 0)
      set (ax, "view", [az, el]);
    endif

    if (nargout == 1)
      error ("view: T = view () not implemented");
    endif

    if (nargout == 2)
      azimuth = az;
      elevation = el;
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction