# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1208291452 14400
# Node ID ee21531f1b5e8e7ea1e51bc267e252bf14bc4634
# Parent  e474c782e1e2529d3ac181bead28e69b5fafa67e
view: get values from current axes if nargin == 0

diff -r e474c782e1e2 -r ee21531f1b5e scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Mon Apr 14 13:43:15 2008 -0400
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Tue Apr 15 16:30:52 2008 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-04-15  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* plot/view.m: Get values from current axes if nargin == 0.
+
 2008-04-09  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* deprecated/beta_cdf.m, deprecated/beta_inv.m,
diff -r e474c782e1e2 -r ee21531f1b5e scripts/plot/view.m
--- a/scripts/plot/view.m	Mon Apr 14 13:43:15 2008 -0400
+++ b/scripts/plot/view.m	Tue Apr 15 16:30:52 2008 -0400
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@
 function [azimuth, elevation] = view (x, y, z)
 
   if (nargin < 4)
-    if (nargin == 1)
+    if (nargin == 0)
+      tmp = get (gca (), "view");
+      az = tmp(1);
+      el = tmp(2);
+    elseif (nargin == 1)
       if (x == 2)
 	az = 0;
 	el = 90;